Managing Modern Capitalism
Industrial Renewal and Workplace Democracy in the United States and Western Europe
Published on 30. December 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
382 pages
978-0-275-94287-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
579 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-94287-8 (9780275942878)
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
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 Erbes-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 Steinkuehler
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
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 Erbes-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 Steinkuehler
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