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It is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization and outcomes. This Handbook explores the issues, perspectives, and models concerned with comparative institutional analysis. The leading scholars in the area contribute chapters to provide a central reference point for academics, scholars, and students.

"Martin Höpner's paper was written to structure discussions at a workshop of the 'Complementarity Project', which was held in Paris, 26-27 September 2003. The project was organized by Bruno Amable and Robert Boyer, Colin Crouch, Martin Höpner and Wolfgang Streeck. The subject of the workshop was the complementarity, real or imagined, of financial markets and industrial relations in present-day 'varieties of capitalism'. Apart from the organizers, participants included Patrick Le Gales, Peter Hall, Gregory Jackson, Bruce Kogut, David Marsden and Pascal Petit. In the follwing we document short excerpts from five out of nine 'reaction papers' written by participants in advance of the workshop." (author's abstract)

Brassett, James; Rethel, Lena; Matthew Watson: Introduction to the political economy of the sub-prime crisis in Britain: Constructing and Contesting Competence. - S. 377-381 Crouch, Colin: Privatised keynesianism: an unacknowledged policy regime. - S. 382-399 Finlayson,Alan: Financialisation, financial literacy and asset-based welfare. - S. 400-421 Watson, Matthew: Headlong into the Polanyian dilemma: the impact of middle-class moral panic on the British government's response to the sub-prime crisis. - S. 422-437 Leyshon, Andrew; French, Shaun: 'We All Live in a Robbie Fowler House': the geographies of the buy to let market in the UK. - S. 438-460 Hay, Colin: Good inflation, bad inflation: the housing boom, economic growth and the disaggregation of inflationary preferences in the UK and Ireland. - S. 461-478

Beer, S. H.: Britain after Blair. - S. 317-324. Pimlott, B.: New Labour, new era? - S. 325-334. Marquand, D.: After euphoria: The dilemmas of New Labour. - S. 335-338. Rubinstein, D.: How new is New Labour? - S. 339-343. Crick, B.: Still missing: A public pilosophy? -S. 344-351. Crouch, C.: The terms of the neo-liberal consensus. - S. 352-360. Barnett, A.: Constitution possibilities. - S. 361-371. Hay, C.: Blaijorism: Towards a one-vision policy. - S. 372-378

In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism. The editors synthesise contributors' ideas into a revised framework for social democracy; rooted in feminism, environmentalism, democratic equality and market accountability to civil society. This constructive and stimulating collection will be invaluable for those teaching, studying and campaigning for transformative political, economic and social policies

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- About the contributors -- Preface -- 1. The crisis of social democracy -- 2. The Long Depression, the Great Crash and socialism in Western Europe -- 3. Social democracy in crisis: outlining the trends in Western Europe -- 4. The positions and fortunes of social democratic parties in East Central Europe -- 5. Rethinking public expenditure from a social democratic perspective -- 6. Social democracy in crisis? What crisis? -- 7. Can the Swedish social model survive the decline of the social democrats? -- 8. Multiculturalism, right-wing populism and the crisis of social democracy -- 9. Labour markets, welfare states and the dilemmas of European social democracy -- 10. Class politics and the social investment welfare state -- 11. Labour, skills and education in modern socio-economic development: can there be a social democratic economic and industrial policy in a globalised economy? -- 12. From single market to social market economy: is there room for solidarity? -- 13. Social democracy and security -- 14. Multilevel social democracy: centralisation and decentralisation -- 15. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index