The Future of Work in Diverse Economic Systems : The Varieties of Capitalism Perspective / Daniel Friel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friel, Daniel, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in reinventing capitalism

Elements in Reinventing Capitalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Labor--Forecasting.

Labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (74 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

This Element reviews varieties of capitalism (VoC) developed by Hall and Soskice and subsequent extensions to emerging markets. The author suggests that by reinvigorating existing ideal types and creating new ones through an analysis of its five variables in a variety of countries VoC can be used to evaluate the viability of economic reforms in each country, based on lessons from other countries belonging to their ideal type. It illustrates the utility of VoC in understanding how reforms will differ across countries by examining how the future of work is likely to differ across nations depending on the degree to which the five institutions explored in this approach promote the standardization of tasks. It analyzes how these institutions shape degrees of standardization in the United States, Germany, and Brazil, offering suggestions for reforms in each of them

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

The Future of Work in Diverse Economic Systems: The Varieties of Capitalism Perspective

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Institutional Theory and the Varieties of Capitalism Approach

3 The Theory underlying VoC and Its Application across the World

3.1 The Theoretical Framework

3.2 VoC in the Developed World

3.2.1 Liberal Market Economies

3.2.2 Coordinated Market Economies

3.3 VoC in Emerging Markets

3.3.1 Latin America

3.3.2 Eastern Europe

3.3.3 State-Permeated Economies

3.3.4 Patrimonial Economies

3.3.5 Asian Economies

4 Criticisms of VoC and Competing Theories

4.1 Criticisms of VoC

4.1.1 The Use of Ideal Types

4.1.2 The Need to Include More Variables

4.1.3 Problems with Complementarities and Comparative Institutional Advantage

4.1.4 The Lack of Firm Agency

4.1.5 Problems Dealing with Institutional Change

4.2 Theories that Compete with VoC

4.3 Where to Go from Here

5 The Future of Work

5.1 The Increasing Impact of AI and Robots

5.2 Changes in the Nature of Jobs and Employment Schemes

5.3 The Impact of Institutional Frameworks on the Future of Work

5.3.1 United States

5.3.2 Germany

5.3.3 Brazil

5.3.4 Contrasting Policies across Ideal Types

6 Different Paths, Different Reforms

6.1 United States

6.2 Germany

6.3 Brazil

7 The Path Ahead for Work Using VoC

References

Notes:

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ISBN:

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