This book examines the political origins of financial institutions across fifteen developed democracies, with focused case studies on the US, France, Japan, Austria, and Germany.
The institutional arrangements of financial systems are widely seen as a central distinguishing feature of 'varieties of capitalism'. Through a wide-range of case studies, this book contends that political battles between landed interests, labor, and owners of capital have fundamentally shaped modern financial arrangements. Demonstrating how these conflicts have shaped contemporary financial architecture in a number of different contexts, author Richard W. Carney offers an innovative approach to explaining the distinctive capitalist arrangements of nation-states. By demonstrating the importance of landed interests to nations' institutional configurations, the book has clear implications for developing countries such as India and China.
Providing a detailed account of the development of financial institutions, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, sociology, business, finance, and law. It will also offer insights valuable to government policymakers, analysts at international organizations, and the business community.
ISBN: | 9780415503518 |
Publication date: | 2nd December 2011 |
Author: | Richard Carney |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 208 pages |
Series: | Routledge Advances in International Political Economy |
Genres: |
Jurisprudence and general issues Public finance accounting Economics of industrial organization International economics Political economy Economic history Social law and Medical law Politics and government International law |