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25 Comp. Pol. Stud. 3 (1992-1993)

handle is hein.journals/compls25 and id is 1 raw text is: International regimes and multinational corporations (MNCs) play active roles in domestic political processes. This article links these international systems variables to corporatist analyses of domestic structural adjustment politics in the Federal Republic of Germany. The interplay of regimes and MNCs with domestic politics is seen in case studies of the German steel and oil refining industries. It is demonstrated that corporatist models should incorporate international- level variables. CORPORATIST BARGAINING AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Regimes, Multinational Corporations, and Adjustment Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany MICHAEL G. HUELSHOFF University of Oregon P olitical science today encourages a division between comparative politics and international relations. Distinctions between the fields can be understood as reflecting significant differences in assumptions and foci of analysis. But the inability of one subfield to inform the other has led to a regrettable shortfall in the explanatory power of models developed in each field. This analysis will suggest constructing a bridge between interna- tional and comparative politics by way of the political economy of structural adjustment in advanced industrial societies. This approach suggests two links AUTHOR'S NOTE: The author wishes to thank Arthur Hanhardt, Deborah Baumgold, Chris- topher Allen, Peter Katzenstein, James A. Caporaso, and three anonymous reviewers for comments on earlier drafts. Field work for this article was completed while the author was German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Guest Professor for Politics, University of Liineburg, FRG. The author wishes to thank the DAAD for financial support. Special thanks to Ferdinand Miller-Rommel and the University of Lineburg. COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES, Vol. 25 No. 1, April 1992 3-25 0 1992 Sage Publications, Inc. 3 from the SAGE Social Science Collections. All Rights Reserved.

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