Competing Capitalisms: Institutions and Economies (Critical Studies in Economic Institutions series, 1) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840647493 ISBN 13: 9781840647495

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

‘Competing Capitalisms is a superb collection of many of the most important articles of the last decade on the varieties of capitalism across regions of the industrialized world. Analytically informed, it provides the reader with insights into the sources of both stability and change while recognizing that diversity, if not divergence, is likely to continue to characterize contemporary capitalism.’

–Peter Lange, Duke University

This authoritative collection brings together the leading contributions to the comparative study of forms of capitalism. An introductory essay presents the context in which these contributions developed, discusses the major issues raised by such comparative work, and suggests likely future developments.

Topics include: the major theoretical issues involved in analyzing different kinds of market economies; the key frameworks for comparing systems of economic organization, both historically and between societies; the analysis of the distinctive varieties of industrial capitalism that have developed in the Anglo-Saxon countries, Continental Europe and East Asia; and studies of globalization and the connections between types of market economies and varying forms of economic performance, particularly in terms of sectoral development and technical change.

The collection will be an indispensable reference source and will improve access to important papers that may not be available in many libraries.

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About the Author

Richard Whitley, Professor of Organisational Sociology, University of Manchester, UK

Review

`Competing Capitalisms is a superb collection of many of the most important articles of the last decade on the varieties of capitalism across regions of the industrialized world. Analytically informed, it provides the reader with insights into the sources of both stability and change while recognizing that diversity, if not divergence, is likely to continue to characterize contemporary capitalism.' -- Peter Lange, Duke University, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1840647493
• ISBN 13: 9781840647495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1096
• Editor: Whitley Richard