Coping with the Economic Crisis

Hans Keman is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam CONTRIBUTORS' AFFILIATIONS: Klaus Armingeon Institut fuer Politiekwissenschapft, Unitobler Uwe Becker Universiteit van Amsterdam Ian Budge University of Essex Francis Castles The Australian National University, Canberra Hans Daalder The Hague Svante Errson Umea Universitet Kees van Kersbergen Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen Jan-Erik Lane Universite de Geneve Peter Mair Universiteit van Leiden Paul Pennings Vrije Universiteit Manfred Schmidt

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Explanations of the Economic Crisis and Divergent Policy Responses - Heikki Paloheimo An Overview PART TWO: POLICY PROCESS, INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES The Impact of Interest Politics on Flexible Adjustment Policies - Roland Czada Interest Intermediation, Institutional Structures and Public Policy - Franz Lehner Institutional Accommodation to Full Employment - Gosta Esping-Andersen A Comparison of Policy Regimes The Compatibility of Economic, Social and Political Goals in Incomes Policies - Klaus Armingeon A Comparative Analysis of Incomes Policy Developments in Ten West European Countries in the 1970s PART THREE: POLICY STRATEGIES, IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES Political Strategies To Overcome the Crisis - Hans Keman and Tibert van Dijk Policy Formation and Economic Performance in Seventeen Capitalist Democracies The Economic Policy Strategies of the Nordic Countries - Jan Otto Andersson The Monetarist Experiments in the United States and United Kingdom - Paul F Whiteley Policy Responses to Stagflation Coping with Crisis - Hans Keman and Paul F Whiteley Divergent Strategies and Outcomes

`This book is an important set of research papers on comparative political economy and suggests many directions for future research.' -- Political Studies, Vol 37 No 1, 1989