Economics and Politics of Industrial Policy

The United States and Western Europe

Steven A. Shull

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9780367158217
• eBook ISBN: 9780429711879
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Industrial policy is a good example of the growing economic and political interdependency between Europe and the United States. The contributors to this volume, which compiles the proceedings of the seventh conference sponsored by the Institute for the Comparative Study of Public Policy, examine the ways in which national, and supranational in the case of the European Community, industrial policies are implemented. It is thought that diversity within the country is the primary reason why the United States does not have a comprehensive national policy. There is a consensus among the authors that the U.S. economy is less subject or amenable to central government planning than the economies of Europe. In Europe, there is more interest in coordinating industrial policy throughout the European Community, but here too the failure to adopt a comprehensive policy reveals the enormous diversity and parochialism that conflict with supranational goals. The contributors conclude that while a centrally planned and implemented industrial policy may be desirable, we do not have the means to achieve it. Acknowledging the major industrial and trade problems facing the United States and Western Europe, the authors feel that it is not clear whether these problems can be resolved by government intervention.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• About the Book and Editors
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 INTRODUCTION
• 2 MYTHS AND REALITIES ON AMERICA'S NEED FOR AN INDUSTRIAL POLICY
• 3 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN WESTERN EUROPE
• 4 THE POLITICS OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES
• 5 INTEREST GROUPS, PARTIES, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE AMERICAN STATES
• 6 INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE AND THE PROSPECTS FOR INDUSTRIAL POLICY
• 7 THE FUTURE OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY: CONCLUSION
• Bibliography
• Contributors