| Description |
1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Contents |
Cover; The Political Construction of Business Interests; Series; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Collective Political Engagement and the Welfare State; Introduction; Our Scholarly Inspirations; Labor Activism, Skills, and Varieties of Capitalism; Networks, Associations, and the Construction of Preferences; Historical Institutionalism and the State in the Construction of the Social Classes; Varieties of Encompassing Employers' Associations; Partisan Origins of Encompassing Employers' Associations |
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Impacts of Peak Employers' Associations on Policy PreferencesBusiness Organization, Equality, and Economic Growth; Conclusion; 2: The Political Origins of Coordinated Capitalism; Introduction; Theories of Business Organization; Industrialization; Labor Activism; Party Systems and State Structures; Cross-National Quantitative Analysis; Methodology; Measurement for Historical Quantitative Analysis; Estimation; Findings; Quantitative Findings and Historical National Experiences; Industrialization; Labor Mobilization as a Cause of Employer Organization; Party System Characteristics; Conclusion |
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3: Party Conflict and the Origins of Danish Labor Market CoordinationIntroduction; Theories of Danish Business Organization; Industrialization; Labor: Activism and Skills; The Structure of Party Competition and Danish Employers; The Formation of the Danish Employers' Confederation of 1896; Right Party's Interests and Niels Andersen's Role; Political Ambitions: Unifying Business Policy Positions and Self-Regulation; Industrial Peace; The September Compromise and the Danish Model; Further Consolidation and Centralization of DA's Power; Conclusion |
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4: British Experiments in National Employers' OrganizationIntroduction; Theories of British Employers' Organization; Patterns of Industrialization; Labor Characteristics; Party Competition and the Evolution of British Employers' Associations; The Absence of a National Organization at Century's Turn; The Federation of British Industries; Background Context for the Formation of the FBI; Conservative Party Constituency-Building Efforts; The Formation of the Federation of British Industries; The Federation of British Industry's Downfall; Conclusion |
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5: Sectional Parties and Divided Business in the United StatesIntroduction; Theories of American Business Organization; Industrialization and the Evolution of U.S. Business Representation; Labor and American Employers; Party Competition and Employers' Associations: Segmented Parties, Divided Business; Rise and Decline of the National Association of Manufacturers; The Republican's Strategic Interests in Business Organization; The Formation of the National Association of Manufacturers; NAM's Goals for Industrial Coordination, Labor Peace, and Corporatist Representation |
| Summary |
The Political Construction of Business Interests recounts employers' struggles to define their collective social identities at turning points in capitalist development |
| Notes |
The Failure of Coordination |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-300) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrial policy -- Case studies
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Industrial relations -- Case studies
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Manpower policy -- Case studies
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Corporate state -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Corporate state
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Industrial policy
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Industrial relations
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Manpower policy
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Arbeitsmarktpolitik
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Arbeitsbeziehungen
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Arbeitsmarkt
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Arbeitgeber
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Interessenvertretung
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Interessenausgleich
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Deutschland
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Dänemark
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Großbritannien
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Swank, Duane.
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| ISBN |
9781139377409 |
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113937740X |
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9781139088299 |
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1139088297 |
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9781139380263 |
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9781139366267 |
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1107230969 |
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9781107230965 |
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1280664126 |
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9781280664120 |
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9781139375979 |
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1139371983 |
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9781139371988 |
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