Capitalism, Culture, and Economic Regulation

ISBN-13: 9780198275503 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 328 str.

Opis

Eminent lawyers and social scientists here explore the problems faced by the governments of advanced capitalist nations in regulating their economies through legislation. Contributors explore such subjects as the dominant place of giant firms, cultural influences on regulations, and the individual practices of different Western economies on labor markets, finance, and industry.

Recenzje

'important collection of essays' Wyn Grant, University of Warwick, Political Studies

Spis treści

Notes on contributors; Leigh Hancher, Michael Moran: Introduction; PART I: FINANCIAL REGULATION: Sol Picciotto: Slicing a shadow - Business taxation in an international framework; Michael Moran: Investor protection and the culture of capitalism; PART II: SECTORAL REGULATION: Leigh Hancher: Regulating drug prices: the German and British experience; Alan Cawson, Geoffrey Shepherd, Douglas Webber: Governments, markets, and regulation in the West European consumer electronics industry; Tony Prosser: Regulation of privatized enterprises: Institutions and procedures; Stephen Wilks: Corporate strategy and state support in the European motor industry; Cosmo Graham: Regulating the company; PART III: LABOUR MARKETS: Martin Rhodes: Whither regulation? 'Disorganized capitalism' and the West European labour market; PART IV: CONCLUSION: Leigh Hancher, Michael Moran: Organizing regulatory space