Creative Reconstructions: Multilateralism and European Varieties of Capitalism after 1950 (Cornell Studies in Political Economy) - Hardcover

Book 6 of 27: Cornell Studies in Political Economy

Fioretos, Orfeo

 
9780801449697: Creative Reconstructions: Multilateralism and European Varieties of Capitalism after 1950 (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0801449693 ISBN 13: 9780801449697
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Twentieth-century Europe was an intense laboratory of capitalist experimentation. Confronted with economic booms and crises, technological revolutions, and economic globalization, Western Europe's governments constantly explored alternative ways of managing domestic economic systems and international commerce. Bridging comparative and international political economy, Creative Reconstructions compellingly expands our understanding of the historic relationship between varieties of capitalism and international cooperation.

Orfeo Fioretos' pathbreaking analysis places multilateral institutions at the center of the study of capitalism. He highlights the role played by governments' multilateral strategies in shaping the national trajectories of capitalism in Great Britain, France, and Germany. Fioretos shows that membership in international organizations such as the European Union and its precursors was an integral innovation in the domestic management of capitalism that came to play a central, if varied, role in shaping the evolution of modern market economies.

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About the Author

Orfeo Fioretos is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University.

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801449693
ISBN 13 
9780801449697
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
264