During the early post-war period, Western trade-union movements grew in membership and
achieved an institutionalized role in industrial relations and politics. However, during the last …

This review examines the comparative, empirical literature that concerns the impact of social
democracy on welfare state development and on economic performance. The theoretical …

Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing
nature of welfare states in Western societies. Gøsta Es**-Andersen, one of the foremost …

Abstract Comparison is a fundamental tool of analysis. It sharpens our powers of description,
and plays a central role in concept-formation by bringing into focus suggestive similarities …

Geoffrey Garrett challenges the conventional wisdom about the domestic effects of the
globalization of markets in the industrial democracies: the erosion of national autonomy and …

First published in 1991, Beyond the Welfare State? has been thoroughly revised and
updated for this new edition, which draws on the latest theoretical developments and …

We examine the roles of democratic politics and political institutions in sha** social
welfare spending in 18 contemporary capitalist democracies. We explore the social …

The ongoing use of the concept of 'corporatism'in industrial democracies has been stretched
to include overlap** but still distinctive realities, which in turn often produce different 'lists' …

The field of political economy was born in the late eighteenth century when scholars such as
Adam Smith began to ask how nations prosper and what kind of policies ensure their wealth …

Page 1 D AW | DGO AT ES Models of Capitalism Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era
Page 2 Page 3 Models of Capitalism Page 4 In memory of Robert Coates and Jack McKenna …