Mediterranean Capitalism Revisited: One Model, Different Trajectories

In: Cornell Studies in Political Economy

Abstract

Frontmatter -- Index -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Which Road to Development? The Mediterranean Model Revisited -- Part I. Economic Features and Institutional Context of Southern European Countries -- 1. Is There a "Mediterranean" Growth Model? -- 2. States' Performance, Reforms, and Policy Capacity in Southern European Countries -- 3. Which Level of Analysis? Internal versus External Explanations of Eurozone Divergence -- 4. Following Different Paths of Modernization. The Changing Sociocultural Basis of Southern Europe -- Part II. Policies and Processes of Change -- 5. Labor Market (De)Regulation and Wage-Setting Institutions in Mediterranean Capitalism -- 6. Southern European Welfare Systems in Transition -- 7. How to Adjust? Italy and Spain at the Test of Financial Integration and Crisis -- 8. Human Capital Formation, Research and Development, and Innovation -- Conclusion. Mediterranean Capitalism between Change and Continuity -- References -- Contributors -- Index