European Industrial Policy

The Twentieth-Century Experience
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-828998-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 482 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 886 g

At the end of the 20th century with stagnating industrial output, unemployment in many European countries has climbed to levels not seen since the 1930s. Interventionist industrial policies thus find new popularity after the gentle flirtation with liberalization in the early 1990s. Under the Maastricht Treaty, the European Union was granted industrial policy powers for the first time.

The present study aims to contribute to an understanding of European industrial policy by introducing an historical perspective. National policy continuities and the considerable time over which industrial performance responds to changed environments emerge with greater clarity in the long run. The chapters in this book take a broad view of industrial policy, including those policies that establish the `framework', such as competition law, as well as sector for firm specific policies.

The overall conclusion is that improved framework policies, such as liberalization and re-regulation, are still essential. Monetary union in the `core' will increase tensions arising from economic inflexibility. Although there are often strong political barriers blocking implementation of appropriate industrial policies, they will be even more necessary under monetary union.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foreman-Peck, James

Federico, Giovanni

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Giovanni Federico and James Foreman-Peck: Industrial Policies in Europe: Introduction

- 2: James Foreman-Peck and Leslie Hannah: Britian: From Economic Liberalism to Socialism - And Back?

- 3: Jean-Pierre Dormois, University of Montpellier: France: The Idiosyncrasies of Volontarisme

- 4: Wilfried Feldenkirchen: Germany:The Invention of Interventionism

- 5: Giovanni Federico and Renato Giannetti: Italy: Stalling and Surpassing

- 6: J. Bohlin: Sweden: The Rise and Fall of the Swedish Model?

- 7: Jan L. van Utrecht: The Netherlands: The History of the Empty Box?

- 8: Luc Hens and Peter Solar: Belgium: Liberalism by Default

- 9: Eoin O'Malley: Ireland: From Inward to Outward Policies

- 10: Pedro Bablín: Spain: Industrial Policy under Authoritarian Politics

- 11: Joao Confraria: Industrialization and Backwardness

- 12: Ioanna Peplasis Minoglou: Greece: From Rent-Seeking Protectionism to Direct Intervention

- 13: Christopher Mark Davis: Russia: A Comparative Economic Systems Interpretation

- 14: Mark Casson: A Cultural Theory of Industrial Policy

- 15: James Foreman-Peck and Giovanni Federico: European Industrial Policy: An Overview

Über Autor(innen)

Dr James Foreman-Peck teaches economics and economic history at the University of Oxford and is Fellow of St Antony's College. He has previously been a practising economist in the electricity supply industry, has taught economics and economic history at the University of California, Davis, and has been a Professor of Economic History at the University of Hull.

Professor Giovanni Federico teaches in the Department of Modern History, University of Pisa. He has previously been a Visiting Fellow of the European University Institute in Florence, and a Research Fellow of the Institute for Historical Research, University of London.