| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cornell studies in political economy
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Cornell studies in political economy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index. |
| Contents |
Rethinking the trade-off between growth and equality -- Varieties of capitalism -- Income distribution and labor markets -- Employment performance -- Macro-economic management and wage bargaining -- Participation, security, mobility, and skills -- Welfare states, redistribution, and economic growth -- Welfare states in retrenchment -- Directions for progressive reform. |
| Summary |
Jonas Pontusson opposes the notion of convergence: he believes that social-market economies can survive and flourish in the contemporary world economy. Among the areas he explores are labour-market dynamics, income distribution, wage bargaining and changing possibilities for the welfare state. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Income distribution -- Europe, Western.
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Income distribution. |
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Western Europe. |
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Income distribution -- United States.
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United States. |
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Capitalism -- Europe, Western.
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Capitalism. |
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Capitalism -- United States.
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Welfare state -- Europe, Western.
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Welfare state. |
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Welfare state -- United States.
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Europe, Western -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| Subject |
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
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Verenigde Staten. |
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West-Europa. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Social Europe vs. liberal America |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Pontusson, Jonas. Inequality and prosperity. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005 0801443512 (DLC) 2005015045 (OCoLC)60516689 |
| ISBN |
9781501713385 (electronic book) |
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1501713388 (electronic book) |
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0801443512 |
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0801489709 |
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9780801443510 |
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9780801489709 |
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