The American Political Economy

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-316-51636-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 933 g

This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and decentralized political institutions; an interest group landscape characterized by weak labor organizations and powerful, parochial business groups; and an entrenched legacy of ethno-racial divisions embedded in both government and markets. Subsequent chapters look at the fundamental dynamics that result, including the place of the courts in multi-venue politics, the political economy of labor, sectional conflict within and across cities and regions, the consolidation of financial markets and corporate monopoly and monopsony power, and the ongoing rise of the knowledge economy. Together, the chapters provide a revealing new map of the politics of democratic capitalism in the United States.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hacker, Jacob S.

Hertel-Fernandez, Alexander

Pierson, Paul

Thelen, Kathleen

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; American political economy: a framework and agenda for research Jacob S. Hacker, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Paul Pierson, and Kathleen Thelen; Part I. Political Arenas and Actors: 1. Hurdles to shared prosperity: congress, parties, and the national policy process in an era of inequality Nathan J. Kelly and Jana Morgan; 2. The role of the law in the American political economy K. Sabeel Rahman and Kathleen Thelen; 3. Collective action, law, and the fragmented development of the American labor movement Alexander Hertel-Fernandez; Part II. Race, Space, and Governance: 4. Racial inequality, market inequality, and the American political economy Chloe Thurston; 5. The production of local inequality: race, class, and land use in American cities Jessica Trounstine; 6. The city re-centered? Local inequality mitigation in the twenty-first century Thomas K. Ogorzalek; 7. The political economies of red states Jacob M. Grumbach, Jacob S. Hacker, and Paul Pierson; Part III. Corporate Power and Concentration: 8. Mo' patents, mo' problems: corporate strategy, structure and profitability in America's political economy Herman Mark Schwartz; 9. Asset manager capitalism as a corporate governance regime Benjamin Braun; 10. Labor market power in the American political economy Suresh Naidu; Part IV. The American Knowledge Economy: 11. The United States as radical innovation driver: the politics of declining dominance? David Soskice; 12. Public investment in the knowledge economy Lucy Barnes; 13. Concentration and commodification: the political economy of post-industrialism in America and beyond Ben Ansell and Jane Gingrich; 14. The American political economy confronts covid-19 Jacob S. Hacker, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Paul Pierson, and Kathleen Thelen.

Über Autor(innen)

Thelen, Kathleen
Kathleen Thelen is Ford Professor of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research examines the origins and impact of political-economic institutions in the rich democracies. Her books include Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Cambridge, 2014) and How Institutions Evolve (Cambridge, 2008), which won the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award of the American Political Science Association.

Hacker, Jacob S.
Jacob S. Hacker is Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He is the author or co-author of six books, including, most recently, Let Them Eat Tweets and American Amnesia (with Paul Pierson) (2020).

Pierson, Paul
Paul Pierson is John Gross Professor of Political Science at University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or co-author of six books on American and comparative politics, including Let Them Eat Tweets and American Amnesia (with Hacker) (2020).

Hertel-Fernandez, Alexander
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is Associate Professor at Columbia University. He studies the politics of US public policy with a focus on labor, business, and the workplace. He is the author of Politics at Work (2018), which won the 2019 Robert A. Dahl and Gladys Kammerer Awards from the American Political Science Association, and State Capture.