The End of Diversity?

by Wolfgang Streeck and Kozo Yamamura

Book Overview

After the devastation of World War II, Germany and Japan built national capitalist institutions that were remarkably successful in terms of national reconstruction and international competitiveness. Yet both "miracles" have since faltered, allowing U.S. capital and its institutional forms to establish global dominance. National varieties of capitalism are now under intense pressure to converge to the U.S. model. Kozo Yamamura and Wolfgang Streeck...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801488206
• ISBN13: 9780801488207
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Important book

Very interesting collection of essays, highly recommended if one wants to understand more on what is currently happening in Germany and Japan (i.e. important changes that will inject new dynamism in these two "fallen angels").