Beyond the Regulation Approach : Putting Capitalist Economies in Their Place

Every Now And Then, A Book Comes Along That You Positively Want To Be Asked To Read And Review, And This Is One Of Them A Major Work Of Scholarship In Its Own Right, While At The Same Time, A Ground-clearing Exercise For What Is To Follow. . . . This, It Should Be Emphasized, Is A Hugely Impressive Body Of Work, An Expansive Statement Of Jessop S Contribution As A Major Figure Within The World Of Regulation Approaches. Ray Hudson, Economic Geography This Book Presents A Detailed And Critical Account Of The Regulation Approach In Institutional And Evolutionary Economics. Offering Both A Theoretical Commentary And A Range Of Empirical Examples, It Identifies The Successes And Failures Of The Regulation Approach As An Explanatory Theory, And Proposes New Guidelines For Its Further Development. Although Closely Identified With Heterodox French Economists, There Are Several Schools Of Regulation Theory And The Approach Has Also Been Linked To Many Topics Across The Social Sciences. Bob Jessop And Ngai-ling Sum Provide Detailed Criticisms Of The Various Schools Of The Regulation Approach And Their Empirical Application, And Have Developed New Ways Of Integrating It Into A More General Critical Exploration Of Contemporary Capitalism. The Authors Go On To Describe How The Regulation Approach Can Be Further Developed As A Progressive Research Paradigm In Political Economy. Also Presented Is A Detailed Philosophical As Well As Theoretical Critique Of The Regulation Approach And Its Implications For The Philosophy Of Social Sciences And Questions Of Historical Analysis (especially Periodization). Addressing The Implications Of The Regulation Approach For Both The Capitalist Economy And The Changing Role Of The State And Governance, This Book Will Be Of Great Interest To A Wide-ranging Audience, Including Institutional And Evolutionary Economists, Economic And Political Sociologists And Social And Political Theorists. Beyond the Regulation Approach......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Figures and tables......Page 7 Preface......Page 8 Abbreviations......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 14 Introduction......Page 15 1. Early regulation approaches in retrospect and prospect......Page 27 2. Fordism and post-Fordism......Page 72 3. Fordism, post-Fordism and the capitalist state......Page 104 4. Neo-conservative regimes and the transition to post-Fordism......Page 137 5. A regulationist re-reading of East Asian newly industrializing economies: from peripheral Fordism to exportism......Page 166 6. A regulationist perspective on the Asian ‘crisis’ and after......Page 201 7. Regenerating the regulation approach......Page 227 8. Bringing governance into capitalist regulation......Page 261 9. Rescaling regulation and governance in a global age......Page 285 10. Critical realism and the regulation approach: a dialogue......Page 313 11. Rethinking periodization after Fordism......Page 337 12. Gramsci as a proto- and post-regulation theorist......Page 362 Conclusion: putting capitalist economies in their place......Page 388 Bibliography......Page 396 Name index......Page 471 Subject index......Page 474 1. Early Regulation Approaches In Retrospect And Prospect -- 2. Fordism And Post-fordism -- 3. Fordism, Post-fordism And The Capitalist State -- 4. Neo-conservative Regimes And The Transition To Post-fordism -- 5. A Regulationist Re-reading Of East Asian Newly Industrializing Economies : From Peripheral Fordism To Exportism -- 6. A Regulationist Perspective On The Asian 'crisis' And After -- 7. Regenerating The Regulation Approach -- 8. Bringing Governance Into Capitalist Regulation -- 9. Rescaling Regulation And Governance In A Global Age -- 10. Critical Realism And The Regulation Approach : A Dialogue -- 11. Rethinking Periodization After Fordism -- 12. Gramsci As A Proto- And Post-regulation Theorist. Bob Jessop, Ngai-ling Sum. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 382-456) And Indexes.