European Industrial Policy: The Twentieth-Century Experience

ISBN-13: 9780198289982 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 480 str.

James Foreman-Peck; Giovanni Federico

Opis

The present study aims to contribute to an understanding of European industrial policy by introducing an historical perspective. National policy continuities and the considerable time over which industrial performance responds to changed environments emerge with greater clarity in the long run. The chapters in this book take a broad view of industrial policy, including those policies that establish the framework', such as competition law, as well as sector for firm specific policies.

Recenzje

this volume has two great merits: it provides a collection of case studies constructed along the same line of discussion themes, thus facilitating comparative analysis, and it offers a synthesis of a great deal of literature unavailable in English. Undoubtedly, the book has fulfilled its ask of rendering the future writing on the history of European industrial policy more manageable.

O autorze

Dr James Foreman-Peck teaches economics and economic history at the University of Oxford and is Fellow of St Antony's College. He has previously been a practising economist in the electricity supply industry, has taught economics and economic history at the University of California, Davis, and has been a Professor of Economic History at the University of Hull. Professor Giovanni Federico teaches in the Department of Modern History, University of Pisa. He has previously been a Visiting Fellow of the European University Institute in Florence, and a Research Fellow of the Institute for Historical Research, University of London.