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Large Firms and Institutional Change
Industrial Renewal and Economic Restructuring in France [книги]
Опубликовано на портале: 22-12-2006
Bob Hancke
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, 232 с.
A new firm-centred perspective on the French political economy
Analysis of economic readjustment in France 1980-2000
Contains a critique of the conventional perspectives on the relationship between
state, economy, and society
Case studies include Renault, EDF, Moulinex, and SNCF
Between 1980 and 1985, the French economy and industry faced a dramatic crisis;
in the ten years that followed, it witnessed a remarkable revival. How did the French
economy make this transition? While the state is still an important economic agent
in France, and the market certainly has become more central in the organization of
the French economy, both state- and market-centered perspectives fail to understand
critical elements of this adjustment. Building on the new Varieties of Capitalism
approach in political economy which puts firms at the center of the analysis, this
book argues that the post-war, state-led system changed into a system organized by
and around the large firms.
Large firms have always been central in the French post-war economic development
model. In the past, however, they adapted to patterns set by the central state. By
exploiting the possibilities in government policies in different areas such as finance,
labour relations, and regional policies, the large firms were able to induce their
main interlocutors - the state, banks, labour unions, workers, and small firms -
to adjust in a way which was congruent with their own interests. From subservient
economic agents, they became the drivers of economic adjustment.
Through this case study of readjustment in France, this book offers a subtle critique
of neo-institutionalist perspectives on firms. Institutional frameworks do not simply
offer scenarios for adjustment, but are themselves constructions of economic and
political actors and therefore subject to change and reorganization. By analysing
how large firms in France, arguably one of the least likely places to harbour such
endogenous capacities, changed their institutional environment to fit their own needs,
this book offers an important new perspective on the political economy of industrial
and economic change.



Опубликовано на портале: 20-12-2006
Anthony P. D'Costa
New-York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 264 с.
The author captures the evolution of Indian industrial capitalism by extending the
'models of capitalism' and 'regulation framework'. Using principally the auto industry
and anchoring the analysis to the expansion of markets, he demonstrates that the
Indian state and businesses have been important institutions for creating markets.
He acknowledges significant market growth, but also underscores several contradictions
arising from such capitalist development. There is a wealth of data, which scholars,
policymakers, and businesses will find very useful.


