Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

David Knoke

ISBN 10: 0521499275 / ISBN 13: 9780521499279

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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288 pages : Illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521499275
• ISBN 13: 9780521499279
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Japan
  • Politics
  • Germany

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Synopsis

The United States, Germany, and Japan, the world's three most powerful and successful free market societies, differ strikingly in how their governments relate to their economies. Comparing Policy Networks reports the results of collaborative research by three teams investigating the social organization and policymaking processes of national labor policy domains in the United States, Germany, and Japan during the 1980s. Through interviews with more than 350 key labor policy organizations in all three countries, the authors reveal similar conflict divisions between business and labor interests but also distinctive patterns within each nation.

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The United States, Germany, and Japan--the world's three most powerful and successful free market societies--differ strikingly in how their governments relate to their economies. This book reports the results of collaborative research by three teams investigating the social organization and policy-making processes of national labor policy domains in the United States, Germany, and Japan during the 1980's.