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Опубликовано на портале: 15-11-2007
Torben Iversen
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, cерия "Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics", 336 с.
This book builds on new institutionalist theory in both economics and political science
to offer a general political economy framework for the study of welfare capitalism.
Based on the key idea that social protection in a modern economy, both inside and
outside the state, can be understood as protection of specific investments in human
capital, the book offers a systematic explanation of popular preferences for redistributive
spending, the economic role of political parties and electoral systems, and labor
market stratification (including gender inequality). Contrary to the popular idea
that competition in the global economy undermines international differences in the
level of social protection, the book argues that these differences are made possible
by a high international division of labor. Such a division is what allows firms to
specialize in production that requires an abundant supply of workers with specific
skills, and hence high demand for protection.



Опубликовано на портале: 16-12-2005
Torben Iversen
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999, cерия "Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics", 221 с.
This book helps explain one of the most intriguing and politically salient puzzles
in comparative political economy: why some countries have much higher unemployment
rates than others. Contrary to new classical economics the focus is on explaining
distribution and equilibrium unemployment, and contrary to neo-corporatist theory
the role of monetary policy and rational expectation is integral to the analysis.
The book makes two central arguments. The first is that monetary policies affect
equilibrium employment whenever wages are set above the firm level. The second argument
focuses on the distributive effects of different institutions, and models institutional
design as a strategic game between partisan governments and cross-class alliances
of unions and employers.


