The Futures of European Capitalism

Vivien A Schmidt author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:15th Aug '02

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The Futures of European Capitalism cover

In this path-breaking book, the author argues that European countries' political-economic policies, practices, and discourses have changed profoundly in response to globalization and Europeanization, but they have not converged. Although national policies may now be more similar, especially where they follow from common European policies, they are not the same. National practices, although moving in the same general direction toward greater market orientation, continue to be differentiable into not just one or even two but three varieties of capitalism. And national discourses that generate and legitimate changes in policies and practices not only remain distinct, they matter. The book is a tour de force which combines sophisticated theoretical insights and innovative methods to show that European countries generally, but in particular Britain, France, and Germany (for which the book provides lengthy case studies), have had very different experiences of economic adjustment, and will continue to do so into the future.

It is an especially useful work for graduate courses on comparative or international political economy. * European Union Studies Association *
The book is an important step forward in the effort to understand the contours of Europeanization and the relationship between Europeanization and globalisation. * European Union Studies Association *

ISBN: 9780199253685

Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 20mm

Weight: 589g

372 pages