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11%OFFJeffrey A. Hart - Rival Capitalists: International Competitiveness in the United States, Japan, and Western Europe (Cornell Studies in Political Economy) - 9780801499494 - V9780801499494
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Rival Capitalists: International Competitiveness in the United States, Japan, and Western Europe (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)

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Description for Rival Capitalists: International Competitiveness in the United States, Japan, and Western Europe (Cornell Studies in Political Economy) Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPHV; JPS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.

Nowhere can the cataclysmic reversals in international competitiveness since the Second World War be traced more clearly than in the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan. Surveying the development of the steel, automobile, and semiconductor industries in each of these countries, Jeffrey A. Hart illuminates the role of national policy in a changing world.

Hart describes the global structure of production and consumption in the five major capitalist countries and offers a rich comparative history of their industrial policymaking. He concludes that variations in statesocietal arrangements—and the impact these differences have on the creation and diffusion of new ... Read more

Rival Capitalists will be an invaluable source for policymakers and business analysts as well as scholars and students of political economy, international relations, industrial organization, industrial sociology, and comparative politics.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801499494
SKU
V9780801499494
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About Jeffrey A. Hart
Jeffrey A. Hart is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.

Reviews for Rival Capitalists: International Competitiveness in the United States, Japan, and Western Europe (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
The body of the work comprises very good summaries of the ways Germany, France, Britain, Japan and the United States have handled their steel, auto and semiconductor industries. With these comparisons as evidence, Professor Hart argues that differences in national performance are largely shaped by the contrasts in the distribution of power among governments, business and labor.... This is a ... Read more

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