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Book Varieties of capitalism  varieties of federalism

Download or read book Varieties of capitalism varieties of federalism written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reforms of the 1990s thus confirmed the necessity of thinking adjustment and change in the context of existing institutional arrangements. [...] Another objective, Introduction: Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Federalism 3 the other side of the coin so to speak, is to consider federalism in light of labour market policies and, more broadly, of varieties of capitalism, a perspec- tive seldom used in the comparative study of federations. [...] Between 1985 and 1998, the average unemployment rate was 11.3 percent in Belgium, 9.5 percent in Canada, and 8.5 percent in Germany, compared to 6 percent in the United States and 2.5 percent in Switzerland.17 Understandably, the lack of jobs was a more critical political issue in the first three than in the last two. [...] Over the years, the federal government has prevailed on most social policy questions, because the Basic Law allowed it to legislate in areas of concurrent jurisdiction, whenever it was necessary "to establish and maintain the legal and economic union of Germany, as well as to promote and safeguard the equal- ity of living standards throughout the country." The Länder have maintained a role because [...] While federal legislation and funding define the orientations and the scope of labour market policy, the admin- istration of labour market policy is largely left to the Bundesanstalt für Arbeit (BAA, Federal Employment Office), an autonomous tripartite administration gov- erned jointly by representatives of the trade unions, of business associations, and of the states.

Book Varieties of Capitalism Varieties of Federalism in Australia and Canada

Download or read book Varieties of Capitalism Varieties of Federalism in Australia and Canada written by Luc Turgeon and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper, I argue that political economy variables play a crucial role in the evolution of federal states. More specifically, I argue that changing political economy variables influence the contours and working of political parties, the main organization of interest aggregation and articulation in contemporary democracies, in a way that can promote important change in federal states. Since constitutions are often a poor guide to the evolving working of federal states, I follow Erk's advice and investigate the working of the federal system through an analysis of specific policy sectors. I look at the evolution of responsibility over components of the welfare state and the necessary financial resources to finance it in Australia and Canada, two federations that share a common British political and cultural heritage. It is especially interesting to study processes of institutional change in these two federations considering their contrasting trajectories.

Book Varieties of Capitalism

Download or read book Varieties of Capitalism written by Peter A. Hall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying the new economics of organisation and relational theories of the firm to the problem of understanding cross-national variation in the political economy, this volume elaborates a new understanding of the institutional differences that characterise the 'varieties of capitalism' worldwide.

Book The Evolution of Economic Systems

Download or read book The Evolution of Economic Systems written by Barry Stewart Clark and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most current text of its kind, The Evolution of Economic Systems: Varieties of Capitalism in the Global Economy explores the effects of politics and culture on the nature of national economic systems. Author Barry Clark distills recent academic work in such areas as comparative political economy, varieties of capitalism, new and old institutional economics, new economic sociology, and social systems of production, presenting the material in a conversational manner that makes it accessible for undergraduate students.

Book Varieties of Asian Capitalism and Federalism

Download or read book Varieties of Asian Capitalism and Federalism written by Matthew Rudolph and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper compares the development of securities finance (stocks and bonds) in India and China during the explosive years of global financial change in the 1990s. In what follows I evaluate some simple inferences about the causes of variation in these two countries' patterns of financial change with particular reference to the politics of securities finance. My conclusions reveal how the institutional development of securities finance in the 1990s shaped the choices available to these countries' leaders regarding the varieties of capitalism and federalism that are today taking shape in China and India. The paper draws on a larger study of the politics of an increasingly common global trend - the shift toward securities finance. It is a comparative and international political economy study of 'securitization.' Here 'securitization' refers not to the now well-known sale of tradable claims on sub-prime US housing mortgages, but instead, to the long-term structural shift from credit-based finance (banking) to securities-based finance (stocks and bonds) - using China and India as examples of developmental states in late industrialization. I propose a necessary revision to Gerschenkron's thesis on finance and state power in late industrialization, accounting for the growing role of securities finance.

Book The American Political Economy

Download or read book The American Political Economy written by Jacob S. Hacker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing together leading scholars, the book provides a revealing new map of the US political economy in cross-national perspective.

Book Varieties of Capitalism  Types of Democracy and Globalization

Download or read book Varieties of Capitalism Types of Democracy and Globalization written by Masanobu Ido and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines two strands of international political economy; examining how capitalism and democracy shape and are shaped by each other. Although until now considered separately, this path-breaking book proposes an innovative view of a political-economic system that inextricably links the model of capitalism to the type of democracy, where continuation is mutually reinforced. Advanced countries have achieved post-war affluence by adopting one of two contrasting models of capitalism; liberal market economies or coordinated market economies, and two opposing types of democracies: consensus or majoritarian democracies. Expert contributors in the field consider the question of whether and how globalization is transforming the post-war political–economic systems of advanced countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, as well as the question of how it is shaping democracy and capitalism combinations in former socialist countries in Eastern Europe and the new "capitalist" China. The book examines various topics, including party system change, a political dilemma of the established party, and corporate governance reforms, to posit an original an innovative theory of international political economy. Variety of Capitalism, Types of Democracy and Globalization will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, political economy and globalization.

Book The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration written by Steven J. Balla and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook brings together a collection of leading international authors to reflect on the influence of central contributions, or classics, that have shaped the development of the field of public policy and administration. The Handbook reflects on a wide range of key contributions to the field, selected on the basis of their international and wider disciplinary impact. Focusing on classics that contributed significantly to the field over the second half of the 20th century, it offers insights into works that have explored aspects of the policy process, of particular features of bureaucracy, and of administrative and policy reforms. Each classic is discussed by a leading international scholars. They offer unique insights into the ways in which individual classics have been received in scholarly debates and disciplines, how classics have shaped evolving research agendas, and how the individual classics continue to shape contemporary scholarly debates. In doing so, this volume offers a novel approach towards considering the various central contributions to the field. The Handbook offers students of public policy and administration state-of-the-art insights into the enduring impact of key contributions to the field.

Book Switzerland in Europe

Download or read book Switzerland in Europe written by Christine Trampusch and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2011-03-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides the first systematic overview of Swiss political economy in comparative perspective. It provides an analysis of major socio-economic institutions, economic actors, economic and social policies, and political institutions and their recent changes.

Book Federal Dynamics

Download or read book Federal Dynamics written by Arthur Benz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal Dynamics aids understanding of how federal systems change over time. It assembles contributions from leading scholars in the field of comparative federalism to discuss the value of different analytical tools and theoretical approaches for exploring the dynamics of federal systems.

Book Debating Varieties of Capitalism

Download or read book Debating Varieties of Capitalism written by Bob Hancké and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hall and Soskice's Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) has become a seminal text across the social sciences in the debate about political-economic models. Here, Bob Hancké presents the key readings on VoC, including the original Hall and Soskice introduction, showing how these ideas have changed the way we look at comparative political economy.

Book Structuring the State

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  • Author : Daniel Ziblatt
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780691121673
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Structuring the State written by Daniel Ziblatt and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the following puzzle: Upon national unification, why was Germany formed as a federal state and Italy a unitary state? Ziblatt's answer to this question will be of interest to scholars of international relations, comparative politics, political development, and political and economic history.

Book The Politics of Fiscal Federalism

Download or read book The Politics of Fiscal Federalism written by Adam Harmes and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-05-13 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does federalism have to do with the political struggle between conservatives and progressives over economic policy? How do economic theories of fiscal federalism influence European, North American, and global forms of governance? In the first comprehensive account of the left-right politics of multilevel governance across federal, regional, and global levels, Adam Harmes identifies both free-market and interventionist political projects related to fiscal federalism. Harmes argues that these political projects and the interests that promote them explain a diverse range of phenomena across national contexts, across levels of governance, and over time. This includes the left-right dynamics of US and Canadian federalism, the free-market origins of British euroscepticism and the Brexit vote, the complex politics behind the NAFTA renegotiations, and the emergence of both populist and progressive challenges to global free trade. A highly accessible outline of fiscal federalism theory, The Politics of Fiscal Federalism also expands upon the broader value and policy differences between neoliberal, classical liberal, and Keynesian welfare economics on issues such as the role of the state, subnational and global trade, economic nationalism, and monetary integration. This original and innovative work demonstrates that a political economy approach is essential to the study of federalism, and why federalism and multilevel governance is a critical area of study for political economists.

Book Varieties of Capitalism and the Political Economy of Differentiated Integration in Europe

Download or read book Varieties of Capitalism and the Political Economy of Differentiated Integration in Europe written by Rafał Riedel and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-05 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this forward-thinking book, Rafał Riedel and Jakub Anusik explore the dynamics and determinants of one of the most salient issues facing contemporary Europe: differentiated integration. Going beyond static models of differentiated integration in Europe built on legal-institutional criteria, Riedel and Anusik capture the dynamism of the system by employing both a political economy perspective and the varieties of capitalism framework. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Book Federalism and Labour Market Policy

Download or read book Federalism and Labour Market Policy written by Alain Noël and published by IIGR, Queen's University. This book was released on 2004 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though these countries vary significantly in both their federal institutions and labour market policies, they all seek to define a relatively coherent approach for federal and sub-unit governments in a policy field where collaboration and coordination appear unavoidable. In some cases, such as Germany, collaboration is highly developed and policies are ambitious and integrated; in others, such as Switzerland, diversity and decentralization are privileged and policies remain fragmented. Finally, there are countries such as the United States that do not grant much importance to labour market policies. these five federations and so help us understand how political institutions and public policies are inter-related. Federalism and labour market policies certainly influence each other, but there is no simple relationship between them. Comparing different governance and employment strategies is nevertheless very instructive because it shows the range of approaches and policies that are possible in federal countries.

Book American Government 3e

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  • Author : Glen Krutz
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2023-05-12
  • ISBN : 9781738998470
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book American Government 3e written by Glen Krutz and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.