Les Capitalismes en Europe

Neoliberalism and deregulation have come to dominate national and international political economy. This major book addresses this convergence and analyzes the implications for the future of capitalist diversity. It considers important questions such as: Is the preference for free markets a well-founded response to intensified global competition? Does this mean that all advanced societies must all converge on an imitation of the United States? What are the implications for the institutional diversity of the advanced economies? Political Economy of Modern Capitalism provides a practical and informed analysis of the public policy choices facing governments and business around the world.LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE INTRODUCTION: THE FUTURE OF CAPITALIST DIVERSITY Colin Crouch and Wolfgang Streeck THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF JAPAN Ronald Dore GERMAN CAPITALISM: DOES IT EXIST? CAN IT SURVIVE? Wolfgang Streeck BETWEEN NEO-LIBERALISM AND THE GERMAN MODEL: SWEDISH CAPITALISM IN TRANSITION Jonas Pontusson FRENCH STATISM AT THE CROSSROADS Robert Boyer SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PRODUCTION STRUCTURE: THE ITALIAN VARIETY OF CAPITALISM IN THE 1980S Marino Regini THE UK 1979-95: MYTHS AND REALITIES OF CONSERVATIVE CAPITALISM Andrew Graham THE INSTITUTIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM J. Rogers Hollingsworth FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM, IS THERE STILL A MIDDLE WAY? Jean-Paul Fitoussi A CHECK TO ENLIGHTENED CAPITALISM Philippe d'Iribarne INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND THE EROSION OF CAPITALIST DIVERSITY Philip G. Cerny THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM; OR, WILL DIVERGENCE PERSIST FOREVER? Susan Strange BIBLIOGRAPHY INDE