400016 SE Current Debates in Political Economy (2021W)
SE Theory for Doctoral Candidates
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 01.09.2021 08:00 to Fr 24.09.2021 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 24.10.2021 23:59
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max. 15 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 08.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
- Friday 22.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
- Friday 05.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
- Friday 19.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
- Friday 03.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
- Friday 17.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
- Friday 14.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
- Friday 28.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The seminar aims to familiarize doctoral students with current theoretical and substantive debates in comparative and international political economy. It starts from the basic assumption that issues of power, wealth and inequality in current capitalism can only be understood by combines the insights of both strands of political economy. In comparative political economy, the course introduces and seeks to go beyond the influential varieties of capitalism (VoC) approach, which is concerned with the question of how differences in institutional settings shape different models of capitalism. We will read foundational VoC texts, present its critics, and introduce the newly emerging growth model perspective. In international political economy, we will focus on heterodox and (neo) Marxist approaches as well as green and feminist IPE. In terms of substantive debates, the course focusses on issues such as business power in contemporary capitalism, economic crises, inequality, financialization.
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
• Seminar presence and participation: Students must not miss more than 2 seminars (please be aware that the bi-weekly meetings typically consist of two seminars). In-class participation should demonstrate the familiarity with the key readings. (20% of the grade)• Four position papers: Position papers are small essays on the assigned readings (please note that these papers should cover the readings for the entire meeting). They should shortly summarize the readings, reflect on the major arguments, and include questions for further discussion. Position papers can compare the readings to other readings of the class, or apply the readings to an empirical case. The papers should be 700-900 words, and are to be uploaded to the course webpage latest by noon the Wednesday before the class. Students might be asked to shortly present or defend their papers in class. (40% of the grade)• Two question papers: These papers ask 2-3 questions about the readings, or the relationship between the readings with each question accompanied by an expository paragraph explaining the origin and context of the question. Students are expected to upload questions to the course webpage latest by noon the Wednesday before the class (20% of the grade)• Presentation of parts of your dissertation (depending on where you are in the process this can be the concept, a chapter, or the summary of your findings). We will set aside some time in each meeting (or less, this depends on the number of students attending the class) to give you the opportunity to present parts of your dissertation and get peer-feedback. The material for the presentation (concept, chapter) should be submitted a week prior to the class web page to give everyone the chance to read it. The presentation should not be longer than 10 minutes, and it should focus on aspects you would like to get feedback on (20% of the grade).
Examination topics
Reading list
• Schwartz, Herman Mark, and Bent Sofus Tranøy. 2019. “Thinking about Thinking about Comparative Political Economy: From Macro to Micro and Back.” Politics & Society 47 (1): 23–54.
• Hall, Peter A., and David Soskice, eds. 2001. Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press; Chapter 1
• Baccaro, Lucio, and Jonas Pontusson. 2016. “Rethinking Comparative Political Economy: The Growth Model Perspective.” Politics & Society 44 (2): 175–207.
• Cox, Robert W. 1983. “Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method.” Millennium-Journal of International Studies 12 (2): 162–75.
• Susan Strange. 2015 States and Markets. Bloomsbury Publishing, chapters 2-6, pp. 25-152.
• Culpepper, Pepper. 2015. “Structural Power and Political Science in the Post-Crisis Era.” Business and Politics 17 (3): 391–409.
• Schwartz, Herman Mark. 2021. “Global Secular Stagnation and the Rise of Intellectual Property Monopoly.” Review of International Political Economy, 1–26.
• Reurink, Arjan, and Javier Garcia-Bernardo. 2020. “Competing for Capitals: The Great Fragmentation of the Firm and Varieties of FDI Attraction Profiles in the European Union.” Review of International Political Economy, published online March 19, 2020, pp. 1–34.
• Babic, Milan, Jan Fichtner, and Eelke M. Heemskerk. 2017. “States versus Corporations: Rethinking the Power of Business in International Politics.” The International Spectator 52 (4): 20–43
• Bakker, Isabella. 2007. “Social Reproduction and the Constitution of a Gendered Political Economy.” New Political Economy 12 (4): 541–56.
• Yeates, Nicola. 2004. “Global Care Chains.” International Feminist Journal of Politics 6 (3): 369–91.
• LeBaron, Genevieve, and Adrienne Roberts. 2010. “Toward a Feminist Political Economy of Capitalism and Carcerality.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 36 (1): 19–44.
• Fodor, Éva. (forthcoming). The Gender Regime of Anti-Liberal Hungary. Palgrave Pivot, chapter 2: A carefare regime
• Van der Zwan, Natascha. 2014. “Making Sense of Financialization.” Socio-Economic Review 12 (1): 99–129.
• Fernandez, Rodrigo, Annelore Hofman, and Manuel B. Aalbers. 2016. “London and New York as a Safe Deposit Box for the Transnational Wealth Elite.” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 48 (12): 2443–61.
• Wijburg, Gertjan, and Manuel B. Aalbers. 2017. “The Alternative Financialization of the German Housing Market.” Housing Studies 32 (7): 968–89.
• Hardie, Iain, and Helen Thompson. 2021. “Taking Europe Seriously: European Financialization and US Monetary Power.” Review of International Political Economy 28 (4): 775–93.
• Gallo, Ernesto. 2021. “Three Varieties of Authoritarian Neoliberalism: Rule by the Experts, the People, the Leader.” Competition & Change, first published online
• Sallai, Dorottya, and Gerhard Schnyder. 2021. “What Is ‘Authoritarian’ about Authoritarian Capitalism? The Dual Erosion of the Private–Public Divide in State-Dominated Business Systems.” Business & Society 60 (6): 1312–48.
• Alami, Ilias, Adam D. Dixon, Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente, Milan Babic, Seung-Ook Lee, Ingrid A. Medby, and Nana de Graaff. 2021. “Geopolitics and the ‘New’ State Capitalism.” Geopolitics, 1–29.
• Paterson, Matthew. 2020. “Climate Change and International Political Economy: Between Collapse and Transformation.” Review of International Political Economy 28 (2): 394–405.
• “Nancy Fraser: ‘Cannibal Capitalism’ Is on Our Horizon.” Jacobin, September 10, 2021 Accessed September 15, 2021. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/nancy-fraser-cannibal-capitalism-interview.
• Fraser, Nancy. 2017. “Behind Marx’s Hidden Abode: For an Expanded Conception of Capitalism.” In Critical Theory in Critical Times, edited by Penelope Deutscher and Christina Lafont. Columbia University Press, pp. 141–59.
• Hall, Peter A., and David Soskice, eds. 2001. Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press; Chapter 1
• Baccaro, Lucio, and Jonas Pontusson. 2016. “Rethinking Comparative Political Economy: The Growth Model Perspective.” Politics & Society 44 (2): 175–207.
• Cox, Robert W. 1983. “Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method.” Millennium-Journal of International Studies 12 (2): 162–75.
• Susan Strange. 2015 States and Markets. Bloomsbury Publishing, chapters 2-6, pp. 25-152.
• Culpepper, Pepper. 2015. “Structural Power and Political Science in the Post-Crisis Era.” Business and Politics 17 (3): 391–409.
• Schwartz, Herman Mark. 2021. “Global Secular Stagnation and the Rise of Intellectual Property Monopoly.” Review of International Political Economy, 1–26.
• Reurink, Arjan, and Javier Garcia-Bernardo. 2020. “Competing for Capitals: The Great Fragmentation of the Firm and Varieties of FDI Attraction Profiles in the European Union.” Review of International Political Economy, published online March 19, 2020, pp. 1–34.
• Babic, Milan, Jan Fichtner, and Eelke M. Heemskerk. 2017. “States versus Corporations: Rethinking the Power of Business in International Politics.” The International Spectator 52 (4): 20–43
• Bakker, Isabella. 2007. “Social Reproduction and the Constitution of a Gendered Political Economy.” New Political Economy 12 (4): 541–56.
• Yeates, Nicola. 2004. “Global Care Chains.” International Feminist Journal of Politics 6 (3): 369–91.
• LeBaron, Genevieve, and Adrienne Roberts. 2010. “Toward a Feminist Political Economy of Capitalism and Carcerality.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 36 (1): 19–44.
• Fodor, Éva. (forthcoming). The Gender Regime of Anti-Liberal Hungary. Palgrave Pivot, chapter 2: A carefare regime
• Van der Zwan, Natascha. 2014. “Making Sense of Financialization.” Socio-Economic Review 12 (1): 99–129.
• Fernandez, Rodrigo, Annelore Hofman, and Manuel B. Aalbers. 2016. “London and New York as a Safe Deposit Box for the Transnational Wealth Elite.” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 48 (12): 2443–61.
• Wijburg, Gertjan, and Manuel B. Aalbers. 2017. “The Alternative Financialization of the German Housing Market.” Housing Studies 32 (7): 968–89.
• Hardie, Iain, and Helen Thompson. 2021. “Taking Europe Seriously: European Financialization and US Monetary Power.” Review of International Political Economy 28 (4): 775–93.
• Gallo, Ernesto. 2021. “Three Varieties of Authoritarian Neoliberalism: Rule by the Experts, the People, the Leader.” Competition & Change, first published online
• Sallai, Dorottya, and Gerhard Schnyder. 2021. “What Is ‘Authoritarian’ about Authoritarian Capitalism? The Dual Erosion of the Private–Public Divide in State-Dominated Business Systems.” Business & Society 60 (6): 1312–48.
• Alami, Ilias, Adam D. Dixon, Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente, Milan Babic, Seung-Ook Lee, Ingrid A. Medby, and Nana de Graaff. 2021. “Geopolitics and the ‘New’ State Capitalism.” Geopolitics, 1–29.
• Paterson, Matthew. 2020. “Climate Change and International Political Economy: Between Collapse and Transformation.” Review of International Political Economy 28 (2): 394–405.
• “Nancy Fraser: ‘Cannibal Capitalism’ Is on Our Horizon.” Jacobin, September 10, 2021 Accessed September 15, 2021. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/nancy-fraser-cannibal-capitalism-interview.
• Fraser, Nancy. 2017. “Behind Marx’s Hidden Abode: For an Expanded Conception of Capitalism.” In Critical Theory in Critical Times, edited by Penelope Deutscher and Christina Lafont. Columbia University Press, pp. 141–59.
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