The Political Economy of the Service Transition

Download or read book The Political Economy of the Service Transition written by Anne Wren and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-01-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past four decades, the world's most developed economies (in Europe, North-America, and Australasia) have faced massive structural change. Industrial sectors, which were once considered the economic backbone of these societies, have shrunk inexorably in terms of size and economic significance, while service sectors have taken over as the primary engines of output and employment expansion. This book is a systematic attempt to understand this transition andits profound implications for the economy, politics, and society, with a central focus on job creation and destruction.