The end of diversity?: prospects for German and Japanese capitalism

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Convergence or Diversity? Stability and Change in German and Japanese Capitalism -- Germany and Japan: Binding versus Autonomy -- Regional States: Japan and Asia, Germany in Europe -- Germany and Japan in a New Phase of Capitalism: Confronting the Past and the Future -- The Embedded Innovation Systems of Germany and Japan: Distinctive Features and Futures -- The Future of Nationally Embedded Capitalism: Industrial Relations in Germany and Japan -- Transformation and Interaction: Japanese, U.S., and German Production Models in the 1990s -- From Banks to Markets: The Political Economy of Liberalization of the German and Japanese Financial Systems -- Corporate Governance in Germany and Japan: Liberalization Pressures and Responses during the 1990s -- The Re-Organization of Organized Capitalism: How the German and Japanese Models Are Shaping Their Own Transformations -- Competitive Party Democracy and Political-Economic Reform in Germany and Japan: Do Party Systems Make a Difference? -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y