The Diversity of Modern Capitalism

by Bruno Amable

This book proposes a comparative analysis of modern capitalism. It identifies five different types of modern the market-based economies, Asian capitalism, the Continental European model, the social democratic economies, and the Mediterranean model. It presents their main institutional characteristics and relates the different models their political and economic dynamics. The book also assesses the likely future of the Continental European model, making a significant contribution to the 'varieties of capitalism' debate.

326 pages, Paperback

First published December 4, 2003

About the author

Bruno Amable is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Geneva. His research focuses on comparative capitalism and the political economy of institutions and change. He is the author of The Diversity of Modern Capitalism and Structural Crisis and Institutional Change in Modern Capitalism: French Capitalism in Transition.