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The American Political Economy

Politics, Markets, and Power
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This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and decentralized political institutions; an interest group landscape characterized by weak labor organizations and powerful, parochial business groups; and an entrenched legacy of ethno-racial divisions embedded in both government and markets. Subsequent chapters look at the fundamental dynamics that result, including the place of the courts in multi-venue politics, the political economy of labor, sectional conflict within and across cities and regions, the consolidation of financial markets and corporate monopoly and monopsony power, and the ongoing rise of the knowledge economy. Together, the chapters provide a revealing new map of the politics of democratic capitalism in the United States.

Author Biography:

Jacob S. Hacker is Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He is the author or co-author of six books, including, most recently, Let Them Eat Tweets and American Amnesia (with Paul Pierson) (2020). Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is Associate Professor at Columbia University. He studies the politics of US public policy with a focus on labor, business, and the workplace. He is the author of Politics at Work (2018), which won the 2019 Robert A. Dahl and Gladys Kammerer Awards from the American Political Science Association, and State Capture. Paul Pierson is John Gross Professor of Political Science at University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or co-author of six books on American and comparative politics, including Let Them Eat Tweets and American Amnesia (with Hacker) (2020). Kathleen Thelen is Ford Professor of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research examines the origins and impact of political-economic institutions in the rich democracies. Her books include Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Cambridge, 2014) and How Institutions Evolve (Cambridge, 2008), which won the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award of the American Political Science Association.
Release date Australia
November 11th, 2021
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributors
  • Edited by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
  • Edited by Jacob S. Hacker
  • Edited by Kathleen Thelen
  • Edited by Paul Pierson
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Pages
400
Dimensions
152x229x29
ISBN-13
9781009014861
Product ID
35104766

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