Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein
The Political Economy of Inequality, Unions, and Social Democracy

Collects Michael Wallerstein's most important and influential contributions to research on issues of inequality, redistribution, and wage-determination.

David Austen-Smith (Edited by), Jeffry A. Frieden (Edited by), Miriam A. Golden (Edited by), Karl Ove Moene (Edited by), Adam Przeworski (Edited by)

9780521714853, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 March 2008

482 pages, 39 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.64 kg

'A must-read for scholars and students of political economy in general, and labor relations, welfare states, and inequality in particular. The introductory essays by the editors, together with Wallerstein's articles, provide a compelling synthesis of this vibrant field pioneered by Wallerstein and his co-authors.' Elisabeth Jean Wood, Yale University and the Santa Fe Institute

Michael Wallerstein was a leader in developing a rigorous comparative political economy approach to understanding substantive issues of inequality, redistribution, and wage-determination. His early death from cancer left both a hole in the profession and a legacy that will surely provide the foundation for research on these topics. This volume collects his most important and influential contributions, organized by topic, with each topic preceded by an editorial introduction that provides overview and context.

1. General introduction Adam Przeworski and Jeffrey Frieden
Part I. Class Conflict, the State, and Economic Limits to Democracy: 2. Introduction Adam Przeworski
3. The structure of class conflict in democratic capitalist societies Michael Wallerstein and Adam Przeworski
4. Structural dependence of the state on capital Michael Wallerstein and Adam Przeworski
5. Capital taxation with open borders Michael Wallerstein and Adam Przeworski
Part II. The Politics of Labor Organizations: 6. Introduction Miriam Golden
7. Union organization in advanced industrial democracies Michael Wallerstein
8. Centralized bargaining and wage restraint Michael Wallerstein
9. Trade union organization and industrial relations in the postwar era in 12 countries Michael Wallerstein, Miriam Golden, and Peter Lange
10. Unions in decline? What has changed and why Michael Wallerstein and Bruce Western
Part III. Inequality and Redistribution: 11. Introduction David Austen-Smith
12. Wage-setting institutions and pay inequality in advanced industrial societies Michael Wallerstein
13. Inequality, social insurance and redistribution Michael Wallerstein and Karl Ove Moene
14. Redistribution and affirmative action Michael Wallerstein and David Austen-Smith
Part IV. Labor and the Nordic Model of Social Democracy: 15. Introduction Karl Ove Moene
16. How social democracy worked Michael Wallerstein and Karl Ove Moene
17. Earnings inequality and welfare spending: a disaggregated analysis Michael Wallerstein and Karl Ove Moene
18. Social democracy as a development strategy Michael Wallerstein and Karl Ove Moene.

Subject Areas: Economics [KC], Comparative politics [JPB], Political science & theory [JPA], History of ideas [JFCX]