Title
Uncertain boundaries : the social and political construction of European economies : Regini, Marino, 1943-
- Publication date
- > 1995
- Topics
- {u’10’: u’Wirtschaftspolitik’, u’13’: u’Europe — Economic conditions — 1945-‘, u’12’: u’Europe — Economic policy’, u’15’: u’Europe’, u’14’: u’Europe — Politics and government — 1945-‘, u’17’: u’Europe — Politique eu0301conomique’, u’16’: u’Europe — Conditions eu0301conomiques’, u’19’: u”Europe de l’Ouest — Politique eu0301conomique — 1970-2000″, u’18’: u’Italie — Politique eu0301conomique — 1976- ..’, u’22’: u’Economics Related to Politics History’, u’20’: u’Westeuropa’, u’1′: u’UE/CE Etats membres’, u’0′: u’Politique eu0301conomique’, u’3′: u’Analyse eu0301conomique’, u’2′: u’Conditions eu0301conomiques’, u’5′: u’Economic policy’, u’4′: u’Economic history’, u’7′: u’Economische politiek’, u’6′: u’Politics and government’, u’9′: u’Verzorgingsstaat’, u’8′: u’Sociale politiek’}, Politique economique, UE/CE Etats membres, Conditions economiques, Analyse economique, Economic history, Economic policy, Politics and government, Economische politiek, Sociale politiek, Verzorgingsstaat, Wirtschaftspolitik, Europe — Economic policy, Europe — Economic conditions — 1945-, Europe — Politics and government — 1945-, Europe, Europe — Conditions economiques, Europe — Politique economique, Italie — Politique economique — 1976- .., Europe de l’Ouest — Politique economique — 1970-2000, Westeuropa, Economics Related to Politics History
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
- Language
- Italian
- Title (alternate script)
- None
- Author (alternate script)
- None
x, 164 pages : 24 cm
During the post-World War II period, a pattern emerged in several European countries: centralized and concerted political regulation of the economy based on Keynesian policies, the development of the welfare state and moderately successful attempts at tripartite agreements. This pattern underwent a serious crisis in the 1980s, however, and in the view of many observers was replaced by a far-reaching deregulation of the economy
In contrast to this view, Professor Regini argues that social and political institutions have by no means lost their ability to structure economic activities. They have, in fact, shaped the different ways in which the European economies have adjusted to market conditions. Regini argues that while it is wrong to see deregulation as a general trend taking place in formerly institutionally regulated economies, the relevant institutions have changed. A pattern of “micro-social” regulation of European economies has emerged as a potential replacement for the “macro-political” one, though the boundaries between the two forms of regulation remain quite uncertain. This volume discusses the conditions under which a change from a macro to a micro form occurs, as well as the features of the emerging pattern
Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-159) and index
Introduction: the shifting boundaries between market, politics and society — pt. I. The Rise and Decline of the Political Regulation of the Economy. 1. The Keynesian welfare state and its crisis. 2. Unstable concertation. 3. Organized interests and public policies. 4. An anomalous case? State, economy and organized interests in Italy — pt. II. The Micro-Social Regulation of Economic Adjustment. 5. The crisis of political exchange and the growth of micro-concertation. 6. The search for flexibility. 7. The problem of consensus in production. 8. An emblematic case: industrial adjustment and micro-concertation in Italy — Conclusion: the uncertain boundaries between macro and micro — the production of collective goods in the European economies
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