CHAPTER ONE. The Convergence Hypothesis Revisited: Globalization but Still the Century of Nations?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. CONVERGENCE?: MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
6. CHAPTER ONE. The Convergence Hypothesis Revisited: Globalization but Still the Century of Nations? 29
7. CHAPTER TWO. Globalization and Its Limits: Reports of the Death of the National Economy are Greatly Exaggerated 60
8. CHAPTER THREE. Has France Converged on Germany? Policies and Institutions since 1958 89
9. PART II. CONVERGING OR NATIONAL AND AUTONOMOUS?: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES
10. CHAPTER FOUR. American and Japanese Corporate Governance: Convergence to Best Practice? 107
11. CHAPTER FIVE. Lean Production in the German Automobile Industry: A Test Case for Convergence Theory 138
12. CHAPTER SIX. Financial Markets in Japan 171
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Competition among Forms of Corporate Governance in the European Community: The Case of Britain 179
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Competition and Competition Policy in Japan: Foreign Pressures and Domestic Institutions 197
15. CHAPTER NINE. The Convergence of Competition Policies in Europe: Internal Dynamics and External Imposition 216
16. CHAPTER TEN. The Macropolitics of Microinstitutional Differences in the Analysis of Comparative Capitalism 239
17. PART III. NEGOTIATED CONVERGENCE
18. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Retail Convergence: The Structural Impediments Initiative and the Regulation of the Japanese Retail Industry 263
19. CHAPTER TWELVE. Trade and Domestic Differences 298
20. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Policy Approaches to System Friction: Convergence Plus 333
21. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Free and Managed Trade 353
22. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Convergence in Whose Interest? 366
23. Contributors 375
24. Index 377