Coordination in Transition : The Netherlands and the World Economy, 1950-2010.

Intro -- Coordination in Transition: The Netherlands and the World Economy, 1950-2010 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction: A Tension between Coordination and Competition? -- Coordination in the Netherlands -- Traditions of Approaching Institutions -- Capitalisms Compared -- 2: Growth and Structural Change in the Netherlands and Other OECD Economies -- Have 50 Years of Structural Change Lessened the Degree of Coordination? -- Economic Growth in the Netherlands after World War II -- The 'Convergence Club' of Dissimilar OECD Economies -- Alternative Indicators of Economic Development -- Structural Economic Change and Technological Change -- Effects of Technological Change on the Typology of 'Varieties of Capitalism' -- Conclusion: More Market, not Less Coordination -- 3: At Ease with the Market: Coordination in the Dutch Business System -- Characteristics of the Dutch Business System -- Business Systems, Culture, Family Firms -- The Composition of the Private Sector -- Cooperation among Firms -- Interlocking Directorates and Other Aspects of Corporate Governance -- Eager Globalizer: The Openness of the Dutch Economy -- Conclusion: Worldwide Developments and Local Adjustments -- 4: Corporatism and Pragmatism: Coordination in Labor Relations -- Where Did Dutch Coordination Come from and Where Will It Go? -- Specific Aspects of Coordination in Labor Relations -- The Evolution of the Dutch Consultative System -- From Postwar Consensus to Polarization -- Institutional Change after the Wassenaar Agreement of 1982 -- The Central Position of the SER and the Failure of the Green Polder Model -- Labor in a Changing World: The Netherlands in a European Context -- Conclusion: A Pragmatist Tradition of Consultation -- 5: Coordination and Trust: The Dutch Welfare State.

Coordination and the Welfare State -- The Peculiar Path of the Dutch Welfare State -- Monitoring the Levels of Social Spending -- Effects of Coordination on the Development of the Dutch Welfare State -- Conclusion: Coordinated Interest in Social Protection -- 6: Economic Policy: In Search of Shared Economic Responsibility -- Reconciling Different Agendas -- Economic and Social Goals of Dutch Postwar Policy -- Changing Policy Priorities During the 1980s and 1990s -- Towards a New Type of Capitalism: Privatization, Liberalization, and Reregulation -- Effects of Coordination on Government Policy -- Conclusion: Coordinated Neoliberal Capitalism -- 7: Changing Context, Changing Framework -- General Conclusions on Coordination -- Non-market Coordination in the Netherlands -- Towards the Future -- Bibliography -- Index.

Coordination in Transition analyzes the evolution of the institutional structure of the Dutch political economy since 1950, focusing on the constant adaptation of deliberative institutions to structural economic change.

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