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Titolo: |
Comparing welfare capitalism : social policy and political economy in Europe, Japan, and the USA / / edited by Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Philip Manow
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Pubblicazione: | London, : Routledge, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina: | 361.61 |
Soggetto topico: | Social policy - Economic aspects |
Welfare state - Economic aspects | |
Soggetto geografico: | Europe Social policy Economic aspects Congresses |
Japan Social policy Economic aspects Congresses | |
United States Social policy 1993- Economic aspects Congresses | |
Altri autori: |
EbbinghausBernhard
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 USA |
Welfare 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 states | |
The 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; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 interdependen |
Titolo autorizzato: | Comparing welfare capitalism ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-134-52153-7 |
1-134-52154-5 | |
1-280-40177-X | |
0-203-28205-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910171001903321 |
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