Institutions and Politics Festschrift in Honour of Ove K. Pedersen

by Nedergaard, Peter; Campbell, John L.

• ISBN13: 9788757418149
• ISBN10: 8757418144
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Djoef Publishing

Summary

"For more than two decades, Ove K. Pedersen has been interpreting the Danish model of the political economy, analyzing how it works, and placing it in perspective against the economic models of other nations and changes in the world economy over time. His influential vision of how a 'negotiated economy' works has influenced international scholarship. His studies of the response to globalization and the rise of neoliberalism show us how politics mediates the impact of economic developments. This volume brings a distinguished set of international scholars together in a wide-ranging tribute to his work. The chapters take up themes of enduring importance bearing on the role of ideas in politics, the roots of Danish economic success, and modes of coordination in the political economy. This timely book appears at a moment of great international interest in 'flexicurity' and the achievements of the Danish model. Its perspectives enrich the discussion of issues central to comparative political economy."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Institutionalization and institutional competitiveness
Institutional competitiveness and its analytical foundation - in the writing of Ove K. Pedersen	p. 25
Innovation policy and institutional competitiveness in Europe and Denmark	p. 53
Institutions of current affairs comparative research in varieties of journalism	p. 73
The institutionalization of market mechanisms in public service delivery	p. 93
Institutional history	p. 111
The institutionalization of regional trade agreements : surprise and stickiness in NAFTA and Mercosur	p. 135
Politics and ideas
What do we know - or not - about ideas and politics?	p. 157
Norms of war : an institutionalist account	p. 177
What should the state do? : a political economy of ideas and institutions	p. 195
How should the economy work? : policy imagination and dynamics of institutional change	p. 227
Liberal Machiavellianism	p. 251
Transnational regulation : Europeanization of Nordic central governments	p. 267
Politics and business
The political economy of European integration and business : how to explain policy developments	p. 291
Party competition and the origins of collective capitalism in Denmark	p. 317
The state and corporatism - the role of the state in the development and reproduction of the "Danish model"	p. 341
List of interviews	p. 369
Curriculum vitae for Ove K. Pedersen	p. 371
A selected bibliography of research published in English	p. 373
Index	p. 375
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