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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: W. Rand SmithPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780822956587ISBN 10: 0822956586 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 02 July 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsThe book makes . . . important contributions to comparative politics and comparative political economy. . . . Smith has made a convincing case for looking at the political basis of economic change, and has provided a useful book for all those interested in how the left governs in the face of having to do the 'dirty job' of economic restructuring. --Canadian Journal of Political Science The book makes . . . important contributions to comparative politics and comparative political economy. . . . Smith has made a convincing case for looking at the political basis of economic change, and has provided a useful book for all those interested in how the left governs in the face of having to do the 'dirty job' of economic restructuring. --Canadian Journal of Political Science <p> The book makes . . . important contributions to comparative politics and comparative political economy. . . . Smith has made a convincing case for looking at the political basis of economic change, and has provided a useful book for all those interested in how the left governs in the face of having to do the 'dirty job' of economic restructuring. <br> --Canadian Journal of Political Science The book makes . . . important contributions to comparative politics and comparative political economy. . . . Smith has made a convincing case for looking at the political basis of economic change, and has provided a useful book for all those interested in how the left governs in the face of having to do the dirty job of economic restructuring. --Canadian Journal of Political Science "A well-written, exhaustively researched treatment of an important topic by an established scholar. Smith gives us the first comprehensive comparative assessment of the French and Spanish cases, which have begged for comparison. The empirical content is very impressive, and his treatment of the understudied Spanish case will be regarded as especially valuable.-- ""John T. S. Keeler, University of Washington"" An interesting and valuable comparative study of two socialist governments and their confrontation with the realities of industrial restructuring. . . . The author successfully supports his argument with rich and detailed documentation.-- ""Martin A. Schain, New York University"" An excellent, well-organized account of how nominally socialist leaders [in France and Spain] sought to make their countries' industries more competitive in the global economy of the 1980s.-- ""Choice "" An outstanding job [and] an important contribution to the literature on economic adjustment, especially under leftist governments, and on Spanish and French political economy. It combines a clear theoretical argument with a wealth of data in a well-executed comparative study.-- ""Industrial and Labor Relations Review "" Directly engages the important debate about the determinants of national economic policies. Smith's work is a clear, detailed, and systematic comparison of the politics of industrial restructuring in France and Spain in old industries such as textiles, steel, and automobiles. . . . Makes significant contributions to our understanding of comparative political economy, especially in the area of social democratic parties' responses to economic challenges.-- ""Governance"" Smith eschews monocausal explanations and provides a rich, textured political analysis that he lays out with great clarity. ... This is a good, rewarding work.-- ""American Political Science Review"" Smith's book emerges from a long-term research project that spanned the period he discusses. . . . This patient, long-term approach is apparent when one reads the text due to its relevant detail, insight, and perspectives. It makes a change to those grand projects which make grand statements about developments in employment relations yet which are based on relatively short stays in a workplace.-- ""Industrial Relations Journal"" The book makes . . . important contributions to comparative politics and comparative political economy. . . . Smith has made a convincing case for looking at the political basis of economic change, and has provided a useful book for all those interested in how the left governs in the face of having to do the 'dirty job' of economic restructuring.-- ""Canadian Journal of Political Science """ Author InformationW. Rand Smith is professor of politics and associate dean of the faculty at Lake Forest College. He has also taught at the University of Michigan, ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines (Paris), and Institut d'etudes Politiques (Grenoble). 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