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ISBN:
9780511664083
Series Statement:
Structural analysis in the social sciences 5
Content:
In this book, nine scholars representing various perspectives examine institutions that govern economic activity in the United States and the dramatic changes they have undergone since the late nineteenth century. They investigate how and why these changes occurred and continue to occur as markets become more volatile, technology changes and international competition becomes more intense. They also address general questions about the governance of capitalist economies by considering several governance mechanisms such as markets, bureaucratic hierarchies, associations and informal networks and by exploring how such mechanisms emerge to coordinate economic activity and affect economic performance. The first part of the book describes the important characteristics of these organisational forms and provides an overview of institutional development in the US economy. The second part includes case studies of the institutional development of eight economic sectors. Finally, based on data from these case studies, the third part of the book tests competing theories of institutional change in capitalism, develops a new evolutionary model of the change process, and offers an original analysis of how the state influences this process
Content:
(cont.) Economic governance and the American meatpacking industry / John Portz -- The invisible hand in healthcare : the rise of financial markets in the U.S. hospital industry / Patricia J. Arnold -- Theoretical evaluation of the empirical cases. The evolution of governance regimes / John L. Campbell, Leon N. Lindberg -- The state and the organization of economic activity / Leon N. Lindberg, John L. Campbell
Content:
Conceptual and historical foundations. Economic governance and the analysis of structural change in the American economy / Leon N. Lindberg, John L. Campbell, J. Rogers Hollingsworth -- The logic of coordinating American manufacturing sectors / J. Rogers Hollingsworth -- Empirical studies of governance transformations in the United States. Transformations in the governance of the American telecommunications industry / Kenneth N. Bickers -- Contradictions of governance in the nuclear energy sector / John L. Campbell -- The statist evolution of rail governance in the United States, 1830-1986 / Robert Dawson Kennedy, Jr. -- Governance of the steel industry : what caused the disintegration of the oligopoly? / Christoph Scherrer -- Governance of the automobile industry : the transformation of labor and supplier relations / Christoph Scherrer -- The dairy industry : from yeomanry to the institutionalization of multilateral governance / Brigitte Young
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521402576
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521408271
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521402576
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511664083
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