Varietals of Capitalism shows that politics is an omnipresent part of the economics of wine and of economic activity in general. Based on a four-year research project encompassing fieldwork in France, Spain, Italy, and Romania, Xabier Itçaina, Antoine Roger, and Andy Smith examine the causes...

Reprogramming Japan -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1. The Dynamics of Communitarian Capitalism -- 2. Norms and Institutions -- 3. Telephone Titan -- 4. Telecommunications: Obsolete Institutions -- 5. Computers: Cooperation or Competition? -- 6. Software: Programmed for Failure --...

The Power of Inaction -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Bailout Games -- 2. Crisis Management across the World -- 3. The Power of Collective Inaction -- 4. From Theory to Practice -- 5. The United States and the United Kingdom -- 6. France and Germany -- 7....

Two Crises, Different Outcomes -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction: Crises, Corrections, and Challenges -- 1. Two Crises, Two Outcomes -- PART 1. Dealing with Crises: Continuities and Changes -- 2. A Tale of the Two Crises: Indonesia's Political...

Linda Weiss attributes the U.S. capacity for transformative innovation to the strength of its national security state, a complex of agencies, programs, and hybrid arrangements that has developed around the institution of permanent defense preparedness and the pursuit of technological supremacy.

Poor Numbers -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What Do We Know about Income and Growth in Africa? -- 2. Measuring African Wealth and Progress -- 3. Facts, Assumptions, and Controversy: Lessons from the Datasets -- 4. Data for Development:...

Politics in the New Hard Times -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Anatomy of Crisis: The Great Recession and Political Change -- Part I: Crises and Politics: Is This Time Different? -- 1. Economic Crisis and Global Governance:The Stability of a Globalized World --...

Herrera explores the variance in implementation of international institutions through an examination of the international System of National Accounts (SNA), and, in particular, the success of post-Soviet Russia and other in implementing it.

Cioffi argues that highly politicized reform of corporate governance law has reshaped power relations within the public corporation in favor of financial interests, contributed to the profound crises of capitalism, and eroded its political foundations.

Cover -- ENTREPRENEURIAL STATES -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Political Entrepreneurs and the Corporate Restructuring Dilemma -- 2. A Story of Change and Divergence -- 3. France: Effective but "Shameful" Reforms...