Resilient Liberalism in Europe's Political Economy (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. Theorizing ideational continuity: the resilience of neo-liberal ideas in Europe Vivien A. Schmidt and Mark Thatcher; Part I. Economy, State, and Society: 2. Neo-liberalism and fiscal conservatism Andrew Gamble; 3. Welfare-state transformations: from neo-liberalism to liberal neo-welfarism? Maurizio Ferrera; 4. The state: the bete noire of neo-liberalism or its greatest conquest? Vivien A. Schmidt and Cornelia Woll; Part II. Neo-liberalism in Major Policy Domains: 5. The collapse of the Brussels-Frankfurt consensus and the future of the euro Erik Jones; 6. Supranational neo-liberalization: the EU's regulatory model of economic markets Mark Thatcher; 7. Resilient neo-liberalism in European financial regulation Daniel Mugge; 8. Neo-liberalism and the working class hero: from organized to flexible labour markets Cathie Jo Martin; 9. European corporate governance: is there an alternative to neo-liberalism? Sigurt Vitols; Part III. Neo-liberalism in Comparative Perspective: 10. The resilience of Anglo-liberalism in the absence of growth: the UK and Irish cases Colin Hay and Nicola J. Smith; 11. Germany and Sweden in the crisis: re-coordination or resilient liberalism? Gerhard Schnyder and Gregory Jackson; 12. State transformation in Italy and France: technocratic versus political leadership on the road from non-liberalism to neo-liberalism Elisabetta Gualmini and Vivien A. Schmidt; 13. Reassessing the neo-liberal development model in Central and Eastern Europe Mitchell A. Orenstein; Part IV. Conclusion: 14. Conclusion: explaining the resilience of neo-liberalism and possible pathways out Mark Thatcher and Vivien A. Schmidt.