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"This book examines steadily-growing increases in inequality within Western capitalist democracies, examining with care the differences between these democracies rooted in their culture and institutions. It highlights the differences in growth and inequalities between different countries, pointing to the role of endogenous institutions that affect social inequalities as well as the relationship between redistribution and economic growth. The book presents extensive comparative research on institutional factors such as industrial relations, welfare systems, training and innovation policies. Paying attention to diverse types of democracies and to the main features of left-wing parties, the book highlights the importance of politics, and of different types of democracies, in shaping social inequalities and diverse development paths. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in economic and labour sociology, welfare studies, comparative political economy, comparative welfare, varieties of capitalism, and comparative politics"--

This book examines steadily-growing increases in inequality within Western capitalist democracies, examining with care the differences between these democracies rooted in their culture and institutions.

It highlights the differences in growth and inequalities between different countries, pointing to the role of endogenous institutions that affect social inequalities as well as the relationship between redistribution and economic growth. The book presents extensive comparative research on institutional factors such as industrial relations, welfare systems, training and innovation policies.

Paying attention to diverse types of democracies and to the main features of left-wing parties, the book highlights the importance of politics, and of different types of democracies, in shaping social inequalities and diverse development paths. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in economic and labour sociology, welfare studies, comparative political economy, comparative welfare, varieties of capitalism, and comparative politics.

After the Second World War, the economies of advanced Countries have long been characterized by inclusive economic growth. In recent decades, on the other hand, there has been a steady increase in inequalities and a worsening for low-income social groups. What is the possibility of rebuilding a more inclusive development like that of the post-war three decades? Is it a viable road? And under what conditions? Or should we instead speculate that divorce is inevitable between economic growth and social cohesion in advanced democracies? There is no sure answer to this question, but it can be a good exercise, especially for those who believe that inclusive development is an essential component of the quality and stability of democracies, asking themselves under what conditions we can try to pursue this goal. The path proposed in this text focuses, in a comparative key, on the significant differences in the forms of economic and social regulation between the various advanced democracies that are reflected in more or less inclusive development paths and models of capitalism. Why have some countries managed to better defend the conditions for inclusive development over the past three decades? Through which economic and social regulatory choices? Moreover, another overlooked question is worth asking. How has politics created consensus around these choices and made them possible, while in other contexts it has supported growth accompanied by greater inequalities? What is certain is that giving up the goal of finding a more satisfactory balance between economic growth and social cohesion not only jeopardizes economic development, but also weakens and impoverishes democratic institutions.

In contemporary economics the social and relational dimension of innovation comes to predominate over the corporate aspect. Innovative processes mature not only within the confines of the enterprise, but increasingly through the formal and informal relations that the companies develop between them, and with the suppliers, the customers and the structures for education and research. This connotation of interaction and dialogue is accompanied by a new local embedding of the innovative activities: it is within the territory, through direct interaction often of an informal nature, that tacit knowledge is developed as a crucial resource for innovation. It is on this process of innovation that the essays in this volume focus, bringing to light the consequences that derive for the mapping of policies aimed at sustaining innovative initiatives.

Economic Sociology; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction:What is Economic Sociology?; Part I :The Classics and the Sociology of Capitalism; 1 From Classical Economics to Economic Sociology; 2 The Origins and Developments of Capitalism:Simmel and Sombart; 3 Capitalism and the Western Civilization:Max Weber; 4 The Social Consequences of Capitalism:Durkheim and Veblen; 5 The Great Depression and the Decline of Liberal Capitalism: Polanyi and Schumpeter; Part II :Themes and Routes of Contemporary Economic Sociology.

El desarrollo de la pequeña empresa ha sido un aspecto fundamental para el ajuste italiano de las tensiones económicas y sociales de la década de 1970. Las regiones en las que predomina la pequeña empresa se caracterizan por unas distintivas subculturas políticas: la comunista en las regiones centrales y la católica de la democracia cristiana en las regiones del noreste. Se argumenta que estas subculturas políticas favorecieron una regulación localista de la economía de la pequeña empresa, influeyendo en las relaciones laborales y en las actividades del gobierno local. Sobre estas bases se estableció un compromiso social que trajo un alto grado de flexibilidad económica. El contexto institucional de los barrios industriales atenuó los costes sociales del ajuste económico y fomentó una redistribución de sus ventajas. Sin embargo, se deben reconocer los problemas que el neo-localismo crea para la modernización adicional de las regiones que cuentan con un amplio sector pequeño empresarial, particularmente la insuficiencia, cada vez mayor, de recursos locales para resolver los distintos problemas.

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