04086nam 22007812 450 991079033830332120151005020622.01-107-23086-11-139-23459-51-280-87908-41-139-23313-097866137203991-139-08736-31-139-23091-31-139-23391-21-139-22945-11-139-23236-3(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.330.973POL000000bisacshWilensky Harold L.124087UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910790338303321American political economy in global perspective3849400UNINA