Between 1950 and 1980, labor markets grew increasingly organized in advanced industrial
societies. Union membership in most countries expanded more rapidly than the labor force …

The historical institutionalist tradition in comparative politics commonly assigns analytical
primacy to political institutions. Whereas this polity-centeredness may be quite justifiable for …

In recent years it has become commonplace for comparativists to emphasize the resilience
of welfare states in advanced capitalist societies and the failure of neoliberal efforts to …

In 2001, the London Stock Exchange will be 200 years old, though its origins go back a
century before that. This book traces the history of the London Stock Exchange from its …

Drawing together work in comparative politics, public administration, organization theory,
and economic sociology, this article describes a distinctive form of modern polity‐the …

There are many well-developed theories that explain why governments redistribute income,
but very few can explain why this often is done in a socially inefficient form. In the theory we …

Este artículo trata de las diferentes estrategias sindicales frente al viraje del peronismo
hacia políticas pro mercado. Dichas políticas amenazan las instituciones corporativas que …

Globalization pushes people" out of place"--across borders, out of traditions, into markets,
and away from the rights of national citizenship. But globalization also contributes to the …

In 1958 Robert Nisbet declared to a meeting of the American Sociological Association in
Seattle that:" the term social class is by now use-ful in historical sociology, in comparative or …

This article contends that class politics has receded in advanced capitalist societies during
the last century, while cultural politics has increased, and it focuses on social and political …