Comparing Welfare Capitalism: Social Policy and Political Economy in Europe, Japan and the USA

, by Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Manow, Philip

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ISBN: 9780203166826 | 0203166825
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Copyright: 1/14/2004

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This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies. Will be useful for scholars of comparative politics, public policy, the welfare state and political economy.

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Introduction: Studying Varieties of Welfare Capitalism
The Origins and Development of Welfare Capitalism
Business Coordination, Wage Bargaining and Welfare State: Germany and Japan in Comparative Historical Perspective
Strategic Bargaining and Social Policy Development: Unemployment Insurance in France and Germany
When Labour and Capital Collude: the Political Economy of Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA
Industrial Relations and Welfare State Regimes
Welfare State Regimes and Industrial Relations Systems: the Questionable Role of Path Dependency Theory
Social Partnership, Welfare State Regimes, and Working Time in Europe
The Governance of the Employment - Welfare Relationship in Britain and Germany
Pension Regimes and Financial Systems
Between Financial Commitment, Market Liquidity and Corporate Governance: Occupational Pensions in Britain, Germany, Japan and the USA
The Forgotten Link: the Financial Regulation of Japanese Pensions Funds in Comparative Perspective
The Political Economy of Welfare State Reform
The Experience Negotiated Reforms in the Dutch and German Welfare States
The Challenge of De-industrialisation: Divergent Ideological Responses to Welfare State Reform
Employment and the Welfare State: a Continental Dilemma
Conclusions
The Politics of Elective Affinities: a Commentary
Varieties of Welfare Capitalism; an Outlook on Future Directions of Research
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Comparing Welfare Capitalism: Social Policy and Political Economy in Europe, Japan and the USA

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