TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martin,Cathie Jo
AU  - Swank,Duane
TI  - The Political Construction of Business Interests: Coordination, Growth, and Equality
T2  - Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
SN  - 9781139377409
AV  - HD3611 .M375 2012 
U1  - 338.9 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Industrial policy
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Industrial relations
KW  - Manpower policy
KW  - Corporate state
KW  - Politique industrielle
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - Relations industrielles
KW  - Emploi
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Corporatisme
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Arbeitsmarktpolitik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Arbeitsbeziehungen
KW  - Arbeitsmarkt
KW  - Arbeitgeber
KW  - Interessenvertretung
KW  - Interessenausgleich
KW  - Deutschland
KW  - Dänemark
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - USA
N1  - The Failure of Coordination; Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-300) and index; 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
N2  - 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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