Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism

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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:Hardback
Pages:548
Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 161
Category/GenreEconomic systems and structures
ISBN/Barcode 9780521624466
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

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