TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilensky,Harold L.
TI  - American Political Economy in Global Perspective
SN  - 9781139087360 (ebook)
AV  - HC103 .W52 2012
U1  - 330.973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Comparative government
KW  - Political sociology
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - This book is a guide to claims about the proper role of government and markets in a global economy. Moving between systematic comparison of nineteen rich democracies and debate about what the United States can do to restore a more civilized, egalitarian and fair society, Harold L. Wilensky tells us how six of these countries got on a low road to economic progress and which components of their labor-crunch strategy are uniquely American. He provides an overview of the impact of major dimensions of globalization, only one of which – the interaction of the internationalization of finance and the rapid increase in the autonomy of central banks – undermines either national sovereignty or job security, labor standards, and the welfare state. Although Wilensky views American policy and politics through the lens of globalization, he concludes that the nation-state remains the center of personal identity, social solidarity and political action
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139087360
ER  -