Though the emerging sub-discipline of comparative political economy is now rich in studies of different advanced capitalisms, it still lacks a systematic consideration of the organizing frameworks and methodologies underpinning those studies. This definitive volume outlines the two great debates currently shaping the analysis of advanced capitalism. It makes the case for a greater awareness of underlying theoretical issues in the design of empirical research, and demonstrates the value of exploring the interconnections between competing intellectual approaches.

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GREG ALBO Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, York University, UK BOB BRENNER Professor and Director, Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, University of California, USA STEVE BROADBERRY Professor of Economic History at the University of Warwick, UK VIVEK CHIBBER Assistant Professor Sociology, New York University, USA TRAVIS FAST Doctoral candidate in Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada SAM GINDIN Packer Chair in Social Justice at York University, Toronto, Canada COLIN HAY Professor of Political Analysis, Research Director and Head of Department, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UK MICHAEL KITSON Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Fellow at the Cambridge-MIT Institite (CMI) and at the Judge Institute, Associate Director of the CMI's National Competitiveness Network, and University Lecturer in Business Economics, UK MARTIJN KONINGS PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at York University, UK CATHIE JO MARTIN Professor of Political Science, Boston University, USA LEO PANITCH Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and Research Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada JONAS PONTUSSON Professor of Government, Director of the Cornell Summer Program in International Business, and Advisor to the International Political Economy Program, Einaudi Center, Cornell University, USA

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Introduction Paradigms of Explanation; D.Coates PART 1: THE APPROACHES EXPLAINED Measuring Capitalism: Output, Growth and Economic Policy; M.Kitson Beyond Bone Structure: Historical Institutionalism and the Style of Economic Growth; C.J.Martin Contesting the 'New Capitalism'; G.Albo PART 2: THE APPROACHES APPLIED Economic Growth and the United States since 1870: A Quantitative Economic Analysis Incorporating Institutional Factors; S.Broadberry Two Can Play at That GameOr Can They? Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Institutionalism; C.Hay The Politics of a Miracle: Class Interests and State Power in Korean Developmentalism; V.Chibber Euro-Capitalism and American Empire; L.Panitch & S.Gindin PART 3: THE APPROACHES EVALUATED Varieties and Commonalities of Capitalism; J.Pontusson The United States in the Post-War Global Political Economy: Another Look at the Brenner Debate; M.Konings The Capitalist Economy 1945-2000: A Reply to Konings, and to Panitch and Gindin; R.Brenner Disparate Models, Desperate Measures: The Convergence of Limits; T.Fast Conclusion List of Contributors Bibliography