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The Political Construction of Business Interests : Coordination, Growth, and Equality.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in comparative politicsPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (330 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781139377409
  • 113937740X
  • 9781139088299
  • 1139088297
  • 9781139380263
  • 1139380265
  • 9786613641052
  • 6613641057
  • 1139366262
  • 9781139366267
  • 1107230969
  • 9781107230965
  • 1280664126
  • 9781280664120
  • 1139375970
  • 9781139375979
  • 1139371983
  • 9781139371988
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political Construction of Business Interests : Coordination, Growth, and Equality.DDC classification:
  • 338.9
LOC classification:
  • HD3611 .M375 2012
Other classification:
  • POL000000
Online resources:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Failure of Coordination.

The Political Construction of Business Interests recounts employers' struggles to define their collective social identities at turning points in capitalist development.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-300) and index.

English.

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