Re-forming capitalism: institutional change in the german political economy

Wolfgang Streeck is a leading figure in comparative political economy and institutional theory. In this book he addresses some of the key arguments in these fields: the role of history in institutional analysis, the dynamics of slow institutional change, and the recurrent difficulties of restraining the effects of capitalism on social order. INDICE: Introduction: Institutional Change, Capitalist Development; Part I: Gradual Change: Five Sectoral Trajectories; 1: Five Sectors; 2: Industry-wide Collective Bargaining: Shrinking Core, Expanding Fringes; 3: IntermediaryOrganization: Declining Membership, Rising Tensions; 4: Social Policy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare Corporatism; 5: Public Finance: The Fiscal Crisis of the Postwar State; 6: Corporate Governance: The Decline of Germany Inc.; Part II: Systemic Change: Patterns and Causes; 7: Systemic Change: Five Parallel Trajectories; 8: From System to Process; 9: Endogenous Change: Time, Age, and the Self-Undermining of Institutions; 10: Time's Up: Positive Externalities Turning Negative; Part III: Disorganization: Bringing Capitalism Back in; 11: Disorganization as Liberalization; 12: Convergence, Non-convergence, Divergence; 13:'Economizing' and the Evolution of Political-Economic Institutions; 14: Internationalization; 15: German Unification; 16: History; 17: Bringing Capitalism Back In

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957398-1
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés