Introduction : recasting corporatism -- The paradox of high-tech corporatism -- The crisis of low-tech production in Denmark, Finland, and Ireland -- From price-fixing cartels to research consortia : rapid restructuring in Finland -- From social protection to skill formation : diversified...

The South in the era of market dominance -- Reengineered and rewired: downsized business and the insecure worker -- After the deluge: office workers and the era of uncertainty in Virginia -- Wealth against commonwealth: Southern labor in the era of market dominance -- Trading in Southern...