04521nam 2200781Ia 450 991082283030332120200520144314.01-139-36626-21-107-23096-91-280-66412-61-139-37883-X97866136410521-139-37597-01-139-08829-71-139-37740-X1-139-38026-51-139-37198-3(CKB)2550000000103619(EBL)880655(OCoLC)794327673(SSID)ssj0000678722(PQKBManifestationID)11469964(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678722(PQKBWorkID)10727863(PQKB)11197096(UkCbUP)CR9781139088299(Au-PeEL)EBL880655(CaPaEBR)ebr10565110(CaONFJC)MIL364105(MiAaPQ)EBC880655(EXLCZ)99255000000010361920111115d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe political construction of business interests coordination, growth, and equality /Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University, Duane Swank, Marquette University, Wisconsin1st ed.New York Cambridge University Press20121 online resource (xv, 307 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in comparative politicsTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-60364-1 1-107-01866-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Collective political engagement and the welfare state; 2. The political origins of coordinated capitalism; 3. Party conflict and the origins of Danish labor market coordination; 4. British experiments in national employers' organization; 5. Sectional parties and divided business in the United States; 6. The origins of sector coordination in Germany; 7. Twenty-first century breakdown? Challenges to coordination in the postindustrial age; 8. Institutional sources of employers' preferences for social policy; 9. Employers, coordination, and active labor market policy in postindustrial Denmark; 10. Employers and active labor market policy in post-industrial Britain; 11. The failure of coordination and rise of dualism in Germany; 12. The political foundations of redistribution and equality; Conclusion: Social solidarity after the crisis of finance capitalism.Many societies use labor market coordination to maximize economic growth and equality, yet employers' willing cooperation with government and labor is something of a mystery. The Political Construction of Business Interests recounts employers' struggles to define their collective social identities at turning points in capitalist development. Employers are most likely to support social investments in countries with strong peak business associations, that help members form collective preferences and realize policy goals in labor market negotiations. Politicians, with incentives shaped by governmental structures, took the initiative in association-building and those that created the strongest associations were motivated to evade labor radicalism and to preempt parliamentary democratization. Sweeping in its historical and cross-national reach, the book builds on original archival data, interviews and cross-national quantitative analyses. The research has important implications for the construction of business as a social class and powerful ramifications for equality, welfare state restructuring and social solidarity.Cambridge studies in comparative politics.Industrial policyCase studiesIndustrial relationsCase studiesManpower policyCase studiesCorporate stateCase studiesIndustrial policyIndustrial relationsManpower policyCorporate state338.9POL000000bisacshMartin Cathie J127617Swank Duane561493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822830303321The political construction of business interests4195803UNINA