Main description: "Globalisierung" ist ein Schlagwort, mit dem sowohl Ängste als auch Hoffnungen verbunden sind. Befürworter erwarten Wohlfahrtsgewinne durch verbesserte internationale Arbeitsteilung. Kritiker befürchten negative Umverteilungseffekte zu Lasten vor allem von Entwicklungs- und...

This book explores the variations in the transformation of the Asian developmental state in South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. Based on an original theory, the author argues that these variations are influenced by two factors: industrial structure and democratic transition, both of which are...

State capitalist analysis-before the Russian revolution, in reaction to Stalin's consolidation of power, and after the Cold War / Vincent Kelly Pollard -- State capitalism versus communism : what happened in the USSR? / Satya Gabriel, Stephen A. Resnick, and Richard D. Wolff -- Labor,...

"This book intends to be a contribution to the 'varieties of capitalism' paradigm. The theoretical background is Weber's theory of legitimacy. Was communism ever 'legitimate'? What kind of legitimacy claims were made in the transition from communism to capitalism? Central Europe was closer to...