Publications by Type: Book

2023
Hall PA, Evans G, Kim SI. Political Change and Electoral Coalitions in Western Democracies. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2023. Publisher's VersionAbstract

This study documents long-term changes in the political attitudes of occupational groups, shifts in the salience of economic and cultural issues, and the movement of political parties in the electoral space from 1990 to 2018 in eight western democracies.  We evaluate prominent contentions about how electoral contestation has changed and why support for mainstream parties has declined while support for challenger parties increased.  We contribute a new analysis of how the viability of the types of electoral coalitions assembled by center-left, center-right, radical-right and Green parties changes over these decades.  We find that their viability is affected by changes over time in citizens’ attitudes to economic and cultural issues and shifts in the relative salience of those issues.  We examine the contribution these developments make to declining support for mainstream center-left and center-right coalitions and increasing support for the coalitions underpinning radical right and Green parties.

coalitions.pdf
2014
The Politics of Representation in the Global Age
Jacoby W, Levy J, Meunier S. The Politics of Representation in the Global Age. (Hall PA). New York: Cambridge University Press; 2014.
2013
Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era
Hall PA, Lamont M. Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2013. halllamont2013_intro.pdf
2009
Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health
Hall PA, Lamont M. Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health. Cambridge University Press; 2009. Publisher's VersionAbstract
Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. It explores the social roots of health inequalities, arguing that inequalities in health are based not only on economic inequalities, but on the structure of social relations. It develops sophisticated new perspectives on social relations, which emphasize the ways in which cultural frameworks as well as institutions condition people's health. It reports on research into health inequalities in the developed and developing worlds, covering a wide range of national case studies, and into the ways in which social relations condition the effectiveness of public policies aimed at improving health.
halllamont2009_intro.pdf
2008
Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make
Hall PA, Culpepper PD, Palier B. Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make. Palgrave Macmillan; 2008. Publisher's VersionAbstract
How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book, leading experts on France chart the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies.
hall2008_intro_chg_france.pdf
2001
Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage
Hall PA, Soskice D. Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. Oxford University Press; 2001. Publisher's VersionAbstract
Applying the new economics of organization and relational theories of the firm to the problem of understanding cross-national variation in the political economy, this volume elaborates a new understanding of the institutional differences that characterize the 'varieties of capitalism' found among the developed economies. Building on a distinction between 'liberal market economies' and 'coordinated market economies', it explores the impact of these variations on economic performance and many spheres of policy-making, including macroeconomic policy, social policy, vocational training, legal decision-making, and international economic negotiations. The volume examines the institutional complementarities across spheres of the political economy, including labour markets, markets for corporate finance, the system of skill formation, and inter-firm collaboration on research and development that reinforce national equilibria and give rise to comparative institutional advantages, notably in the sphere of innovation where LMEs are better placed to sponsor radical innovation and CMEs to sponsor incremental innovation. By linking managerial strategy to national institutions, the volume builds a firm-centered comparative political economy that can be used to assess the response of firms and governments to the pressures associated with globalization. Its new perspectives on the welfare state emphasize the role of business interests and of economic systems built on general or specific skills in the development of social policy. It explores the relationship between national legal systems, as well as systems of standards setting, and the political economy. The analysis has many implications for economic policy-making, at national and international levels, in the global age.
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Developments in French Politics 2
Hall PA, Hall PA, Hayward J. Developments in French Politics 2.; 2001. Publisher's VersionAbstract
The new edition of the leading text on French politics brings together a completely new set of specially-commissioned chapters covering Chirac's presi...more The new edition of the leading text on French politics brings together a completely new set of specially-commissioned chapters covering Chirac's presidency, the 1997 election, the subsequent ""cohabitation,"" and the impact of the Jospin government. The book explores the impact of Europe on French policy-making, the French attitude toward globalization, and the challenges posed by unemployment, social exclusion, and institutional reform to longstanding practices of the French state.
1990
Hall PA, Machin H, Hayward J. Developments in French Politics. Palgrave Macmillan; 1990.
1989
The Political Power of Economic Ideas: Keynesianism across Nations
Hall PA. The Political Power of Economic Ideas: Keynesianism across Nations. Princeton University Press; 1989. Publisher's VersionAbstract
John Maynard Keynes once observed that the ""ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood."" The contributors to this volume take that assertion seriously. In a full-scale study of the impact of Keynesian doctrines across nations, their essays trace the reception accorded Keynesian ideas, initially during the 1930s and then in the years after World War II, in a wide range of nations, including Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Scandinavia. The contributors review the latest historical evidence to explain why some nations embraced Keynesian policies while others did not. At a time of growing interest in comparative public policy-making, they examine the central issue of how and why particular ideas acquire influence over policy and politics. Based on three years of collaborative research for the Social Science Research Council, the volume takes up central themes in contemporary economics, political science, and history. The contributors are Christopher S. Allen, Marcello de Cecco, Peter Alexis Gourevitch, Eleanor M. Hadley, Peter A. Hall, Albert O. Hirschman, Harold James, Bradford A. Lee, Jukka Pekkarinen, Pierre Rosanvallon, Walter S. Salant, Margaret Weir, and Donald Winch.
1986
Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France
Hall PA. Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France. Oxford University Press; 1986. Publisher's VersionAbstract
One of Britain's more aristocratic Prime Ministers once said: 'There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insolubleand the economic one...more One of Britain's more aristocratic Prime Ministers once said: 'There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.' Many of his successors might agree; but the two sorts of problems are not always as separable as we imagine. This is a book about the political dimensions of economic management. It attempts to explain the direction that economic policy took in Britain and France over the post-war period; and one of its central contentions is that economic policy-making must be understood as an essentially political process