Chameleon State

Tien-Lung Liu is Assistant Professor in Sociology at Emory University. He specializes in historical comparative sociology and is currently focussing on the comparative study of political economies of China and other Asian countries.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Contingencies, Global Culture, and Policy ShiftsChapter 2. The British and German Labor Ministries: Similarities and DifferencesChapter 3. Veering away from British Pluralism: Class Interests and Statist PursuitsChapter 4. Bending German Statism: Pluralist Compromises and Class InterestsChapter 5. Predicting Policy ShiftsBibliographyIndex

"A truly fine and carefully researched work of historical sociology that contributes significantly to comparative history and also to our understanding of the two leading European industrial nations in the interwar period."   · Gerald D. Feldman, University of California, Berkeley