Stewart Clegg, Geoff Dow, Paul Boreham

• List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Politics and Crisis: The State of the Recession Stewart Clegg, Paul Boreham and Geoff Dow 2. Competitive Party Democracy and the Keynesian Welfare State: Some Reflections Upon their Historical Limits Claus Offe 3. The Historical Foundations of Class Struggle in Late Capitalist Liberal Democracies Nixon Apple 4. The Institutional Transformations of the Post Laissez-Faire State: Reflections on the Italian Case Franco Ferraresi 5. Technocracy and the Late Capitalist Society: Reflections on the Problem of Rationality and Social Organisation G. T. Wilson 6. The Crisis of Representation in Class-Oriented Unions: Some reflections based on the Italian Case Marino Regini 7. An International Participation Cycle: Variations on a Recurring Theme Harvie Ramsay; Notes on Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index

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