MONEY, MARKETS, AND THE STATE by Ton Notermans ( 9780521633390 )

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Title:

MONEY, MARKETS, AND THE STATE
SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC ECONOMIC POLICIES SINCE 1918

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Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0521633397

ISBN 13:

9780521633390

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

13 April, 2000

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

Pages:

324

Description:

This book, first published in 2000, provides in-depth explanations behind the successes and failures of the economic policies of social democratic governments.

Synopsis:

Money, Markets, and the State, first published in 2000, provides in-depth explanations behind the various successes and failures of the economic policies of social democratic governments in five Western European countries: Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. Dr Notermans examines these economic systems from the inflation of the early twenties, through the Great Depression of the thirties and then continues his analysis up to present-day mass unemployment. Drawing on a wide range of historical and statistical sources, Dr Notermans argues that the fate of social democratic economic policy hinges critically on the political and institutional success of maintaining price stability and not on structural economic factors such as changing supply side conditions or increasing globalization of economic relations. Although social democracy has repeatedly been declared obsolete, the study concludes that even under present economic conditions, successful policies for full employment are possible by way of social democratic theory.

Illustrations:

15 b/w illus. 23 tables

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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