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The French state bureaucracy, able partially to shelter itself from Parliament and to influence the industrial sector directly, has been able to protect national interests in an economically interdependent world. It struck a regional bargain that committed agriculture to the European Community and in effect provided a German subsidy to French farmers. It mediated between the national and international market to promote industrial modernization and force a restructuring of critical industrial sectors. It has grown increasingly sophisticated in its dealings with multinational companies. Early efforts to insist on purely French operations have been abandoned, permitting the state to negotiate more effectively with the multinationals and obtain substantive rather than symbolic goods. These policies have cushioned agriculture's transition into an industrial world and helped pressure a previously protected industry to modernize. Finally, the state has played trader, trying directly to market French goods and assure payment for imports in package trade deals. The French have not been able to impose their own rules on monetary and energy matters. Yet their efforts suggest that a nation-state can use administrative or domestic economic resources to reduce its vulnerability to international developments, though it cannot of course escape from the system.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Argument in Brief -- Acknowledgments -- 1. From Religion to Reality: Energy Systems Transformation for Sustainable Prosperity -- 2. Motivating Green Growth: The Political Economy of Energy Systems Transformation -- 3. The Green Growth Landscape: Promise and Peril for Green Growth Policy Proposals -- 4. Venture Capital and Clean Technology -- 5. The Green Spiral -- 6. Denmark: A Classic Case of Green Spiral -- 7. The European Union: Green Growth without Borders: Transnational Energy Systems and the Politics of Transformation -- 8. The United States: Local Green Spirals, National Ambiguity -- 9. Japan: Paragon of Energy Efficiency, Green Growth Laggard -- 10. Korea: From Authoritarian to Authoritative: The Path from Heavy Industry to Green Growth -- 11. China: Green Industry Growth in a Brown Economy -- 12. Brazil: Disentangling Green Industry from Brown Consequences -- 13. India: Can Green Be a First-Best Development Solution for Developing Countries? -- 14. Can "Green" Sustain Growth? -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index

Cover -- American Industry in International Competition -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. American Industry in International Competition -- 2. The Politics of Competitive Erosion in the U.S. Steel Industry -- 3. Decline in an Expanding Industry: Japanese Competition in Color Television -- 4. Trade and Development in the Semiconductor Industry: Japanese Challenge and American Response -- 5. The Politics of Protection in the U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries -- 6. Adjustment in the Footwear Industry: The Consequences of Orderly Marketing Agreements -- 7. Beyond the Age of Ford: The Strategic Basis of the Japanese Success in Automobiles -- 8. Italian Small Business Development: Lessons for U.S. Industrial Policy -- 9. Conclusions: What to Do Now? -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- CHAPTER ONE. American Industry zn International Com petition / Tyson, Laura / Zysman, John -- CHAPTER TWO. The Politics of Competitive Erosion zn the U.S. Steel Industry / Borrus, Michael -- CHAPTER THREE. Decline in an Expanding Industry: japanese Competition in Color Television / Millstein, James E. -- CHAPTER FOUR. Trade and Development in the Semiconductor Industry: japanese Challenge and American Response / Borrus, Michael / Millstein, James E. / Zvsman, John -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Politics of Protection zn the U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries / Aggarwal, Vinod K. / Haggard, Stephan -- CHAPTER SIX. Adjustment in the Footwear Industry: The Consequences of Orderly Marketing Agreements / Yoffie, David B. -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Beyond the Age of Ford: The Strategic Basis of the Japanese Success in Automobiles / Friedman, David -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Italian Small Business Development: Lessons for U.S. Industrial Policy / Piore, Michael J. / Sabel, Charles F. -- CHAPTER NINE. Conclusions: What to Do Now? / Tyson, Laura / Zvsman, John -- Index

""Green growth"" has proven to be politically popular, but economically elusive. Can Green Sustain Growth? asks how we can move from theoretical support to implementation, and argues that this leap will require radical experimentation. But systemic change is costly, and a sweeping shift cannot be accomplished without political support, not to mention large-scale cooperation between business and government.Insightful and timely, this book brings together eight original, international case studies to consider what we can learn from the implementation of green growth strategies to date. This anal