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Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Herbert Kitschelt
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Edited by Peter Lange
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Edited by Gary Marks
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Edited by John D. Stephens
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Series | Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:548 | Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 161 |
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Category/Genre | Economic systems and structures |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521624466
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Classifications | Dewey:330.122 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
27 Tables, unspecified; 23 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
13 January 1999 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Capitalist democracies have always displayed considerable diversity in their key political and economic institutions, such as the organization of economic interest groups and private enterprises, the public sector and the welfare state, as well as political parties and social movements. This book asks whether the challenges of new technologies, citizens' preferences, and growing political and economic interdependence in the 1980s and 1990s force all polities to adopt similar institutional reforms. The authors argue that established arrangements have become difficult to sustain, but that countries choose unique trajectories of reform, not a common approach. The diversity among capitalist democracies persists in a new fashion.
Reviews'This book is a significant contribution to political economy and will be useful for students of comparative politics.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
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