04609oam 2200805I 450 99621304590331620170815143641.01-134-52153-71-134-52154-51-280-40177-X0-203-28205-110.4324/9780203166826 (CKB)111087026809732(EBL)167621(OCoLC)475874797(SSID)ssj0000126390(PQKBManifestationID)11133587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126390(PQKBWorkID)10030941(PQKB)10876605(SSID)ssj0001143544(PQKBManifestationID)12377179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143544(PQKBWorkID)11108056(PQKB)11131061(SSID)ssj0000292198(PQKBManifestationID)11217327(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292198(PQKBWorkID)10255785(PQKB)11220709(MiAaPQ)EBC167621(OCoLC)52817396(PPN)198459831(EXLCZ)9911108702680973220180331d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComparing welfare capitalism social policy and political economy in Europe, Japan and the USA /edited by Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Philip ManowLondon ;New York :Routledge,2001.1 online resource (346 p.)Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ;3Description based upon print version of record.0-415-40653-6 0-415-25571-6 0-203-16682-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Series editors' preface; Preface by; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: studying varieties of welfare capitalism; Business coordination, wage bargaining and the welfare state: Germany and Japan in comparative historical perspective; Strategic bargaining and social policy development: unemployment insurance in France and Germany; When labour and capital collude: the political economy of early retirement in Europe, Japan and the USAWelfare state regimes and industrial relations systems: the questionable role of path dependency theorySocial partnership, welfare state regimes and working time in Europe; The governance of the employment welfare relationship in Britain and Germany; Between financial commitment, market liquidity and corporate governance: occupational pensions in Britain, Germany, Japan and the USA; The forgotten link: the financial regulation of Japanese pension funds in comparative perspective; The experience of negotiated reforms in the Dutch and German welfare statesThe challenge of de-industrialisation: divergent ideological responses to welfare state reformEmployment and the welfare state: a continental dilemma; The politics of elective affinities: a commentary; Varieties of welfare capitalism: an outlook on future directions of research; IndexThis book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies.With approaches ranging from historical case studies to cross-national analyses, the contributors explore various aspects of the relationships between welfare states, industrial relations, financial government and production systems. Building upon and combining comparative studies of both the varieties of capitalism and the worlds of welfare state regimes, the book considers issues such as:*the role of employers and unions in social policy*the interdependenRoutledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ;3.Social policyEconomic aspectsCongressesWelfare stateEconomic aspectsCongressesEuropeSocial policyEconomic aspectsCongressesJapanSocial policyEconomic aspectsCongressesUnited StatesSocial policy1993-Economic aspectsCongressesSocial policyEconomic aspectsWelfare stateEconomic aspects361.61Ebbinghaus Bernhard614107Manow Philip958989FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK996213045903316Comparing welfare capitalism2172746UNISA