Coordination in Transition : The Netherlands and the World Economy, 1950-2010

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Library of Economic History Ser. ; v.5

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Coordination in Transition; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: A Tension between Coordination and Competition?; Coordination in the Netherlands; Traditions of Approaching Institutions; Capitalisms Compared; 2 Growth and Structural Change in the Netherlands and Other OECD Economies; Have 50 Years of Structural Change Lessened the Degree of Coordination?; Economic Growth in the Netherlands after World War II; The 'Convergence Club' of Dissimilar OECD Economies; Alternative Indicators of Economic Development

Structural Economic Change and Technological ChangeEffects of Technological Change on the Typology of 'Varieties of Capitalism'; Conclusion: More Market, not Less Coordination; 3 At Ease with the Market: Coordination in the Dutch Business System; Characteristics of the Dutch Business System; Business Systems, Culture, Family Firms; The Composition of the Private Sector; Cooperation among Firms; Interlocking Directorates and Other Aspects of Corporate Governance; Eager Globalizer: The Openness of the Dutch Economy; Conclusion: Worldwide Developments and Local Adjustments

4 Corporatism and Pragmatism: Coordination in Labor RelationsWhere Did Dutch Coordination Come from and Where Will It Go?; Specific Aspects of Coordination in Labor Relations; The Evolution of the Dutch Consultative System; From Postwar Consensus to Polarization; Institutional Change after the Wassenaar Agreement of 1982; The Central Position of the SER and the Failure of the Green Polder Model; Labor in a Changing World: The Netherlands in a European Context; Conclusion: A Pragmatist Tradition of Consultation; 5 Coordination and Trust: The Dutch Welfare State

Coordination and the Welfare StateThe Peculiar Path of the Dutch Welfare State; Monitoring the Levels of Social Spending; Effects of Coordination on the Development of the Dutch Welfare State; Conclusion: Coordinated Interest in Social Protection; 6 Economic Policy: In Search of Shared Economic Responsibility; Reconciling Different Agendas; Economic and Social Goals of Dutch Postwar Policy; Changing Policy Priorities During the 1980s and 1990s; Towards a New Type of Capitalism: Privatization, Liberalization, and Reregulation; Effects of Coordination on Government Policy

Conclusion: Coordinated Neoliberal Capitalism7 Changing Context, Changing Framework; General Conclusions on Coordination; Non-market Coordination in the Netherlands; Towards the Future; Bibliography; Index

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