Varieties of Capitalism
Trajectories of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Thelen (0000-0003-4102-8504, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 137-159 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-polisci-070110-122959 |
| OpenAlex | W2148197894 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 139 |
| References cited | 64 |
This essay reviews recent literature on varieties of capitalism, drawing on insights from existing studies to propose a new, more differentiated way of thinking about contemporary changes in the political economies of the rich democracies. The framework offered here breaks with the “continuum models” on which much of the traditional literature has been based, in which countries are arrayed along a single dimension according to their degree of “corporatism” or, more recently, of “coordination.” In so doing, it reveals combinations—continued high levels of equality with significant liberalization, and declining solidarity in the context of continued significant coordination—that existing theories rule out by definition. I argue that these puzzling combinations cannot be understood with reference to the usual dichotomous, structural variables on which the literature has long relied, but require instead greater attention to the coalitional foundations on which political-economic institutions rest. A coalitional approach reveals that institutions that in the past supported the more egalitarian varieties of capitalism survive best not when they stably reproduce the politics and patterns of the Golden Era but rather when they are reconfigured—in both form and function—on the basis of significantly new political support coalitions
Capitalism · Context (archaeology · Corporatism · Economic system · Economics · Liberalization · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Social solidarity · Sociology · Solidarity · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Darbo santykių institucijų kaita Lietuvoje institucinių veikėjų požiūriu
Mercados Como Ordens Sociais
Governing Culture ‘Credibly’
The re-politicization of the welfare state after the global financial crisis
Institutionelle Dualisierung und Geschlecht
From Cocktail to Dependence
Economic crisis and youth unemployment
Gendered costs of austerity
Aggrieved Labor Strikes Back
Skills and Inequality
Austrian Corporatism – erosion or resilience?
Introduction
The Paradox of Liberalization — Understanding Dualism and the Recovery of the G erman Political Economy
Did the German Model Survive the Labor Market Reforms?
Welfare States, Family Policies, and Fertility in Europe
Torn between economic efficiency and social equality? Short-track apprenticeships in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland
Liberalization by Exhaustion
Institutional adult education regimes
Cultures of economic education
Agricultural technical and vocational education and training in China
How Stable is Dualisation? The Case of Labour Market and Antipoverty Policies in Italy
Employment Dualism in Crisis
Locked in
Three Rival Versions of Markets and the Common Good
Bridging power resources and social movements
Assessing the impact of liberalisation policies on the Greek labour market
Pandemics Initially Spread Among People of Higher (Not Lower) Social Status
Political Parties in Business
Capitalism in the Platform Age
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The Becomings of Capitalism and Liberal Democracy
Kenya in Motion 2000-2020
Labor Unions and Political Participation in Comparative Perspective
Can We Have Our Cake and Eat it Too? Liberalization, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in Advanced Industrial Societies
The Globalization of Production and Income Inequality in Rich Democracies
Generational Inequalities and Welfare Regimes
Desempleo y flexibilización
Aktienfinanzierung, Arbeitsmarktmobilität und die Spielarten des Kapitalismus
Free to die
Comparing nuclear trajectories in Germany and the United Kingdom
Lobbying Brexit Negotiations
Beyond Neoliberal Imposition
China’s integration into the global financial system
Inside global financial networks
Inclusive Advocacy? Trade-Union Activity in Support of the Rights of Domestic Workers in Continental Europe
Young people and dualization in Europe
The employer response to the guaranteed annual income
Coordination, inclusiveness and wage inequality between median- and bottom-income workers
Revisiting the role of business in welfare state politics
Globalisation and public policy
Donor bureaucratic organisation and the pursuit of performance-based aid through multilateral trust funds
Varieties of Regulation and Financialization
Institutions and the gender wage gap
Convergence of family policy across welfare regimes (1990 to 2010)
Selective Neoliberalism
The social and political bases of political economy
Labour market effects of social insurance reform in Vietnam
The Taliban's Regime Security and the Strategic Calculus of China and Pakistan
Growth Models and Female Labor in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe
The Effects of Skill Regimes and Family Policies on the Gender Employment Gap
Intersecting Social Divisions and the Politics of Differentiation
Considering national varieties in the temporary staffing industry and institutional change
Institutional change in Chinese cross-border finance
Labour market protection across space and time
How Do Neoliberal Policies Affect Income Inequality? Exploring the Link Between Liberalization, Finance, and Inequality
Pluralité de paritarismes. Une comparaison franco-italienne des systèmes de cotisation pour la formation professionnelle continue
Understanding Perceived Worker Insecurity in Europe, 2002–2016
Economic and fiscal policy coordination after the crisis
Besser, schlechter oder polarisiert
The impact of trade unions and government party orientation on income inequality
Domestic coalitions in the variation of education privatization
The Politics of ‘Minimum Wage’ Welfare States
Labour market liberalization and the rise of dualism in Europe as the interplay between governments, trade unions and the economy
Labour market dualization and social policy in pandemic times
Varieties of Regulation
Variegated Capitalism, Chinese Style
Varieties of Capitalism and Welfare Regime Theories
Explaining Implementation through Varieties of Capitalism Theory
Youth‐oriented active labour market policies and economic crisis
The evolving EU accountability landscape
The underlying Public Attitude Toward Government Responsibility to Intervene in Socioeconomics, 30 Years of Evidence from the ISSP
Varieties of capitalism and income inequality
Of fields and of factories
Strong state, weak enforcement
Generative AI and uneven productivity gains
The historical origins of the varieties of capitalism
The Political Geography of the Eurocrisis
Italy and Germany
Human resources in tourism
Sky Protest
Cross-National divergence and convergence in social welfare
Does collective bargaining reduce health inequalities between labour market insiders and outsiders
Mechanisms of neoliberal resilience
La loyauté néolibérale du capital patient
Development, democracy, and dependence in the Southern Cone
Dualization and Social Policies
The Politics of Labor Market Reform in Coordinated Welfare Capitalism
The Transition to the Knowledge Economy, Labor Market Institutions, and Income Inequality in Advanced Democracies
Social institutions and economic performance
The Brave New World of European Labor
American Political Economy in Global Perspective
The Political Construction of Business Interests
Contemporary Capitalism
Fair Shares
The Evolution of Modern States
Varieties of Labor Politics in the Developed Democracies
The Erosion of the German System of Industrial Relations
Wage Determination
Bringing the State Back In
Small States in World Markets
Human Capital
Industrial Relations
Institutional Change in German Vocational Training
Varieties of Capitalism
Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
The Welfare State in Hard Times
Industrial Relations and European State Traditions
The Evolution of Modern States
Introduction
Reinterpreting Corporatism and Explaining Unemployment
The Political Economy of Collective Skill Formation
Once Again a Model
Politik im Defizit. Austerität als fiskalpolitisches Regime
Between Neo-Liberalism and the German Model
Divergent Production Regimes
How Institutions Evolve
Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies
Noch so ein Sieg, und wir sind verloren. Der Nationalstaat nach der Finanzkrise
Social Democracy Inside Out
The Democratic Class Struggle
Games Real Actors Play
Social democracy inside out
Unions, Employers' Associations, and Wage-Setting Institutions in Northern and Central Europe, 1950–1992
Unions, Employers' Associations, and Wage-Setting Institutions in Northern and Central Europe, 1950-1992
The three worlds of welfare capitalism
Distribution and Redistribution
Wage-Setting Measures
The State and Coordinated Capitalism
Bringing Capital Back In, or Social Democracy Reconsidered
The Causes of Welfare State Expansion
Gendering the Varieties of Capitalism. A Study of Occupational Segregation by Sex in Advanced Industrial Societies
Small States in Big Trouble
Coordination as a Political Problem in Coordinated Market Economies
Varieties of Capitalism
The Paradox of Globalization
Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Political Economy
Gender and the Social Rights of Citizenship
Power, Politics, and State Autonomy in the Development of Social Citizenship
Does the Organization of Capital Matter? Employers and Active Labor Market Policy at the National and Firm Levels
Educating capitalists
Partisan Governance, Women's Employment, and the Social Democratic Service State
Institutional change in varieties of capitalism
Workers and the World Economy
A Common Neoliberal Trajectory
Institutionalizing Dualism
Strategic Alliances and Social Policy Reform
| Unique citing works | 139 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9,93 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 137 |