Stagnation or Stability?

Andrei Hesse

doi:10.5771/9783845267425

Stagnation or Stability?

Interest Groups and the Welfare State

Series: Nomos Universitätsschriften - Volkswirtschaftslehre

Volume 4 1. Edition 2015

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Zusammenfassung

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich theoretisch und empirisch anhand der Fallstudien zu Schweden und Israel mit dem Paradigma der Institutionellen Sklerose, wonach Wohlfahrstaaten zu Stagnation, Inflation und zuletzt zu ökonomischem Verfall neigen, denen sie nicht entkommen können. Dieses Paradigma wird jedoch letztlich als obsolet verworfen.

Abstract

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich theoretisch und empirisch anhand der Fallstudien zu Schweden und Israel mit dem Paradigma der Institutionellen Sklerose, wonach Wohlfahrstaaten zu Stagnation, Inflation und zuletzt zu ökonomischem Verfall neigen, denen sie nicht entkommen können. Dieses Paradigma wird jedoch letztlich als obsolet verworfen.

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1–12 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–12
13–22 Introduction 13–22
23–50 A. Interest groups, pluralism, stagflation, and institutional sclerosis 23–50
- A. I. ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’ - challenges to the welfare state
- A. II. Mancur Olson’s view on democracy and the rentseeking society
- A. III. The Logic of Collective Action
  - A. III.a. A theory on the nature of interest groups and their organisation
  - A. III.b. The acquisition of a public or collective good
  - A. III.c. Importance and problems of ‘The Logic of Collective Action’
- A. IV. The Rise and Decline of Nations
- A. IV.a. Extending ‘The Logic of Collective Action’ into the political sphere
  - A. IV.b. Empirical support in ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’
  - A. IV.c. Importance and problems of ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’
51–64 B. Further empirical research and interpretations of interest groups 51–64
- B. I. Empirical findings and case studies using Olson’s approach
- B. II. Research deviating from Olson’s methodology
- B. III. Interest groups and political volatility
65–88 C. Interest groups and institutions 65–88
- C. I. Why institutions exist
- C. II. Uncertainty and transaction costs
- C. III. Structure and enforcement of property rights
- C. IV. Organisations and stability
89–108 D. Factors of long-term economic growth 89–108
- D. I. Open societies, democracy, pluralism, or open access order
- D. II. Factors for stability
- D. III. Advancing the understanding of organisations and institutions
- D. IV. Pluralism and economic growth
109–130 E. Stagnation or stability 109–130
131–134 F. Pluralism – Stability and resilience through a quasi-indefinite regime outlook 131–134
135–190 G. Sweden – Unlegislated industrial relations and protracted transformation 135–190
- G. I. The road to the Swedish model
  - G. I.a. The early Swedish public policy
  - G. I.b. Overcoming the Great Depression and the Second World War
- G. II. The Swedish model
  - G. II.a. Policy beginnings
  - G. II.b. Adapting the capital market
- G. III. The Rehn-Meidner model
  - G. III.a. Theoretical foundations
  - G. III.b. Practical application
- G. IV. Transformation and traditions
- G. V. Breakdown of the Swedish model
  - G. V.a. Economic factors
  - G. V.b. Political factors
  - G. V.c. Areas of policy conflict and international economic integration
  - G. V.d. Why the Krona was defended
- G. VI. Return to the Swedish model
- G. VII. Conclusion and outlook
191–270 H. Israel – The rise, the decline, and the re-invention of the Israeli Economy 191–270
- H. I. The economic tradition of ‘old’ Israel
  - H. I.a. From communitarian settlement to an ethnorepublican dirigisme
  - H. I.b. The principles of the economic policy
  - H. I.c. The financial market
  - H. I.d. Investment policy
  - H. I.e. Cost-of-living-allowances
  - H. I.f. Politico-economic policy patterns
  - H. I.g. The tax system
  - H. I.h. The Histadrut state
- H. II. The decline of the ‘old’ Israeli economy
  - H. II.a. Stagnation, inflation, and policy volatility
  - H. II.b. Reasons and policy agendas attributable to the decline
- H. III. Transaction costs of inflation
- H. IV. The ‘new’ Israel
  - H. IV.a. The Economic Emergency Plan of July 1985
  - H. IV.b. The re-invention of the Israeli politico-economic character
- H. V. How and why Israel overcame stagflation, price and wage rigidities
- H. VI. Conclusion and outlook
271–276 Conclusion 271–276
277–284 Bibliography 277–284
285–286 Index 285–286

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