Books in the Government-Industry Relations series

These essays analyze the problems faced by those regulating the economies of advanced capitalist nations. Topics include the dominant place of giant firms, the comparison of practices in different Western economies and the importance of understanding the impact of cultural influences on regulation.

A comparative examination of the effects of different constitutional and legal traditions on privatization. The authors focus on the UK and France, suggesting that the British Government was remarkably free from limitation, whereas the French were constrained by their written constitution.

Through a detailed examination of the German coal industry Martin Parnell illustrates the historical evolution of the practice of industrial self-government and argues that historical continuities lie at the root of a full understanding of German capitalism.