Fairness and Division of Labor in Market Societies

Comparison of U.S. and German Automotive Industries
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-57181-671-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

Reihe: Business History and Political Economy

Contrary to the explanations offered by the theory of non-reflexive, path-dependent institutionalism, the U.S. and the German automotive industries undertook strikingly similar patterns of industry modification under tough international competition during the 1990s, departing from their traditional national patterns. By investigating the processes of the U.S. and German adjustments, the author critically reconsiders the prevalent paradigms of political economy and comes to the conclusion that the evidence does not confirm the neoliberal paradigm. In order to better account for the recomposition of new market relations, which the author terms "converging but non-liberal" and "diverging but not predetermined" markets, he proposes an alternative model of "politics among reflexive agents," emphasizing different kinds of problem-solving practices among those reflexive agents. He argues that different forms and regimes of market are established in the process of recomposition, in which agents reflect upon not only market rationality but also upon their own institutions, creating new norms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kwon, Hyeong-Ki

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Similarities and Differences in the Transformation

Chapter 2. Transformation in the American Supplier Market

Chapter 3. Transformation in the German Supplier Market

Conclusion

Appendix: Test for Non-Response Bias

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kwon, Hyeong-Ki
Hyeong-Ki Kwon received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Currently he is a Principal Researcher in the Institute of Korean Political Studies and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Seoul National University, Korea. His research interests focus on democratic governance of industrial societies, particularly on the creation of new norms and the division of labor in the process of indusrial adjustments in advanced industrial countries, especially in the U.S., Germany, and Japan.