IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/anname/v492y1987i1p171-181.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Politics of Full Employment in Western Democracies

Author

Listed:
  • MANFRED G. SCHMIDT

Abstract

While the majority of the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have been plagued by mass unemployment in the 1970s and 1980s, rates of unemployment have remained low in Austria, Japan, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. The basic question addressed in this article is the extent to which structural-economic and political variables account for the full-employment record of these nations. It will be argued that these countries, due to a variety of political processes, institutions, strategies, and policies, have managed to maintain too much employment, relative to the structural-economic circumstances that have prevailed in their national economies.

Suggested Citation

  • Manfred G. Schmidt, 1987. "The Politics of Full Employment in Western Democracies," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 492(1), pages 171-181, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:492:y:1987:i:1:p:171-181
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716287492001015
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002716287492001015
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0002716287492001015?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Gourevitch, Peter Alexis, 1984. "Breaking with orthodoxy: the politics of economic policy responses to the Depression of the 1930s," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 38(1), pages 95-129, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Bridji, Slim, 2013. "The French Great Depression: A business cycle accounting analysis," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 50(3), pages 427-445.
    2. David M. Woodruff, 2014. "Governing by Panic: The Politics of the Eurozone Crisis," LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series 81, European Institute, LSE.
    3. Focacci, Chiara Natalie & Perez, Carlota, 2022. "The importance of education and training policies in supporting technological revolutions: A comparative and historical analysis of UK, US, Germany, and Sweden (1830–1970)," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    4. David M. Woodruff, 2014. "Governing by Panic: The Politics of the Eurozone Crisis," Europe in Question Discussion Paper Series of the London School of Economics (LEQs) 1, London School of Economics / European Institute.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:492:y:1987:i:1:p:171-181. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.