TY - BOOK AU - Wilensky,Harold L. TI - American political economy in global perspective SN - 9781107018099 (hardback) AV - HC 103 W676a 2012 U1 - 330.973 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Economic policy KW - Comparative government KW - Political sociology KW - Welfare state KW - Globalization KW - Primera Jornada de Catalogacion KW - United States KW - Economic conditions KW - Estados Unidos KW - Condiciones económicas KW - Política económica KW - Industrias N1 - Incluye referencia bibliográfica. (p. 311-341); Machine generated contents note: Part I. Globalization, Public Policy, and the Wellbeing of People: 1. The welfare state as the center of public finance and political conflict; 2. Energy policy and performance: U.S. and the world; 3. What tradeoffs are good and bad for the economy?: domestic structures and policies that permit adaptation to globalization; 4. Retrenchment of the welfare state? the fate of 'cutback budgeting' in Italy, France, Germany, the U.S., U.K., and New Zealand; 5. Pensions coverage: US health care remains unique; 6. The impact of 'globalization': an overview; Part II. Moving the U.S. off the Low Road: Lessons from Abroad: 7. Low road versus high road: American exceptionalism; 8. Policy implications for the United States: how to get off the low road N2 - "This book is a guide to claims about the proper role of government and markets in a global economy"--Provided by publisher ER -