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Dobbin, Frank. Forging Industrial Policy: The United States, Britain, and France in the Railway Age.
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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| 1. Political culture and industrial rationality | 1 |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Political realism | 5 |
| Economic realism | 7 |
| Institutional realism | 9 |
| Culture and meaning in modern states | 10 |
| Institutionalized meaning systems | 12 |
| Rationalized meaning systems | 15 |
| Vocabulary for a cultural approach to policy | 18 |
| The argument | 19 |
| Political culture | 22 |
| Emergent industrial culture | 23 |
| Conclusion | 26 |
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| 2. The United States | 28 |
| Introduction | 28 |
| American state structure | 30 |
| Railway policy | 35 |
| Planning | 36 |
| State and local planning | 36 |
| Federal planning | 38 |
| Finance | 40 |
| State and local aid | 40 |
| Federal promotion | 49 |
| Technical and managerial coordination | 59 |
| Pricing and competition | 64 |
| State regulation | 66 |
| Federal regulation | 75 |
| Conclusion | 91 |
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| 3. France | 95 |
| Introduction | 95 |
| French state structure | 97 |
| French railway policy | 103 |
| Planning | 105 |
| Early state planning: 1823-1833 | 105 |
| The maturation of public planning | 108 |
| Finance | 116 |
| The debate: Should the railways be public or private? | 117 |
| The compromise: Mixed construction and private operation | 123 |
| Technical and managerial coordination | 132 |
| The early franchises | 132 |
| The expansion of state controls | 135 |
| Pricing and competition | 141 |
| Early rate-setting | 142 |
| Industry structure and competition | 144 |
| The maturation of pricing and competition policy | 147 |
| Conclusion | 153 |
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| 4. Britain | 158 |
| Introduction | 158 |
| British state structure | 160 |
| Railway policy | 165 |
| Planning | 166 |
| The battle over expropriation | 167 |
| Finance | 175 |
| Technical and managerial coordination | 178 |
| Safety | 180 |
| Operations, gauge, scheduling, and time | 192 |
| Pricing and competition | 196 |
| Rates | 197 |
| Competition | 199 |
| Conclusion | 208 |
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| 5. Conclusion | 213 |
| Introduction | 213 |
| The rise of industrial policy paradigms | 214 |
| Culture and rationality | 217 |
| Politics and rationality | 218 |
| Are interest groups primordial or constructed? | 219 |
| Are interests objective or subjective? | 219 |
| Does the strongest group always win? | 220 |
| Economics and rationality | 222 |
| Economics as a natural science | 222 |
| The social origins of economic principles | 224 |
| Institutions and rationality | 227 |
| Conclusion | 230 |
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| Bibliography | 233 |
| Index | 255 |
