Cover -- Title Page -- Colophon -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on contributors -- List of Tables and Figures -- 1 Towards a New Consensus -- Michael Böss -- A surprise winner -- The new consensus -- Idea and approach -- The structure and arguments of the book -- References -- Part I Histories and Institutions -- 2 The Political Economy of Scale and Nation, with Special Reference to Denmark -- John L. Campbell and John A. Hall -- The marriage of scale and nation -- Sources of vulnerability -- Social capacities for coordination -- Empirical conformation: Cross-national comparisons -- Empirical confirmation: Denmark and the Danes -- Denmark's social formation: From composite monarchy to layered homogeneity -- Consequential comparative advantages -- Reflections and conclusions -- References -- 3 The Historical Dimension of Ireland's Road to Modernisation and Europeanisation -- Brian Girvin -- Introduction -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Political and Economic Imaginaries -- 4 It's Not the Economy, Stupid - Or is It? -- David Marsh -- Hyperglobalism and its opponents -- The ideational turn: The role of discourses of globalisation -- Economic constraints and the role of discourse -- Measuring the extent of globalisation -- Beyond the measurement issue -- i) Economic processes as a constraint on policy outcomes -- ii) Mediating the effects of international economic processes -- a) The domestic economic structure/situation -- b) Political structures -- c) Changes in social and political values -- d) Electoral constraints -- iii) The role of ideas -- In conclusion -- References -- 5 The Knowledge Economy as a State Project -- Bob Jessop -- Introduction -- What is a knowledge economy? -- Statehood, states, and state projects -- Economic imaginaries and state projects.

When states turn to the knowledge economy -- The KBE as a state project -- Translating the KBE imaginary into state projects and practices -- United States of America -- Denmark -- Singapore -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Globalisation, the Nation-State and the Public Sector -- Francis Fukuyama -- State scope and state strength -- State reform and the black hole of public administration -- Lack of specificity -- New approaches to public administration -- References -- Part III State, Market and Governance -- 7 Negotiated Governance and Hybridity in Small European Countries: Ireland and Denmark -- Rory O'Donnell -- Introduction -- The analytical foundations of Irish social partnership -- The self-understanding of Irish partnership -- Irish success based on an eclectic policy approach -- The developmental welfare state -- Parallel accounts in Denmark -- Parallel thinking on the negotiated economy -- Structural policy and a generalised system of negotiations -- Beyond corporatism -- Hybridity -- Hybridity as a basis for Danish-Irish comparison -- Institutional entrepreneurship and recombinant governance -- References -- 8 Addicted to Growth: State, Market and the Difficult Politics of Development in Ireland -- Seán Ó Riain -- Liberal globalisation and Irish political economy -- Disaggregating liberalism -- Inside the developmental conspiracy -- Stabilisation, 1987‑94 -- Strengthening indigenous capabilities -- Financing development -- Developing research -- Fostering business learning -- Reproducing development and growth -- Mobilising labour -- A delicate balance: The social bonus and the two-tier welfare state -- Managing growth through neo-corporatist partnership -- Neoliberalism's revenge -- Taxation and marketisation -- Markets and managerialism -- The difficult politics of developmental statism -- References.

9 The Competition State: Irish Lessons -- Peadar Kirby -- Introduction -- Role of the Irish state -- i) Active industrial policy -- ii) Education and training -- iii) Social partnership -- iv) Active social policies for the marginalised -- Debates on the Irish state -- Probing the differences to advance understanding -- i) Links between economic transformation and social development -- ii) Reliance on FDI and path dependency -- iii) Ideology and political culture -- iv) The relationship of the political system to the state -- v) State capacity and autonomy -- Conclusions -- References -- 10 Ireland's Multiple Interface-Periphery Development Model: Achievements and Limits -- Joseph Ruane -- Ireland: from simple periphery to multiple interface-periphery -- From 1950s crisis to Celtic Tiger to new crisis -- Conclusion: Ireland as a multiple interface-periphery and the current crisis -- References -- 11 Globalisation and Development: Ireland and Denmark in Comparative Perspective -- Georg Sørensen -- Introduction -- Relative importance of domestic versus international factors -- States versus markets in the process of globalisation -- Crisis challenges: Denmark better prepared than Ireland -- References -- Part IV Democratic Values, Social Cohesion and Belonging -- 12 Responding to Globalisation: Changing the State Strategy from Infrastructural Power to Authoritarian Liberal Power -- Lars Bo Kaspersen og Linda Thorsager -- The state in the era of globalisation -- State power and state strategies - conceptual matters -- Strategy shift: from infrastructural to authoritarian liberal power -- The centralisation of political decisions -- Responding to globalisation: perception and definition -- Why have we seen an intensified period of policy reform since the 1990s? -- Why this change of strategy from infrastructural to liberal authoritarian power?.

The retreat of the state or changing state strategies? -- References -- 13 Pragmatic Nationals: The Character and Roots of Danish Europragmatism -- Michael Böss -- Introduction -- Danish political culture -- Small-state europragmatism -- The normalisation of EU policy -- Conclusions: Towards deep confederalism -- References -- 14 The Nordic Welfare Model and the Challenge of Globalisation -- Bjørn Hvinden -- Introduction -- Welfare models as heuristic means -- Linking income maintenance and employment promotion -- Universalism in the Nordic welfare state -- The interplay between welfare state and economic organisation -- Social spending, poverty and income inequality in a comparative perspective -- High employment rates - but not for all -- Is marginalisation an Achilles heel? -- Concluding remarks -- References -- 15 Social Capital and the Welfare State -- Gert Tinggaard Svendsen Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen -- Introduction -- The welfare state -- Operationalisation and measurement -- Operationalisation -- Measurement -- How was social capital created? -- Institutional transformations -- Early insurance associations -- From private to collective good provision -- Explaining the genesis of social capital -- Conclusion -- References -- 16 Between Democracy and Good Governance: A National-Global Quest -- Henrik P. Bang -- The dominant politics-policy mode of democracy -- Democratic 'deficits' and the limits of democracy -- The changing architecture of late modern society -- The concept of network society -- From antagonism to cooperation -- From 'thick' community to 'thin' sociality -- From the nation-state to the network state -- Towards policy-politics as the new dominant mode? -- The return of elitism in the policy-politics mode -- The credo of republican elitism -- References.

17 Social Partnership in Ireland: Diluting or Deepening Democracy? -- Chris McInerney -- Introducing partnership governance in Ireland -- Locating governance within democracy -- The roles of civil society -- Social partnership and democracy -- Diluting democracy? -- Deepening democracy? -- Assessing social partnership -- Deliberation or domination -- Taming civil society? -- Enhancing citizen engagement -- Democracy in social partnership - a social inclusion perspective -- Conclusion -- References -- 18 General Conclusions and Perspectives -- Michael Böss -- References -- Index.

Globalisation is a challenge that creates both winners and losers. Until 2008 the small Northern European states were amongst the winners as they adjust well to rapid changes in the international political economy. These countries traditionally stay competitive by balancing open economies and flexible industrial policies within various forms of social partnerships and welfare systems. But what are the factors of their success, what is the significance of the state in a globalised economy, how do we explain the differentiated effects - and what has happened after the recent economic decline?The Nation-State in Transformation seeks to answer questions like these and argues that globalisation transforms the nation-state. The small states serve as examples and points of reference for a more general discussion on current tendencies. Not only must we bring the state back in play and consider various growth and recovery strategies, we must also consider how history, culture and collective identities influence the performance of the nation-state in the new, globalised, world order.

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