Contemporary Capitalism: The Embeddedness of Institutions (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Softcover

Hollingsworth/Boyer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521658063 ISBN 13: 9780521658065

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book argues there is no single best institutional arrangement for organizing modern societies.

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Review

"This is a stimulating set of essays produced by a distinguished set of contributors." Michael Smith, Canadian Journal of Political Sciences

"This valuable and rich collection of essays challenges the assumption of the self-adjusting market on three major grounds: first, by arguing that economic activity is coordinated bye several different institutional mechanisms and that a variety of capitalist models exist, as opposed to the idea of a single one; second, by stressing Karl Polanyi's notion of the embededness of economic institutions...third, by showing that specific forms of economic coordination are more likely to be used at some level of society...than at others." American Jrnl of Sociology

"This volume brings together a range of important and influential contributions from various disciplines in which this new institutional analysis has been applied." Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal

Book Description

This book argues that there is no single best institutional arrangement for organizing modern societies. Therefore, the market should not be considered the ideal and universal arrangement for coordinating economic activity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521658063
• ISBN 13: 9780521658065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512