Forging Industrial Policy The United States, Britain, and France in the Railway Age

Name: Forging Industrial Policy The United States, Britain, and France in the Railway Age
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ISBN: 9780521451215

ISBN-10: 0521451213

ISBN-13: 9780521451215

Edition: 1994

Authors: Frank Dobbin

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The United States, France, and Britain use markedly different kinds of industrial policies to foster economic growth. To understand the origins of these different policies, this book examines the evolution of public policies governing one of the first modern industries, the railroads. The author challenges conventional thinking in economics, political science, and sociology by arguing that cultural meaning plays an important role in the development of purportedly rational policies designed to promote industrial growth. This book has implications for the study of rational institutions of all sorts, including science, management, and economics, as well as for the study of culture.

Book details

List price: $70.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/25/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.29" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Frank Dobbin is professor of sociology at Harvard University. His books include "Forging Industrial Policy: The United States, Britain", and "France in the Railway Age; The New Economic Sociology: A Reader" (Princeton); and "The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy".



Acknowledgements



Political Culture and Industrial Rationality



Introduction



Culture and meaning in modern states



The argument



Conclusion



The United States



Intoduction



Planning



Finance



Technical and managerial coordination



Pricing and competition



Conclusion



France



Introduction



Planning



Finance



Technical and managerial coordination



Pricing and competition



Conclusion



Britain



Introduction



Planning



Finance



Technical and managerial coordination



Pricing and competition



Conclusion



Conclusion



Introduction



Culture and rationality



Politics and rationality



Economics and rationality



Institutions and rationality



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index