Hesse Stagnation or Stability?

Interest Groups and the Welfare State
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8452-6742-5
Verlag: Nomos
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 287 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm

Reihe: Nomos Universitätsschriften - Volkswirtschaft

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich theoretisch und empirisch anhand der Fallstudien zu Schweden und Israel mit dem Paradigma der Institutionellen Sklerose, wonach Wohlfahrstaaten zu Stagnation, Inflation und zuletzt zu ökonomischem Verfall neigen, denen sie nicht entkommen können. Dieses Paradigma wird jedoch letztlich als obsolet verworfen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hesse, Andrei

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2; Introduction;14
3;A. Interest groups, pluralism, stagflation, and institutional sclerosis;24
3.1;A. I. ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’ - challenges to the welfare state;25
3.2;A. II. Mancur Olson’s view on democracy and the rentseeking society;28
3.3;A. III. The Logic of Collective Action;29
3.3.1;A. III.a. A theory on the nature of interest groups and their organisation;30
3.3.2;A. III.b. The acquisition of a public or collective good;34
3.3.3;A. III.c. Importance and problems of ‘The Logic of Collective Action’;37
3.4;A. IV. The Rise and Decline of Nations;39
3.5;A. IV.a. Extending ‘The Logic of Collective Action’ into the political sphere;40
3.5.1;A. IV.b. Empirical support in ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’;46
3.5.2;A. IV.c. Importance and problems of ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’;49
4;B. Further empirical research and interpretations of interest groups;52
4.1;B. I. Empirical findings and case studies using Olson’s approach;54
4.2;B. II. Research deviating from Olson’s methodology;56
4.3;B. III. Interest groups and political volatility;61
5;C. Interest groups and institutions;66
5.1;C. I. Why institutions exist;68
5.2;C. II. Uncertainty and transaction costs;70
5.3;C. III. Structure and enforcement of property rights;76
5.4;C. IV. Organisations and stability;81
6;D. Factors of long-term economic growth;90
6.1;D. I. Open societies, democracy, pluralism, or open access order;90
6.2;D. II. Factors for stability;93
6.3;D. III. Advancing the understanding of organisations and institutions;97
6.4;D. IV. Pluralism and economic growth;98
7;E. Stagnation or stability;110
8;F. Pluralism – Stability and resilience through a quasi-indefinite regime outlook;132
9;G. Sweden – Unlegislated industrial relations and protracted transformation;136
9.1;G. I. The road to the Swedish model;137
9.1.1;G. I.a. The early Swedish public policy;139
9.1.2;G. I.b. Overcoming the Great Depression and the Second World War;142
9.2;G. II. The Swedish model;143
9.2.1;G. II.a. Policy beginnings;145
9.2.2;G. II.b. Adapting the capital market;148
9.3;G. III. The Rehn-Meidner model;150
9.3.1;G. III.a. Theoretical foundations;150
9.3.2;G. III.b. Practical application;155
9.4;G. IV. Transformation and traditions;159
9.5;G. V. Breakdown of the Swedish model;160
9.5.1;G. V.a. Economic factors;161
9.5.2;G. V.b. Political factors;164
9.5.3;G. V.c. Areas of policy conflict and international economic integration;169
9.5.4;G. V.d. Why the Krona was defended;179
9.6;G. VI. Return to the Swedish model;182
9.7;G. VII. Conclusion and outlook;186
10;H. Israel – The rise, the decline, and the re-invention of the Israeli Economy;192
10.1;H. I. The economic tradition of ‘old’ Israel;192
10.1.1;H. I.a. From communitarian settlement to an ethnorepublican dirigisme;195
10.1.2;H. I.b. The principles of the economic policy;203
10.1.3;H. I.c. The financial market;205
10.1.4;H. I.d. Investment policy;210
10.1.5;H. I.e. Cost-of-living-allowances;212
10.1.6;H. I.f. Politico-economic policy patterns;214
10.1.7;H. I.g. The tax system;216
10.1.8;H. I.h. The Histadrut state;217
10.2;H. II. The decline of the ‘old’ Israeli economy;225
10.2.1;H. II.a. Stagnation, inflation, and policy volatility;226
10.2.2;H. II.b. Reasons and policy agendas attributable to the decline;235
10.3;H. III. Transaction costs of inflation;245
10.4;H. IV. The ‘new’ Israel;247
10.4.1;H. IV.a. The Economic Emergency Plan of July 1985;247
10.4.2;H. IV.b. The re-invention of the Israeli politico-economic character;251
10.5;H. V. How and why Israel overcame stagflation, price and wage rigidities;260
10.6;H. VI. Conclusion and outlook;268
11; Conclusion;272
12; Bibliography;278
13; Index;286