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Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Herbert Kitschelt
Edited by Peter Lange
Edited by Gary Marks
Edited by John D. Stephens
SeriesCambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:548
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreEconomic systems and structures
ISBN/Barcode 9780521634960
ClassificationsDewey:330.122
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 27 Tables, unspecified; 23 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 January 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In the early 1980s, many observers, argued that powerful organized economic interests and social democratic parties created successful mixed economies promoting economic growth, full employment, and a modicum of social equality. The present book assembles scholars with formidable expertise in the study of advanced capitalist politics and political economy to reexamine this account from the vantage point of the second half of the 1990s. The authors find that the conventional wisdom no longer adequately reflects the political and economic realities. Advanced democracies have responded in path-dependent fashion to such novel challenges as technological change, intensifying international competition, new social conflict, and the erosion of established patterns of political mobilization. The book rejects, however, the currently widespread expectation that 'internationalization' makes all democracies converge on similar political and economic institutions and power relations. Diversity among capitalist democracies persists, though in a different fashion than in the 'Golden Age' of rapid economic growth after World War II.

Reviews

'This book is a significant contribution to political economy and will be useful for students of comparative politics.' The Times Higher Education Supplement