02057cam a2200277 i 4500 111115s2012 enka b 001 0 eng 9781107018662 9781107603646 SDU HD3611 M379 P 2012 Martin, Cathie J. 220380 The political construction of business interests : coordination, growth, and equality / Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University, Duane Swank, Marquette University. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 307 p. : ill. Cambridge studies in comparative politics HKBU Library "Many societies use labor market coordination to maximize economic growth and equality, yet employers' willing cooperation with government and labor is something of a mystery. The Political Construction of Corporate Interests recounts employers' struggles to define their collective social identities at turning points in capitalist development. Employers are most likely to support social investments in countries with strong peak business associations, that help members form collective preferences and realize policy goals in labor market negotiations. Politicians, with incentives shaped by governmental structures, took the initiative in association-building and those that created the strongest associations were motivated to evade labor radicalism and to preempt parliamentary democratization. Sweeping in its historical and cross-national reach, the book builds on original archival data, interviews, and cross-national quantitative analyses. The research has important implications for the construction of business as a social class and powerful ramifications for equality, welfare state restructuring and social solidarity"-- Industrial policy Industrial relations Manpower policy Corporate state POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. 126952 Swank, Duane. 220384 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 112821 112821 0 0 lcc 0 HD3611 M379 P2012 0 CGB 284241 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-10-08 2 0 HD3611 M379 P 2012 1000360813 2025-10-08 00:00:00 C.1 2025-10-08 GBE