How do types of democracy relate to varieties of capitalism? And how does their relationship mediate the political and economic pressures that arise from globalization? Varieties of Capitalism, Types of Democracy and Globalization addresses these questions to establish the relationship between democracy and capitalism. With case studies on Italy, UK, Germany, France, Japan and China, the contributors to this volume provide readers with a deeper understanding of how national political factors have shaped the outcomes of liberalization of these economies and the impact of globalization. The volume will be of interest to scholars and student of comparative politics, political economy and globalization.
Part I. Theory and Method 1. Introduction H. Callaghan and M. Ido 2. Varieties of Capitalism and Types of Democracy P. C. Schmitter with A. Topor Part II. Changing ToD-VoC Combinations in Advanced Democracies 3. Party System Change and Transformation of the Varieties of Capitalism M. Ido 4. Reversing the Causal Arrow: How Ownership Structure Shapes Party Positions in Britain, Germany and France H. Callaghan 5. Political Change and the Italian Variety of Capitalism L. Burroni and C. Trigilia 6. Between Pork and Productivity: Upending the Japanese Model of Capitalism T. J. Pempel 7. Divergent Fate of Left Parties in Political Economic Regime Transitions: Italy and Japan in the 1990s H. Magara Part III. Emergence of New VoC in New and Non-Democracies 8. A Macro-Historical Analysis: Globalization, Party-State and Capital in China's Emergent Capitalism C. A. McNally 9. Patterns of Political Representation and Varieties of Post-socialist Capitalism in the Era of Transnationalization L. Bruszt 10. Conclusion M. Ido