Part 1 The Grenoble School: on a Marxist theory of regulation, Gerard Destanne de Bernis; propositions for an analysis of the crisis, Gerard Destanne de Bernis. Part 2 Social structures of accumulation: stages of accumulation and long economic cycles, David M. Gordon; social structure of accumulation theory - retrospect and prospect, Michael Reich. Part 3 The Amsterdam School: ruling classes, hegemony, and the state system - theoretical and historical considerations, Kees van der Pijl; British capitalism at the crossroads, Henk Overbeek. Part 4 The German regulation approach: regulation theory and historical-materialistic social theory - remarks on a shaky yet necessary relationship, Joachim Hirsch; the crisis of Fordism and the dimensions of a "Post-Fordist" regional and urban structure, Josef Esser and Joachim Hirsch; political regulation - the crisis of Fordism and the transformation of the party system in West Germany, Juergen Haeusler and Joachim Hirsch. Part 5 Nordic models: Nordic economic policies in the 1970s and 1980s, Lars Mjoset; the Nordic model never existed, but does it have a future?, Lars Mjoset. Part 6 Commentaries and critiques: regulation theories in retrospect and prospect, Bob Jessop; a comparative analysis of the theory of regulation and the social structure of accumulation theory, David M. Kotz; Aglietta in England - Bob Jessop's contribution to the regulation approach, Werner Bonefeld; Werner in "Wunderland", or notes on a Marxism beyond pessimism and false optimism, Colin Hay; competing theories of postwar growth and change, Michael J. Webber and David L. Rigby.