Screen LibraryCulture and consensus in European varieties of capitalism A common sense analysis /
Using two milestones in the Dutch and German political economies - Wassenaar and Alliance for Jobs respectively - this book argues that Antonio Gramsci's 'common sense' provides us with the conceptual apparatus necessary for analysing the integral role played by culture and consensus...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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International political economy series |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230583436 |
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Using two milestones in the Dutch and German political economies - Wassenaar and Alliance for Jobs respectively - this book argues that Antonio Gramsci's 'common sense' provides us with the conceptual apparatus necessary for analysing the integral role played by culture and consensus in the trajectories of national capitalisms in Europe. 'Ian Bruff brings Gramscian notions of culture and common sense back into the study of national economic performance. In this way, he underscores that policy consensus is what people understand and make of it, and not what institutions thrust upon them. His argument not only extends the reach of neo-gramscian analysis, but offers an important provocation for all comparative political economists.' - Erik Jones, Professor of European Studies, SAIS Bologna Center, Italy 'Drawing on Gramsci, Ian Bruff provides a new definition of culture, which helps us to understand the possibility of consensus |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
| Carrier Form: | 208 p. |
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9780230549326 9780230583436 (ebook) : 0230583431 (ebook) : |
| CLC: | D750.8 |
| Contents: | Introduction Culture in the Literatures An Alternative Framework: Gramsci's "Common Sense" The Dutch and German Varieties of Capitalism The Netherlands and Wassenaar Germany and the Alliance for Jobs Post-2001 Radicalization Conclusion: "Critical" IPE? |