The hardship of nations : exploring the paths of modern capitalism

edited by Benjamin Coriat (Professor of Economics, Université Paris 13), Pascal Petit (Emeritus Professor, Université Paris Nord) and Geneviève Schméder (Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers and Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France)

After more than two decades of widespread hardship for most nations, what are the different paths available for them to resume steady growth and welfare? Will they actually succeed in building new growth models that meet the challenges of the present phase of internationalisation? This book attempts to answer these questions by analysing different perspectives and discussing the conditions for new national growth trajectories to emerge. The book provides conceptual tools for characterising alternative growth regimes by analysing their institutional backgrounds and political context. Unlike standard convergence theories, the authors argue that the diversity of capitalism is likely to persist as national economies adapt to the forces of globalisation. Still these national paths remain strongly conditioned by the kind of governance set up at both regional and fully international levels. The Hardship of Nations will be of great interest to undergraduates and graduates in the social sciences - economics, political sciences, sociology, geography and management - who require an overview of the debates on growth of national economies in the present stage of globalisation

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Year of publication:	2006
Other Persons:	Coriat, Benjamin (ed.) ; Petit, Pascal (ed.) ; Schméder, Geneviève (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Kapitalismus \| Capitalism \| Welt \| World \| Globalisierung \| Globalization \| Wirtschaftsordnung \| Economic system \| Institutioneller Wandel \| Institutional change \| Regionalentwicklung \| Regional development \| Kapitalmobilität \| Capital mobility \| New Economy \| New economy
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [loc.gov]

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (360 pages) illustrations
Series:	New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: General Introduction / Benjamin Coriat, Pascal Petit and Genevieève Schméder -- Part I. A new finance-led capitalism -- 1. The future of capitalism / Michel Aglietta -- 2. The special position of the United States in the finance-led regime: How exportable is the US venture capital industry? / François Chesnais -- 3. Moves towards finance-led capitalism: The French case / Benjamin Coriat -- Part II. Alternative perspectives on contemporary capitalism -- 4. Socio-institutional changes in the post-Fordist era / Pascal Petit -- 5. Is the new economy made in America? / Pascal Petit -- 6. To have or to be: A topological approach of the interaction between state and economy / Bruno Théret -- Part III. Regional processes under strain -- 7. The institutional and policy weaknesses of the European Union: The evolution of the 'policy mix' / Robert Boyer -- 8. Disruptive effects of financial deregulation: The Japanese and Korean crises / Benjamin Coriat and Patrice Geoffron -- 9. Argentina's structural crisis / Luis Miotti and Carlos Quenan -- 10. Convergence and diversity in national trajectories of post-socialist transformation / Bernard Chavance and Eric Magnin -- Part IV. Global tensions -- 11. From the Cold War to the new international disorder / Genevieève Schméder -- 12. Shadow economy and economic criminalisation in transition economies / Jacques Sapir -- 13. Global geography of post-Fordism: Knowledge and polarisation / El Mouhoub Mouhoud -- Part V. Conclusion -- 14. Post-Fordisms in a more globalised capitalism / Benjamin Coriat, Pascal Petit and Genevieève Schméder -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-78195-813-1 ; 978-1-84542-705-4
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781781958131 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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