# Books ![Governing Growth book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/8142Zbf5VTL._SL1500_.jpg?itok=n8nKZNFL) [***Governing Growth: The Postwar Transformations of Capitalism and Democracy***](https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691284934/governing-growth) How do capitalist economies change over time? And what political consequences follow? In Governing Growth, Peter Hall traces the interactions between politics and economics in Western democracies over the past eighty years, identifying a series of profound shifts in the political economies of Europe and the United States. ![Political Change and Electoral Coalitions in Western Democracies book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/61x2QNNQ1fL._SL1500_.jpg?itok=MjI7HWxL) [***Political Change and Electoral Coalitions in Western Democracies (Elements in European Politics)***](https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/political-change-and-electoral-coalitions-in-western-democracies/C90F49A2985854B029F1645E4CCF2445) This Element 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. ![The Politics of Representation in the Global Age: Identification, Mobilization and Adjudication](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/71mZPvP9uNL._SL1360_.jpg?itok=1UhHV3KM) [***The Politics of Representation in the Global Age: Identification, Mobilization and Adjudication***](https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Representation-Global-Age-Identification/dp/110761189X) How has the process of political representation changed in the era of globalization? While each person has multiple interests linked to different dimensions of his or her identity, much of the academic literature assumes that interests are given prior to politics by a person's socioeconomic, institutional, or cultural situation. This book mounts a radical challenge to this view, arguing that interests are actively forged through processes of politics. ![Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/61Gx2d2WrdS._SL1000_.jpg?itok=FDvUFCoz) [***Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era***](https://www.amazon.com/Social-Resilience-Neoliberal-Peter-Hall/dp/1107659841) What is the impact of three decades of neoliberal narratives and policies on communities and individual lives? What are the sources of social resilience? This book offers a sweeping assessment of the effects of neoliberalism, the dominant feature of our times. It analyzes the ideology in unusually wide-ranging terms as a movement that not only opened markets but also introduced new logics into social life, integrating macro-level analyses of the ways in which neoliberal narratives made their way into international policy regimes with micro-level analyses of the ways in which individuals responded to the challenges of this era. ![Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/71bTWk1mmgL._SL1360_.jpg?itok=-M5tnNXn) [***Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health***](https://www.amazon.com/Successful-Societies-Institutions-Culture-Affect/dp/0521516609) Why are some types of societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? Focusing on population health as an indicator of social success, this book opens up new perspectives on the ways in which social relations condition health and the public policies that address it. Based on four years of dialogue among scholars from diverse disciplines, it offers broad views of the social determinants of health and social scientists’ sense of the fascinating puzzles of population health. ![Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/616Hx1LnI2L._SL1360_.jpg?itok=rHZRhye1) [***Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make***](https://www.amazon.com/Changing-France-Politics-Markets-Society/dp/1403996962) 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. ![Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/81PHxxG5P9L._SL1500_.jpg?itok=x2U37F9T) [***Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage***](https://www.amazon.com/Varieties-Capitalism-Institutional-Foundations-Comparative/dp/0199247757) What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policy? This pathbreaking work outlines a new approach to these questions. It highlights the role of business in national economies and shows that there is more than one path to economic success. ![Developments in French Politics 2](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/41uWQ7YkAXL._AC_UF1000%2C1000_QL80_.jpg?itok=PQ-ZM_z7) [***Developments in French Politics 2***](https://www.amazon.com/Developments-French-Politics-Peter-Hall/dp/0333764552) The new edition of the leading text on French politics brings together a set of 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. ![Developments in French Politics](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-23%20at%204.32.55%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=n2w3ya-A) [***Developments in French Politics***](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-349-20959-0) Provides an up-to-date analysis of the political scene in France since Mitterrand's election in 1981. Concentrating on recent developments and trends, the book provides comprehensive coverage of the political and governmental system; of economic, social, foreign and defense policies; and of key issues and controversies. ![The Political Power of Economic Ideas: Keynesianism across Nations](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-23%20at%204.32.20%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=_XOJLdmj) [***The Political Power of Economic Ideas: Keynesianism across Nations***](https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691023021/the-political-power-of-economic-ideas?srsltid=AfmBOor4jtxcNFwR97AbWq7K0nqsxOzoLCKI3TymfK486wDpKMTEZTYP) 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. ![Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France](/sites/g/files/omnuum7951/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-23%20at%204.34.04%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=U3PJRIRU) [***Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France***](https://www.amazon.com/Governing-Economy-Politics-Intervention-International/dp/0195205308) Analyzing the evolution of economic policy in postwar Britain, this book develops a striking new argument about the sources of Britain's economic problems. Through an insightful comparative examination of policy-making in Britain and France, Hall approaches state-society relations by emphasizing the crucial role of institutional structures.