Full Description
Institutions shape states, society, businesses, and the interactions between them. Understanding how these interactions shape the growth paths of different countries is crucial to monitoring policy outcomes and gauging creditable impact. The Growth Paths of State-Society Relations highlights how different state-society relations have developed, the power relationships that characterize their different forms or modes, and the wider growth paths that are likely to emerge as a result.
Combining case studies with empirical and theoretical game analysis, Mohamed Ismail Sabry presents four State-Business-Labor Relations (SBLR) modes for considering the power relationships at play in these interactions. Analyzing four significant case studies featuring Germany, the USA, China, and Russia, Sabry investigates the emergence of these various modes, particularly whether they arise out of institutional settings or special socioeconomic or historical circumstances. Considering variables such as levels of productivity, long-run economic growth, inequality, and sustainability, chapters also discuss how the SBLR modes affect the growth paths of each example country, particularly through policies related to Technology and Industry 4.0, Green transformation, and social welfare.
Providing a rationale for institutional change as well as suggestions for power restructuring within a state-society relationship, The Growth Paths of State-Society Relations offers a unique and nuanced analysis of the perpetual interplay between government, business, and society.
Contents
Introduction
Part I. Theoretical Perspectives of State-Business-Labor Relations, Industrial Policy, and Growth Paths
Chapter 1. The Different State-Society Modes and their Origin
Chapter 2. The Origins of SBLR Modes
Chapter 3. State-Society Modes and Industrial Policy
Chapter 4. State-Society Relations and Economic Paths
Part II. World Cases in a Comparative Lens
Chapter 5. The Four Case Studies
Chapter 6. Balanced-SBLR in Germany
Chapter 7. The USA and State-Capture
Chapter 8. Russia and Crony State-Society Relations
Chapter 9. China and State Dominance
Conclusion
