National diversity and global capitalism / edited by Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berger, Suzanne, editor.

Dore, Ronald, 1925-2018, editor.

Series:

Cornell Studies in Political Economy

Cornell studies in political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition, International.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 17 tables

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [1996]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How does globalization change national economies and politics? Are rising levels of trade, capital flows, new communication technologies, and deregulation forcing all societies to converge toward the same structures of production and distribution? Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore have brought together a distinguished group of experts to consider how the international economy shapes and transforms domestic structures.Drawing from experience in the United States, Europe, and Asia, the contributors ask whether competition, imitation, diffusion of best practice, trade, and financial flows are reducing national diversities. The authors seek to understand whether the sources of national political autonomy are undermined by changes in the international system. Can distinctive varieties of capitalism that incorporate unique and valued institutions for achieving social welfare survive in a global economy?The contributions to the volume present a challenge to conventional views on the extent and scope of globalization as well as to predictions of the imminent disappearance of the nation-state's leverage over the economy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction / Berger, Suzanne

PART I. CONVERGENCE?: MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

CHAPTER ONE. The Convergence Hypothesis Revisited: Globalization but Still the Century of Nations? / Boyer, Robert

CHAPTER TWO. Globalization and Its Limits: Reports of the Death of the National Economy are Greatly Exaggerated / Wade, Robert

CHAPTER THREE. Has France Converged on Germany? Policies and Institutions since 1958 / Boltho, Andrea

PART II. CONVERGING OR NATIONAL AND AUTONOMOUS?: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES

CHAPTER FOUR. American and Japanese Corporate Governance: Convergence to Best Practice? / Kester, W. Carl

CHAPTER FIVE. Lean Production in the German Automobile Industry: A Test Case for Convergence Theory / Streeck, Wolfgang

CHAPTER SIX. Financial Markets in Japan / Ogata, Shijuro

CHAPTER SEVEN. Competition among Forms of Corporate Governance in the European Community: The Case of Britain / Woolcock, Stephen

CHAPTER EIGHT. Competition and Competition Policy in Japan: Foreign Pressures and Domestic Institutions / Kosai, Yutaka

CHAPTER NINE. The Convergence of Competition Policies in Europe: Internal Dynamics and External Imposition / Dumez, Hervé / Jeunemaitre, Alain

CHAPTER TEN. The Macropolitics of Microinstitutional Differences in the Analysis of Comparative Capitalism / Gourevitch, Peter A.

PART III. NEGOTIATED CONVERGENCE

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Retail Convergence: The Structural Impediments Initiative and the Regulation of the Japanese Retail Industry / Upham, Frank K.

CHAPTER TWELVE. Trade and Domestic Differences / Kahler, Miles

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Policy Approaches to System Friction: Convergence Plus / Ostry, Sylvia

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Free and Managed Trade / Streeten, Paul

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Convergence in Whose Interest? / Dore, Ronald

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780801432347

0801432340

9781501722158

1501722158

OCLC:

1083572168