Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 334 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction : The political economy of post-industrial societies / Anne Wren -- A political-institutional model of real exchange rates, competitiveness, and the division of labor / Torben Iversen and David Soskice -- The trilemma revisited : institutions, inequality, and employment creation in an era of ICT-intensive service expansion / Anne Wren, Máté Fodor, and Sotiria Theodoropoulou -- The service transition and women's employment / Moira Nelson and John D. Stephens -- Pathways of change in CMEs : training regimes in Germany and the Netherlands / Karen M. Anderson and Anke Hassel -- A tale of two trilemmas : varieties of higher education and the service economy / Ben Ansell and Jane Gingrich -- De-industrialization and the expansion of the welfare state : a reassessment / Philip Manow, Kees van Kersbergen, and Gijs Schumacher -- Service expansion, international exposure, and political preferences / Anne Wren and Philipp Rehm -- The political economy of working time and redistribution / Lucy Barnes -- The political economy of gender in service sector economies / Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth |
Summary |
Over the past four decades the world's most developed economies have experienced rapid de-industrialization. More than three-quarters of employment is now in the service industry. This book provides a systematic examination of the political economy of this transition and explores its profound implications for the economy, politics, and society |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Deindustrialization -- OECD countries
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Service industries -- OECD countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Secteur tertiaire.
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Employés du secteur tertiaire.
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Economie postindustrielle.
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Conditions économiques.
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Aspects socio-économiques.
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Politique de l'emploi.
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Conditions de travail.
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Indicateurs économiques.
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Deindustrialization
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Economic history
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Service industries
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Dienstleistungssektor
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Dienstleistungsgesellschaft
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Strukturwandel
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SUBJECT |
OECD countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Subject |
OECD countries
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Wren, Anne.
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ISBN |
9780191631573 |
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0191631574 |
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9780191745133 |
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0191745138 |
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