02170nam a22003498a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002200224082001600246100003400262245009800296264005200394300005900446336002600505337002600531338003600557500007300593520095800666650002001624650002701644650002401671776003501695856007101730999001901801CR9781139087360UkCbUP20180107143415.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||110512s2012||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139087360 (ebook)  z9781107018099 (hardback)  z9781107638952 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aHC103 b.W52 201200a330.9732231 aWilensky, Harold L.,eauthor.10aAmerican Political Economy in Global Perspective / [electronic resource]cHarold L. Wilensky. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (384 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aThis book is a guide to claims about the proper role of government and markets in a global economy. Moving between systematic comparison of nineteen rich democracies and debate about what the United States can do to restore a more civilized, egalitarian and fair society, Harold L. Wilensky tells us how six of these countries got on a low road to economic progress and which components of their labor-crunch strategy are uniquely American. He provides an overview of the impact of major dimensions of globalization, only one of which – the interaction of the internationalization of finance and the rapid increase in the autonomy of central banks – undermines either national sovereignty or job security, labor standards, and the welfare state. Although Wilensky views American policy and politics through the lens of globalization, he concludes that the nation-state remains the center of personal identity, social solidarity and political action. 0aEconomic policy 0aComparative government 0aPolitical sociology08iPrint version: z978110701809940uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139087360zCambridge Books Online  c236684d236684