Coping with the Economic Crisis
Alternative Responses to Economic Recession in Advanced Industrial Societies
1st Edition
Published on 21. December 1987
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-8039-8118-8 (ISBN)
Description
The magnitude, causes and consequences of the current economic crisis, and the responses of governments in different industrial countries are explored in this comparative analysis. The options available to government and the existing constraints of policy-making are examined in the context of crisis management and economic policy formation. The first part of the book focuses on the relationship between the policy process and institutional structures. The second part looks at the implementation and outcomes of policy strategies designed to cope with the crisis.
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`This book is an important set of research papers on comparative political economy and suggests many directions for future research.' -- Political Studies, Vol 37 No 1, 1989More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-8118-8 (9780803981188)
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Hans Keman | Heikki Paloheimo | Paul F. Whiteley
Coping with the Economic Crisis
Alternative Responses to Economic Recession in Advanced Industrial Societies
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Persons
Hans Keman is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
CONTRIBUTORS' AFFILIATIONS:
Klaus Armingeon Institut fuer Politiekwissenschapft, Unitobler
Uwe Becker Universiteit van Amsterdam
Ian Budge University of Essex
Francis Castles The Australian National University, Canberra
Hans Daalder The Hague
Svante Errson Umea Universitet
Kees van Kersbergen Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
Jan-Erik Lane Universite de Geneve
Peter Mair Universiteit van Leiden
Paul Pennings Vrije Universiteit
Manfred Schmidt
CONTRIBUTORS' AFFILIATIONS:
Klaus Armingeon Institut fuer Politiekwissenschapft, Unitobler
Uwe Becker Universiteit van Amsterdam
Ian Budge University of Essex
Francis Castles The Australian National University, Canberra
Hans Daalder The Hague
Svante Errson Umea Universitet
Kees van Kersbergen Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
Jan-Erik Lane Universite de Geneve
Peter Mair Universiteit van Leiden
Paul Pennings Vrije Universiteit
Manfred Schmidt
Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Explanations of the Economic Crisis and Divergent Policy Responses - Heikki Paloheimo
An Overview
PART TWO: POLICY PROCESS, INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES
The Impact of Interest Politics on Flexible Adjustment Policies - Roland Czada
Interest Intermediation, Institutional Structures and Public Policy - Franz Lehner
Institutional Accommodation to Full Employment - Gosta Esping-Andersen
A Comparison of Policy Regimes
The Compatibility of Economic, Social and Political Goals in Incomes Policies - Klaus Armingeon
A Comparative Analysis of Incomes Policy Developments in Ten West European Countries in the 1970s
PART THREE: POLICY STRATEGIES, IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES
Political Strategies To Overcome the Crisis - Hans Keman and Tibert van Dijk
Policy Formation and Economic Performance in Seventeen Capitalist Democracies
The Economic Policy Strategies of the Nordic Countries - Jan Otto Andersson
The Monetarist Experiments in the United States and United Kingdom - Paul F Whiteley
Policy Responses to Stagflation
Coping with Crisis - Hans Keman and Paul F Whiteley
Divergent Strategies and Outcomes
Explanations of the Economic Crisis and Divergent Policy Responses - Heikki Paloheimo
An Overview
PART TWO: POLICY PROCESS, INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES
The Impact of Interest Politics on Flexible Adjustment Policies - Roland Czada
Interest Intermediation, Institutional Structures and Public Policy - Franz Lehner
Institutional Accommodation to Full Employment - Gosta Esping-Andersen
A Comparison of Policy Regimes
The Compatibility of Economic, Social and Political Goals in Incomes Policies - Klaus Armingeon
A Comparative Analysis of Incomes Policy Developments in Ten West European Countries in the 1970s
PART THREE: POLICY STRATEGIES, IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES
Political Strategies To Overcome the Crisis - Hans Keman and Tibert van Dijk
Policy Formation and Economic Performance in Seventeen Capitalist Democracies
The Economic Policy Strategies of the Nordic Countries - Jan Otto Andersson
The Monetarist Experiments in the United States and United Kingdom - Paul F Whiteley
Policy Responses to Stagflation
Coping with Crisis - Hans Keman and Paul F Whiteley
Divergent Strategies and Outcomes