000			02057cam a2200277 i 4500
008			111115s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781107018662
020			_a9781107603646
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aHD3611 _bM379 P 2012
100	1		_aMartin, Cathie J. _9220380
245	1	4	_aThe political construction of business interests : _bcoordination, growth, and equality / _cCathie Jo Martin, Boston University, Duane Swank, Marquette University.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a307 p. : _bill.
490	0		_aCambridge studies in comparative politics
505			_aHKBU Library
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aIndustrial policy
650		0	_aIndustrial relations
650		0	_aManpower policy
650		0	_aCorporate state
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General. _9126952
700	1		_aSwank, Duane. _9220384
900			_a = C.1 SDU
942			_cGBE _2lcc
999			_c112821 _d112821