Re-forming capitalism. Institutional change in the German political economy
Oxford University Press - New York
2009
297 p.
capitalism ; economic system ; globalization ; institutional reform ; politics ; trade liberalization
Economics
English
Bibliogr.;Index
978-0-19-955677-9
03.01-54293
"In the classification of the 'Varieties of Capitalism' school, Germany has always been taken as the chief exemplar of a 'European', coordinated market economy. Streeck explores to what extent Germany actually conforms to this description. His argument is supported by original empirical research on wage-setting and wage structure, the organization of business and labor in business associations and trade unions, social policy, public finance, and corporate governance. From this evidence, Re-Forming Capitalism traces the current liberalization of the postwar economy of democratic capitalism by means of an historically-grounded approach to institutional change"
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