The state after statism : new state activities in the age of liberalization / edited by Jonah D. Levy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levy, Jonah D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative economics--Congresses.

Comparative economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2006]

Summary:

This book assesses the changing nature of state intervention in the economies of the affluent democracies. Against a widespread understanding that contemporary developments, such as globalization and new technologies, are pressing for a rollback of state regulation in the economy, the book shows that these same forces are also creating new demands and opportunities for state intervention. Thus, state activism has shifted, rather than simply eroded. State authorities have shifted from a market-steering orientation to a market-supporting one. Chief among the new state missions are: repairing the main varieties of capitalism (liberal, corporatist, and statist); making labor markets and systems of social protection more employment-friendly; recasting regulatory frameworks to permit countries to cross major economic and technological divides; and expanding market competition at home and abroad. Because the changes from market steering to market support are so controversial and far-reaching, state officials often find themselves making choices that produce clear winners and losers. Such choices require a capacity to act unilaterally and decisively, even in the face of substantial societal opposition. As a result, state activism, autonomy, and occasionally imposition remain essential for meeting the challenges of today's globalizing economy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

The State Also Rises: The Roots of Contemporary State Activism

I Varieties of State Intervention

1 The Transformation of the British State: From Club Government to State-Administered High Modernism

2 The Forgotten Center: State Activism and Corporatist Adjustment in Holland and Germany

3 Exiting Etatisme? New Directions in State Policy in France and Japan

II The State and Social Groups

4 The State and the Reconstruction of Industrial Relations Institutions after Fordism: Britain and France Compared

5 Building Finance Capitalism: The Regulatory Politics of Corporate Governance Reform in the United States and Germany

6 From Maternalism to “Employment for All”: State Policies to Promote Women’s Employment across the Affluent Democracies

III The Market-Making State

7 The State in the Digital Economy

8 Building Global Service Markets: Economic Structure and State Capacity

9 The Transformation of European Trading States

The State after Statism: From Market Direction to Market Support

Notes

References

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674274778

0674274776

OCLC:

1286427750