Governance, Industry and Labour Markets in Britain and France
The Modernizing State
Robert Salais author Noel Whiteside author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:29th Jan '98
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This volume brings together well-known scholars from a wide range of disciplines to provide a superb analytical and historical overview of how state policy has affected established economic and labour market systems in France and Britain.
The contributors to this book explore some crucial questions:
* how 'dirigiste' was the French state in reality
* why was state intervention more acceptable in France than in Britain
* how do the differences in state intervention help to explain the respective economic performances of the two countries since the second world war?
The book draws on hitherto unpublished primary research by scholars in economic and social history, industrial relations, economics, law, political science, sociology and social policy. As such, it is a timely and welcome intervention into debates concerning the politics of modern labour markets specifically and the role of the state in economic modernization more widely. It will have strong appeal to researchers and students in several discplines.
`Deakin's chapter contains an original argument but is also a useful review of the subject that any non-specialist could read comfortably.' - David Geary, Labour History Review
ISBN: 9780415157339
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 612g
308 pages