Author: Scharpf, Fritz W.
Title: Crisis and Choice in European Social Democracy
Description: Ithaca, Cornell University Press, (1991). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xx,303 pp, Translated by Ruth Cowley & Fred Thompson.. Textual graphs & tables. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Capitalism under Democratic Controls: Crisis as Fate? Prerequisites for Control of the Economy; Four European Experiences: A Comparison of Performance Indicators; Austria: Collective Mistakes Jointly Corrected; Great Britain: The Drama of Incomes Policy; Sweden: The Erosion of Hegemonic Institutions; The Federal Republic of Germany: The Limits of Antagonistic Cooperation; Comparative Analysis:; Economic Problems & Strategic Options, 1973-1979; Voluntary Wage Restraint; The Limits of Government Action; 1979-1985: The End of the Keynesian Interlude; Hopes at the End of the Eighties.

Keywords: Political Economy, Economic History, Social Democratic, Socialism, Wage-Price Policy, Comparative, Economics, Germany, Sweden Austria