The Development of European Competition Policy

Social Democracy and Regulation

Brian Shaev, Sigfrido M. Ramírez Pérez

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English

Routledge
03 June 2024

History; Politics & government; Political economy; Economic history; Law & society

Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

This book considers a central issue of our time: the relationship between the macroeconomic objectives of political parties in democratic countries and the legal framework of market economies. The impressive panel of contributors examines social-democratic policies on cartels, market concentration and competition in different European countries, spanning a hundred-year period (specifically the interwar period, the initial postwar period, the 1960s and 1970s, the 1980s and 1990s, and the 2000s).

This thought-provoking volume challenges the dominant belief that the EU’s economic system and competition policy were mainly influenced by neoliberal economic thinking, instead showing that Keynesian and social-democratic positions played a major role in the emergence of this system.

It will be valuable reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers interested in modern economic history, industrial organization, political economy, European legal history and political science.

Edited by: Brian Shaev, Sigfrido M. Ramírez Pérez
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138541597
ISBN 10: 1138541591
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 03 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Brian Shaev is University Lecturer at the Institute for History at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Sigfrido M. Ramírez Pérez is Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Germany.