04051nam 22007692 450 991046201460332120151005020622.01-107-23086-11-139-23459-51-280-87908-41-139-23313-097866137203991-139-08736-31-139-23091-31-139-23391-21-139-22945-11-139-23236-3(CKB)2670000000209258(EBL)862410(OCoLC)797919523(SSID)ssj0000676653(PQKBManifestationID)11931974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676653(PQKBWorkID)10677916(PQKB)10545902(UkCbUP)CR9781139087360(MiAaPQ)EBC862410(Au-PeEL)EBL862410(CaPaEBR)ebr10574288(CaONFJC)MIL372039(OCoLC)801405364(EXLCZ)99267000000020925820110512d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican political economy in global perspective /Harold L. Wilensky[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2012.1 online resource (xxiv, 360 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-63895-X 1-107-01809-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: Part I. Globalization, Public Policy, and the Wellbeing of People: 1. The welfare state as the center of public finance and political conflict; 2. Energy policy and performance: U.S. and the world; 3. What tradeoffs are good and bad for the economy?: domestic structures and policies that permit adaptation to globalization; 4. Retrenchment of the welfare state? the fate of 'cutback budgeting' in Italy, France, Germany, the U.S., U.K., and New Zealand; 5. Pensions coverage: US health care remains unique; 6. The impact of 'globalization': an overview; Part II. Moving the U.S. off the Low Road: Lessons from Abroad: 7. Low road versus high road: American exceptionalism; 8. Policy implications for the United States: how to get off the low road.This book is a guide to claims about the proper role of government and markets in a global economy. Moving between systematic comparison of nineteen rich democracies and debate about what the United States can do to restore a more civilized, egalitarian and fair society, Harold L. Wilensky tells us how six of these countries got on a low road to economic progress and which components of their labor-crunch strategy are uniquely American. He provides an overview of the impact of major dimensions of globalization, only one of which - the interaction of the internationalization of finance and the rapid increase in the autonomy of central banks - undermines either national sovereignty or job security, labor standards, and the welfare state. Although Wilensky views American policy and politics through the lens of globalization, he concludes that the nation-state remains the center of personal identity, social solidarity and political action.Economic policyComparative governmentPolitical sociologyWelfare stateGlobalizationUnited StatesEconomic policyUnited StatesEconomic conditionsEconomic policy.Comparative government.Political sociology.Welfare state.Globalization.330.973Wilensky Harold L.124087UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910462014603321American political economy in global perspective2458680UNINA