The Hardship of Nations: Exploring the Paths of Modern Capitalism (New Horizons in Institutional and Evolutionary Economics series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184542705X ISBN 13: 9781845427054

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

After more than two decades of widespread hardship for most nations, what are the different paths available for them to resume steady growth and welfare? Will they actually succeed in building new growth models that meet the challenges of the present phase of internationalisation? This book attempts to answer these questions by analysing different perspectives and discussing the conditions for new national growth trajectories to emerge.

The book provides conceptual tools for characterising alternative growth regimes by analysing their institutional backgrounds and political context. Unlike standard convergence theories, the authors argue that the diversity of capitalism is likely to persist as national economies adapt to the forces of globalisation. Still these national paths remain strongly conditioned by the kind of governance set up at both regional and fully international levels.

The Hardship of Nations will be of great interest to undergraduates and graduates in the social sciences - economics, political sciences, sociology, geography and management - who require an overview of the debates on growth of national economies in the present stage of globalisation.

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About the Author

Edited by Benjamin Coriat, Professor of Economics, Université Paris 13, Pascal Petit, Emeritus Professor, Université Paris Nord and Geneviève Schméder, Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers and Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184542705X
• ISBN 13: 9781845427054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Coriat Benjamin, Petit Pascal, Schméder Geneviève