The development of the welfare state has been accompanied by greater freedom being granted to workers in industrialized capitalist countries. The themes of this probing volume concern how governments, employers, trade unions, and workers have acted to promote economic growth and accountability with active industrial policies and forms of co-determination, worker self-management, and/or employee ownership. The book's essays address the key dimensions of economic, social, and political change in five industrial democracies: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Sweden. A major focus of the volume as a whole is on economic management and workplace reform in a variety of national settings.
Managing Modern Capitalism is divided into three sections, covering strategies for industrial renewal, workplace democracy in practice and theory, and future perspectives. In the first section, each of the five countries are compared and contrasted in light of their attempts to stimulate economic growth and reduce unemployment under conditions of international interpendence of capital and markets. Country-by-country profiles highlight the second section, which also examines various forms of employee consultation, participation in managerial decisions, and ownership. The third section and conclusion evaluate prospective economic trends and workplace democracy in the capitalist nations. This book will be of interest to policymakers, scholars, and journalists, as well as to advanced students in political science, economics, history, and sociology.
By:
M. Donald Hancock,
John Logue,
Brent Schiller
Edited by:
Bernt Schiller (Professor University of Gothenburg Sweden)
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 125
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780275942878
ISBN 10: 0275942872
Pages: 382
Publication Date: 30 December 1991
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
,
A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Introduction: The Transformation of Modern Capitalism by M. Donald Hancock, John Logue, and Bernt Schiller Strategies for Industrial Renewal Contrasting Approaches to Economic Management and Industrial Policy by M. Donald Hancock The United Kingdom, Sweden, and Germany: A Study in Contrasts and Convergence by M. Donald Hancock Industrial Policies in France by Sabine Erbès-Seguin Industrial Policy in a Federalist Polity: Microcorporatism in the United States by Seth Borgos Economic Management and Performance: A Comparative Assessment by M. Donald Hancock Workplace Democracy in Practice and Theory Workplace Democracy: The Dual Roots of Worker Participation by Bernt Schiller The Challenge to Industrial Democracy in Britain by John Hillard and David Coates The Swedish Model Reconstituted by Bernt Schiller Workplace Democracy in Germany by Jutta Helm The Rise and Fall of Autogestion in France by Bernard E. Brown Democratizing the American Corporation: Illusions and Realities of Employee Participation and Ownership by Catherine Ivancic and John Logue Workplace Democracy: A Comparative Assessment by Bernt Schiller Future Perspectives Prospective Policies in a Turbulent Age by John Logue Industrial Policy and Competitiveness in the United States by Ray Marshall The Transformation of Industrial Society: An Ecological and Economic Democratic Perspective by Franz Steinkühler Beyond Wage-Earner Funds by Rudolf Meidner Democratic Theory and Atheoretical Democracy: Reflections on Building Democratic Enterprises in the American Economy by John Logue Conclusion: Managing Modern Capitalism: Unanticipated Consequences and Prospects by M. Donald Hancock, John Logue, and Bernt Schiller Bibliography Index
M. DONALD HANCOCK is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for European Studies at Vanderbilt University. He authored Sweden: The Politics of Post-Industrial Change (1972), and co-edited Politics in the Post-Welfare State (1972) and West Germany: The Politics of Democratic Corporatism (1989). He has contributed articles to The Wilson Quarterly, Comparative Politics, and Polity. JOHN LOGUE is Professor of Political Science at Kent State University. BERNT SCHILLER is Professor at Roskilde University Center and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He has authored several books on Swedish trade unions, employees, and industrial democracy, and articles for the Scandanavian Journal of History.
Reviews for Managing Modern Capitalism: Industrial Renewal and Workplace Democracy in the United States and Western Europe
"?Managing Modern Capitalism is an important volume that creatively interconnects the changing face of capitalism on national and international levels with a sophisticated description and assessment of monetary, fiscal, and industrial policy responses to the challenges the global economy faces. . . . The essays provide a wealth of case-study and comparative materials grounded in rich theoretical discussions that would lend themselves to extensive use in advanced undergraduate classes and graduate seminars on comparative political economics, economic development, and the state and public policy.?-Perspectives on Political Science ""Managing Modern Capitalism is an important volume that creatively interconnects the changing face of capitalism on national and international levels with a sophisticated description and assessment of monetary, fiscal, and industrial policy responses to the challenges the global economy faces. . . . The essays provide a wealth of case-study and comparative materials grounded in rich theoretical discussions that would lend themselves to extensive use in advanced undergraduate classes and graduate seminars on comparative political economics, economic development, and the state and public policy.""-Perspectives on Political Science"
