Comparative Political Economy

Informationen zum Autor Georg Menz is Dragas Chair in International Politics at Old Dominion University. He was previously Professor in Political Economy at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of Varieties of Capitalism and Europeanization (OUP, 2005) which won the UACES Best Book prize. and The Political Economy of Managed Migration (OUP, 2009). He has also published widely on labour market, social, and immigration policy. Klappentext This new and comprehensive volume on the subfield of comparative political economy in political science provides a detailed overview over its intellectual roots, clarifies its contents, and introduces the readers to key debates while identifying new and exciting avenues for future research. Zusammenfassung This new and comprehensive volume on the subfield of comparative political economy in political science provides a detailed overview over its intellectual roots, clarifies its contents, and introduces the readers to key debates while identifying new and exciting avenues for future research. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: A Genealogy of the Field from Adam Smith to the Mid-Twentieth Century 2: Contemporary CPE: The Turn towards Comparative Capitalisms and the Relationship with IPE 3: Varieties of Capitalism and the Next Steps Beyond 4: Labour Markets and their Regulation: Industrial Relations and the Organization of Business and Labour 5: Models of Finance and Corporate Governance and their Implications 6: The Political Economy of Debt 7: Welfare State Models: Taming the Market? 8: The State as an Actor: Not a Neutral Umpire 9: Conclusion: Future Directions for Comparative Political Economy

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Georg Menz is Dragas Chair in International Politics at Old Dominion University. He was previously Professor in Political Economy at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of Varieties of Capitalism and Europeanization (OUP, 2005) which won the UACES Best Book prize. and The Political Economy of Managed Migration (OUP, 2009). He has also published widely on labour market, social, and immigration policy.

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This new and comprehensive volume on the subfield of comparative political economy in political science provides a detailed overview over its intellectual roots, clarifies its contents, and introduces the readers to key debates while identifying new and exciting avenues for future research.

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• 1: A Genealogy of the Field from Adam Smith to the Mid-Twentieth Century

• 2: Contemporary CPE: The Turn towards Comparative Capitalisms and the Relationship with IPE

• 3: Varieties of Capitalism and the Next Steps Beyond

• 4: Labour Markets and their Regulation: Industrial Relations and the Organization of Business and Labour

• 5: Models of Finance and Corporate Governance and their Implications

• 6: The Political Economy of Debt

• 7: Welfare State Models: Taming the Market?

• 8: The State as an Actor: Not a Neutral Umpire

• 9: Conclusion: Future Directions for Comparative Political Economy