The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Institutional Analysis

by Glenn Morgan (Editor), John Campbell (Editor), Colin Crouch (Editor), Ove Kaj Pedersen (Editor), Richard Whitley (Editor)

Overview

It is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization and outcomes. The last decade has seen significant expansion in research examining how institutional contexts affect the nature and behaviour of firms, the operation of markets, and economic outcomes. Yet 'institutions' conceal a multitude of issues and perspectives. Much of this research has been comparative, and followed different models such as 'varieties of capitalism', 'national business systems', and 'social systems of production'. This Handbook explores these issues, perspectives, and models, with the leading scholars in the area contributing chapters to provide a central reference point for academics, scholars, and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191613630
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	04/08/2010
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
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About the Author

Glenn Morgan is Professor of International Management, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. John Campbell is Class of 1925 Professor, Department of Sociology, at Dartmouth College. Colin Crouch is a professor at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Ove Kaj Pedersen is a professor at the International Centre for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School. Richard Whitley is professor at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Glenn Morgan, John Campbell, Colin Crouch, Ove Kai Pedersen, and Richard WhitleyPart I: Theories and Methods in Comparative Institutional Analysis1. Institutional Perspectives - Working towards Coherence or Irreconcilable Diversity?, Marie-Laure Djelic2. Beyond Comparative Statics: Historical Institutional Approaches to Stability and Change In the Political Economy of Labor, Kathleen Thelen3. Actors and Institutions, Gregory Jackson4. Institutional Reproduction and Change, John L. Campbell5. Complementarity, Colin Crouch6. Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Social Science Data, Bruce KogutPart II: Institutions, States, and Markets7. The State in the Economy: Neoliberal or Neoactivist?, Linda Weiss8. Money and Markets, Glenn Morgan9. Transnational Institutions and International Regimes, Leonard Seabrooke10. Law as a Governing Institution, Glenn Morgan and Sigrid Quack11. Institutional Change in Financial Systems, Richard Deeg12. The Comparative Institutional Analysis of Innovation: From Industrial Policy to the Knowledge Economy, Steve Casper13. Changing Competition Models in Market Economies: The Effects of Internationalization, Technological Innovations, and Academic Expansion on the Conditions Supporting Dominant Economic Logics, Richard Whitley14. Institutions, Wealth, and Inequality, Lane KenworthyPart III: The Organization of Economic Actors15. Corporate Governance, Michel Goyer16. The Institutional Construction of Firms, Richard Whitley17. Institutionalising the Employment Relationship, Jill Rubery18. Inter-Firm Relations in Global Manufacturing: Disintegrated Production and Its Globalization, Gary Herrigel and Jonathan ZeitlinPart IV: Challenges for Comparative Institutional Analysis19. Institutional transformation in European Post-Communist Regimes, Ivan Szelenyi and Katarzyna Wilk20. State Failure, John A. Hall21. Financial Capitalism Resurgent: Comparative Institutionalism and the Challenges of Financialization, Ewald Engelen & Martijn Konings22. Institutional Competitiveness: How Nations Came to Compete, Ove K. Pedersen23. Institutions in History: Bringing Capitalism Back In, Wolfgang Streeck