Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Approaches

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Paradigms of Explanation

   1. Paradigms of Explanation

      • David Coates

      Pages 1-25

3. The Approaches Explained

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Measuring Capitalism: Output, Growth and Economic Policy

      • Michael Kitson

      Pages 29-46

   3. Beyond Bone Structure: Historical Institutionalism and the Style of Economic Growth

      • Cathie Jo Martin

      Pages 47-62

   4. Contesting the ‘New Capitalism’

      • Greg Albo

      Pages 63-82

4. The Approaches Applied

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Economic Growth and the United States since 1870: A Quantitative Economic Analysis Incorporating Institutional Factors

      • Stephen Broadberry

      Pages 85-105

   3. Two Can Play at That Game … or Can They? Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Institutionalism

      • Colin Hay

      Pages 106-121

   4. The Politics of a Miracle: Class Interests and State Power in Korean Developmentalism

      • Vivek Chibber

      Pages 122-138

   5. Euro-Capitalism and American Empire

      • Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin

      Pages 139-159

5. The Approaches Evaluated

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. Varieties and Commonalities of Capitalism

      • Jonas Pontusson

      Pages 163-188

   3. The United States in the Post-war Global Political Economy: Another Look at the Brenner Debate

      • Martijn Konings

      Pages 189-210

   4. The Capitalist Economy, 1945–2000: A Reply to Konings and to Panitch and Gindin

      • Robert Brenner

      Pages 211-241

   5. Disparate Models, Desperate Measures: The Convergence of Limits

      • Travis Fast

      Pages 242-264

6. Conclusion: Choosing Between Paradigms — A Personal View

   1. Conclusion: Choosing Between Paradigms — A Personal View

      • David Coates

      Pages 265-271

7. Back Matter

   Pages 272-300

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Though the emerging sub-discipline of comparative political economy is now rich in studies of different advanced capitalisms, it still lacks a systematic consideration of the organizing frameworks and methodologies underpinning those studies. This definitive volume outlines the two great debates currently shaping the analysis of advanced capitalism. It makes the case for a greater awareness of underlying theoretical issues in the design of empirical research, and demonstrates the value of exploring the interconnections between competing intellectual approaches.

• capitalism
• economic growth
• economic policy
• growth
• political economy

'For more than two decades, the principal approaches to comparative political economy have largely talked past each other, operating within sealed theoretical paradigms. This indispensable volume is the first to bring the alternative approaches together in critical engagement. The result is both a fascinating exploration of how to analyse contemporary capitalism, and a fresh and important account of the dynamics and trajectories of capitalist development.' - Chris Howell, Professor of Politics, Oberlin College

• Wake Forest University, UK

  David Coates

GREG ALBO Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, York University, UK BOB BRENNER Professor and Director, Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, University of California, USA STEVE BROADBERRY Professor of Economic History at the University of Warwick, UK VIVEK CHIBBER Assistant Professor Sociology, New York University, USA TRAVIS FAST Doctoral candidate in Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada SAM GINDIN Packer Chair in Social Justice at York University, Toronto, Canada COLIN HAY Professor of Political Analysis, Research Director and Head of Department, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UK MICHAEL KITSON Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Fellow at the Cambridge-MIT Institite (CMI) and at the Judge Institute, Associate Director of the CMI's National Competitiveness Network, and University Lecturer in Business Economics, UK MARTIJN KONINGS PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at York University, UK CATHIE JO MARTIN Professor of Political Science, Boston University, USA LEO PANITCH Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and Research Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada JONAS PONTUSSON Professor of Government, Director of the Cornell Summer Program in International Business, and Advisor to the International Political Economy Program, Einaudi Center, Cornell University, USA

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