“…The book applies insights from employment relations to the political economy of climate change, developing a model for understanding trade union behaviour over climate matters. …”

“…In contrast to functionalist and structuralist approaches, the book advocates and contributes to a 'return of electoral and coalitional politics' to political economy research. "…”

“…Drawing on interviews with key players and extensive archival research, the book critically analyses the political economy, constitutional and political constraints on Labour, highlighting the limited opportunities for unions to bring their influence to bear in spite of the critical role they play in bankrolling Labour."…”

“…This stands in stark contrast to the theoretical expectations of classical works in the field of political economy. Since the first half of the 1980s at the latest, Western democracies have entered a new phase of economic liberalization. …”

“…A new comprehensive data set on 172 countries over the 2001-2013 period on the provision of social pension across the world allows us to investigate recent trends in social pension implementation and test internal and external political economy drivers of the process. By using a first order Markov transition model to account for the state dependence inherent in public pension provision, we find that demand factors such as demographic trends drives the decision to reform internally. …”

“…The book contributes to academic literature in comparative and international political economy, and to public policy debates regarding the effects of globalization."…”

“…The expert contributors also examine comparative issues from a range of perspectives, including industrial and employment relations, political economy, comparative politics, and cross-cultural studies. …”

“…"This book builds on institutionalist theory in both economics and political science to offer a general political economy framework for the study of welfare capitalism. …”

“…The developments examined here are salient for both policy stakeholders and for the academic community in areas such as labour sociology, industrial relations, gender studies, political economy, and economic geography."…”

“…"Knowing who gains and loses from regulatory reform is important for understanding the political economy of reform. Using micro-level data from 26 countries, this paper studies how regulatory reform of network industries, a policy priority in many advanced economies, influences the labour market situation of workers in network industries. …”

“…In order to address this task, it opts for an integration of approaches traditionally kept apart because of the disciplinary separation between International Business and International Political Economy. Based on country case studies of the most important emerging markets, as well as of investigations into selected international institutions, it highlights the emergence of a third wave of state capitalism that is different from the previous two in the 19th and 20th centuries. …”

“…Although these views are influential in the political economy debate, there is little empirical research on the effect of contract types on social and labour market policy preferences. …”

“…It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labor market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the governance and the legal structure of a “Bismarckian” welfare state. …”

“…The book addresses a set of questions at the heart of political economy and public policy: How much does economic growth help the poor? …”

“…Specific topics in "Comparing European Workers Volume 2: Policies and Institutions" include: the political economy of active social policy in postindustrial democracies; social protection dualism, deindustrialization and cost containment; organized labor in Europe; and, unionization in East European ex-communist countries. …”

“…In particular, it shows that the conventional wisdom in the political economy of redistribution does not hold in the light of the new measure developed in this paper…”

“…While the method is already well established in the study of socio-technical systems, the paper tests its transferability to the political economy of the EU. Along two drivers, the material struggle to tame globalization and the ideational struggle to fill the void that is resulting from the deconstruction of neoliberalism, the paper maps four plausible pathways into alternative futures. …”

“…The research themes of the fellows have spanned a broad area including topics in the political economy of globalisation and integration, issues of macroeconomic policy making at the zero lower interest rate bound, and market integration challenges not least in view of deepening EMU."…”

“…In addition, the book also includes theoretical chapters by expert scholars from a range of disciplinary fields including industrial relations, migration studies and political economy."…”

“…The authors offer a positive answer to this question, although specify the need to bridge contentious politics with other fields, including political economy. They highlight differences in the social movements’ strength and breadth and attempt to understand them in terms of three sets of dimensions: a) the specific characteristics of the socio-economic crisis and its consequences in terms of mobilization potential; b) the political reactions to it, in what we can define as political opportunities and threats; and c) the social movement cultures and structures that characterize each country. …”