Coping with the Economic Crisis: Alternative Responses to Economic Recession in Advanced Industrial Societies

by Hans Keman (Editor), Heikki Paloheimo (Editor), Paul F Whiteley (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803981195
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/01/1988
Series:	SAGE Modern Politics series , #17
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

‘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, 1989

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