"This book examines current theories of institutional change. The chapters highlight the limitations of these theories. Instead a model emerges of contemporary political economies developing in incremental but cumulatively transformative processes"--Provided by publisher

Martin Houml;pner`s paper was written to structure discussions at a workshop of the `Complementarity Project`, which was held in Paris, 26-27 September 2003. The project was organized by Bruno Amable and Robert Boyer (CEPREMAP, Paris), Colin Crouch (EUI, Florence), Martin Houml;pner and Wolfgang...

Intro -- Editorische Notiz -- Tariq Ali - Die Geburtsstunde der extremen Mitte -- Tariq Ali - Euroland in Schwierigkeiten -- Wolfgang Streeck - Nichts sehen, nichts hören, nichts sagen: Die extreme Mitte als Klassenbasis des gescheiterten Konsolidierungsstaats -- Heiner Flassbeck - Europa und...