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Author:   Bob Hancké (, Reader in European Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.607kg
ISBN:  

9780199569670

ISBN 10:   0199569673
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   03 September 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Bob Hancké: Introducing the Debate Part 1: Capitalist Diversity 1: Peter A. Hall and David Soskice: An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism 2: Colin Crouch: Typologies of Capitalism 3: Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies Part 2: Debating Varieties of Capitalism 4: Peter Hall and Daniel W. Gingerich: Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Macro-Economy: An Empirical Analysis 5: Lane Kenworthy: Institutional Coherence and Macroeconomic Performance 6: Steven Casper, Mark Lehrer, and David Soskice: Can High-Technology Industries Prosper in Germany? Institutional Frameworks and the Evolution of the German Software and Biotechnology Industries 7: Mark Zachary Taylor: Empirical Evidence Against Varieties of Capitalism's Theory of Technological Innovation Part 3: Rethinking Varieties of Capitalism 8: Peter Hall and Kathleen Thelen: Institutional Change in Varieties of Capitalism 9: Bob Hancké, Martin Rhodes, and Mark Thatcher: Beyond Varieties of Capitalism

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This essential reader brings together key texts on the [Varieties of Capitalism] VoC debate... In his introduction, Hancke orients his readers with key elements of the VoC approach and alternative perspectives... Hancke's choice of texts presents an appropriate balance of critical works and works on VoC, providing scope for further research... This Reader aims at a wide readership among research scholars and students of economics, politcal science, business and even policy makers. * Joyce Sabina Lobo *

This essential reader brings together key texts on the [Varieties of Capitalism] VoC debate... In his introduction, Hancke orients his readers with key elements of the VoC approach and alternative perspectives... Hancke's choice of texts presents an appropriate balance of critical works and works on VoC, providing scope for further research... This Reader aims at a wide readership among research scholars and students of economics, politcal science, business and even policy makers. Joyce Sabina Lobo

Author Information

Bob Hancké is a Reader in European Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Previous appointments were at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, at the J.F. Kennedy School and the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, as a Jean Monnet Fellow at the EUI in Florence, and as a doctoral researcher at MIT. He wrote Large Firms and Institutional Change (Oxford University Press, 2002), co-edited Beyond Varieties of Capitalism (Oxford University Press, 2007) and participated in the project that led to Varieties of Capitalism¸ edited by Peter Hall and David Soskice (Oxford University Press, 2001). His research interests are the political economy of advanced capitalist societies, the relation between institutions and macro-economic policy, and labour relations.

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