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Orfeo Fioretos - Creative Reconstructions: Multilateralism and European Varieties of Capitalism after 1950 - 9780801449697 - V9780801449697
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Creative Reconstructions: Multilateralism and European Varieties of Capitalism after 1950

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Description for Creative Reconstructions: Multilateralism and European Varieties of Capitalism after 1950 Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JJP; JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.

Twentieth-century Europe was an intense laboratory of capitalist experimentation. Confronted with economic booms and crises, technological revolutions, and economic globalization, Western Europe’s governments constantly explored alternative ways of managing domestic economic systems and international commerce. Bridging comparative and international political economy, Creative Reconstructions compellingly expands our understanding of the historic relationship between varieties of capitalism and international cooperation. Orfeo Fioretos’ pathbreaking analysis places multilateral institutions at the center of the study of capitalism. He highlights the role played by governments’ multilateral strategies in shaping the national trajectories of capitalism in Great Britain, France, and Germany. Fioretos shows that membership in ... Read more

Spanning six decades from the postwar period to the global crisis of 2008, Creative Reconstructions details the opportunities and constraints that multilateral engagements entailed for reforms in national financial, corporate governance, industrial relations, and innovation systems. In vivid analytical narratives, Fioretos shows how multilateral institutions served to reinforce and at times to undermine ambitious domestic reform programs. Creative Reconstructions deepens our understanding of modern capitalism in Europe and offers valuable lessons for regions beyond its borders.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801449697
SKU
V9780801449697
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About Orfeo Fioretos
Orfeo Fioretos is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University.

Reviews for Creative Reconstructions: Multilateralism and European Varieties of Capitalism after 1950
Comparing developments in industrial relations, and innovation, financial, and corporate governance systems in the UK, Germany, and France across six decades, Fioretos demonstrates how multilateral cooperation was initially designed to buttress existing economic practices, while changes in multilateral governance in the l970s and l980s were accomplished by reserving some exemptions for key national economic actors. Most recently, there has been ... Read more

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