Peter A. Hall is Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University where he is also the Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on European politics, policy-making, and comparative political economy. His work has received numerous awards including the Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book in political science published in 1986 and the Luebbert Award for the best article in comparative politics published in 1998.David Soskice is Research Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Adjunct Research Professor at the School for Social Sciences of the Australian National University. He is Emeritus Fellow in Economics at University College, Oxford, and on leave from the Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung in Berlin (WZB) where he has been Director of the Research Unit on Employment and Economic Change since 1990. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on comparative political economy, macroeconomics, and labor economics.

... this volume and its associated literature, will become the paradigm of explanation for the next decade.

• 1. An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism ; PART I: GENERAL THEMES AND DIVERSE APPLICATIONS ; 2. Varieties of Labor Politics in the Developed Democracies ; 3. Institutional and Sectoral Interactions in Monetary Policy and Wage-Price Bargaining ; 4. Social Protection and the Formation of Skills: A Reinterpretation of the Welfare State ; 5. Firms and the Welfare State: When, Why, and How Does Social Policy Matter to Employers? ; 6. The Domestic Sources of Multilateral Preferences: Varieties of Capitalism in the European Community ; PART II: CASE-STUDIES IN PUBLIC POLICY, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE ; 7. Business, Government, and Labour Market Policy in Britain and Germany ; 8. Employers, Public Policy, and the Politics of Decentralized Cooperation in Germany and France ; 9. Revisiting the French Model: Coordination and Restructuring in French Industry ; PART III: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, FIRM STRATEGY, AND THE LAW ; 10. Varieties of Corporate Governance: Comparing Germany and the UK ; 11. Macro-Varieties of Capitalism and Micro-Varieties of Strategic Management in European Airlines ; 12. The Legal Framework for Corporate Governance: The Influence of Contract Law on Company Strategies in Germany and the United States ; 13. Legal Irritants: How Unifying Law Ends Up in New Divergences ; 14. National Varieties of Standardization

Peter A. Hall is Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University where he is also the Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on European politics, policy-making, and comparative political economy. His work has received numerous awards including the Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book in political science published in 1986 and the Luebbert Award for the best article in comparative politics published in 1998.David Soskice is Research Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Adjunct Research Professor at the School for Social Sciences of the Australian National University. He is Emeritus Fellow in Economics at University College, Oxford, and on leave from the Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung in Berlin (WZB) where he has been Director of the Research Unit on Employment and Economic Change since 1990. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on comparative political economy, macroeconomics, and labor economics.

... this volume and its associated literature, will become the paradigm of explanation for the next decade.

• 1. An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism ; PART I: GENERAL THEMES AND DIVERSE APPLICATIONS ; 2. Varieties of Labor Politics in the Developed Democracies ; 3. Institutional and Sectoral Interactions in Monetary Policy and Wage-Price Bargaining ; 4. Social Protection and the Formation of Skills: A Reinterpretation of the Welfare State ; 5. Firms and the Welfare State: When, Why, and How Does Social Policy Matter to Employers? ; 6. The Domestic Sources of Multilateral Preferences: Varieties of Capitalism in the European Community ; PART II: CASE-STUDIES IN PUBLIC POLICY, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE ; 7. Business, Government, and Labour Market Policy in Britain and Germany ; 8. Employers, Public Policy, and the Politics of Decentralized Cooperation in Germany and France ; 9. Revisiting the French Model: Coordination and Restructuring in French Industry ; PART III: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, FIRM STRATEGY, AND THE LAW ; 10. Varieties of Corporate Governance: Comparing Germany and the UK ; 11. Macro-Varieties of Capitalism and Micro-Varieties of Strategic Management in European Airlines ; 12. The Legal Framework for Corporate Governance: The Influence of Contract Law on Company Strategies in Germany and the United States ; 13. Legal Irritants: How Unifying Law Ends Up in New Divergences ; 14. National Varieties of Standardization

Peter A. Hall is Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University where he is also the Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on European politics, policy-making, and comparative political economy. His work has received numerous awards including the Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book in political science published in 1986 and the Luebbert Award for the best article in comparative politics published in 1998.David Soskice is Research Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Adjunct Research Professor at the School for Social Sciences of the Australian National University. He is Emeritus Fellow in Economics at University College, Oxford, and on leave from the Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung in Berlin (WZB) where he has been Director of the Research Unit on Employment and Economic Change since 1990. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on comparative political economy, macroeconomics, and labor economics.

... this volume and its associated literature, will become the paradigm of explanation for the next decade.

• 1. An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism ; PART I: GENERAL THEMES AND DIVERSE APPLICATIONS ; 2. Varieties of Labor Politics in the Developed Democracies ; 3. Institutional and Sectoral Interactions in Monetary Policy and Wage-Price Bargaining ; 4. Social Protection and the Formation of Skills: A Reinterpretation of the Welfare State ; 5. Firms and the Welfare State: When, Why, and How Does Social Policy Matter to Employers? ; 6. The Domestic Sources of Multilateral Preferences: Varieties of Capitalism in the European Community ; PART II: CASE-STUDIES IN PUBLIC POLICY, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE ; 7. Business, Government, and Labour Market Policy in Britain and Germany ; 8. Employers, Public Policy, and the Politics of Decentralized Cooperation in Germany and France ; 9. Revisiting the French Model: Coordination and Restructuring in French Industry ; PART III: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, FIRM STRATEGY, AND THE LAW ; 10. Varieties of Corporate Governance: Comparing Germany and the UK ; 11. Macro-Varieties of Capitalism and Micro-Varieties of Strategic Management in European Airlines ; 12. The Legal Framework for Corporate Governance: The Influence of Contract Law on Company Strategies in Germany and the United States ; 13. Legal Irritants: How Unifying Law Ends Up in New Divergences ; 14. National Varieties of Standardization