Oxford handbook of comparative institutional analysis

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theories and methods in comparative institutional analysis. Institutional perspectives : working towards coherence or irreconcilable diversity? / Marie-Laure Djelic ; Beyond comparative statics : historical institutional approaches to stability and change in the political economy of labor / Kathleen Thelen ; Actors and institutions / Gregory Jackson ; Institutional reproduction and change / John L. Campbell ; Complementarity / Colin Crouch ; Qualitative comparative analysis of social science data / Bruce Kogut -- Institutions, states, and markets. The state in the economy : neoliberal or neoactivist? / Linda Weiss ; Money and markets / Glenn Morgan ; Transnational institutions and international regimes / Leonard Seabrooke ; Law as a governing institution / Glenn Morgan and Sigrid Quack ; Institutional change in financial systems / Richard Deeg ; The comparative institutional analysis of innovation : from industrial policy to the knowledge economy / Steven Casper ; Changing competition models in market economies : the effects of internationalization, technological innovations, and academic expansion on the conditions supporting dominant economic logics / Richard Whitley ; Institutions, wealth, and inequality / Lane Kenworthy -- The organization of economic actors. Corporate governance / Michel Goyer ; The institutional construction of firms / Richard Whitley ; Institutionalising the employment relationship / Jill Rubery ; Inter-firm relations in global manufacturing : disintegrated production and its globalization / Gary Herrigel and Jonathan Zeitlin -- Challenges for comparative institutional analysis. Institutional transformation in European post-communist regimes / Ivan Szelenyi and Katarzyna Wilk ; State failure / John A. Hall ; Financial capitalism resurgent : comparative institutionalism and the challenges of financialization / Ewald Engelen & Martijn Konings ; Institutional competitiveness : how nations came to compete / Ove K. Pedersen -- Epilogue. Institutions in history : bringing capitalism back in / Wolfgang Streeck.

It is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization & outcomes. This text explores the issues, perspectives, & models, concerned with comparative institutional analysis. The leading scholars in the area contribute chapters to provide a central reference point for academics, scholars, & students.