Papers presented at conferences held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in May 1997 and at CEPAL in Santiago, Chile in Nov. 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alternative models of capitalism in Latin America / John Sheahan -- Trade policies, growth, and equity in Latin America / Renato Baumann -- Industrial competitiveness policies in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s / Wilson Peres -- Investment promotion policies in Latin America / Robert Grosse -- Models of welfare and models of capitalism: the limits of transferability / Carlos H. Filgueira and Fernando Filgueira -- Jobs and solidarity: challenges for labor market policy in Latin America / Víctor E. Tokman -- The East Asian model of economic policy / Ha-Joon Chang -- Lessons from Southeast Asia: growth, equity, and vulnerability / Bridget Welsh -- Labor exclusion and privatized welfare: two keys to Asian capitalist development / T.J. Pempel -- European welfare state regimes: configurations, outcomes, transformations / John D. Stephens -- How to design a liberal welfare state: a comparison of Canada and the United States / John Myles -- Work, training, or the dole? Active and passive labor market policies in western Europe / Thomas Janoski and Antonio Alas -- Governing labor markets: the U.S. model / David Brian Robertson -- Conclusion: actors, institutions, and policies / Evelyne Huber