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Title The Impact of Globalisation

M13025 (20 credits)

Level 3

Taught Autumn Semester 2010

Module Convenor: Prof. Andreas Bieler

CONTENTS

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Summary of Content:......................................................................................................2Educational Aims:............................................................................................................3Learning Outcomes:........................................................................................................3Module Evaluation:..........................................................................................................4Lecture/Seminar Titles:...................................................................................................5

Week 1:........................................................................................................................ 5Week 2:........................................................................................................................ 5Week 3....................................................................................................................... 10Week 4....................................................................................................................... 11Week 5....................................................................................................................... 13Week 6....................................................................................................................... 16Week 7:...................................................................................................................... 17Week 8:...................................................................................................................... 20Week 9:...................................................................................................................... 22Week 10..................................................................................................................... 25Week 11..................................................................................................................... 28

Method and Frequency of Class:...................................................................................28Method of Assessment:.................................................................................................29Reading Information:.....................................................................................................29Coursework Support:.....................................................................................................30Guidance to Essay Writing:...........................................................................................30Assessed Essay Titles:...................................................................................................30Example of Past Exam Paper:.......................................................................................31

Summary of Content:

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Globalisation has been widely debated in International Political Economy. This module has the task to assess its impact on European politics and integration. First, various definitions of globalisation will be introduced, before its impact on individual European countries and the European Union as a whole is analysed. Is there a general institutional and policy convergence of states due to globalisation, or do states respond in different ways? Does globalisation leave room for alternative economic-political models? Is European integration a defensive response to globalisation or simply part and parcel of the processes of global structural change? What are the likely characteristics of the future economic-political model of the EU? These are some of the questions, which will be addressed in the module.

Educational Aims:

The aims of the module are:

to introduce students to different theoretical approaches to globalisation and structural change;

to develop an understanding of the phenomenon of globalisation at advanced theoretical and empirical level;

to provide an understanding of the specific impact of globalisation on large and small European countries;

to clarify the relation between European integration and global structural change;

Learning Outcomes:

i) Knowledge and understanding:On completion of the module, students should be in a position to demonstrate a particular knowledge in the area of globalisation and its impact on

European countries and the EU (to be assessed by a 3000 word essay and a two-hour exam);

develop an awareness of the possibilities and limits imposed by globalisation on national and regional politics;

ii) Intellectual skills:

think about the global economy and its impact on countries and the EU in a reflective and critical way;

the ability to link empirical material to theoretical approaches; the capacity to concentrate on core points and the ability to speak freely on the

basis of a set of notes (to be assessed in oral presentations in class);

iii) Professional/Practical skills:

absorb and disseminate large quantities of data in a clear and concise manner; have the confidence to discuss issues of an abstract theoretical nature as well as

linking these debates to concrete empirical examples (to be practised in tutorial discussions);

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iv) Transferable & Key skills:

Through active participation in the module students will acquire the research skills necessary for carrying out comparative research; the capacity to engage in a structured and well informed discussion about complex

questions (to be practised in class discussions); the ability to write in a structured and concise way under time pressure (to be

assessed in the exam); the skill to write a thought through, well argued longer piece of work (to be

assessed in the 3000 word essay);

v) IT skills:

the ability to deliver a professional, word-processed document with accompanying bibliography and footnotes;

the skill to draw information and documents from the WebCT internet website and use E-mail to communicate with module convenor;

Module Evaluation:

Evaluation and feedback are crucial to the success of any module. The School wants students to have their say on Politics modules. Therefore modules are formally evaluated on a biennial basis, so please use this opportunity to have your say. If you have any other comments or queries regarding this module, please contact the Module Convenor.

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Lecture/Seminar Titles:

Week 1:

1. Lecture - Introduction: outline of the module programme.

2. Seminar on economic policy paradigms: Keynesianism and neo-liberalism compared.

What are the most important Keynesian and neo-liberal economic policies? What is their respective underlying rationale?

Literature:

Gamble, Andrew (2001) ‘Neo-Liberalism’, Capital and Class, No.75: 127-34.

Gamble, Andrew (2006) ‘Two Faces of Neo-liberalism’, in Richard Robison (ed.) The Neo-Liberal Revolution: Forging the Market State. Basingstoke: Palgrave. PP.20-35.

Hart-Landsberg, Martin (2006) ‘Neoliberalism: Myths and Reality’, Monthly Review, Vol.57/11; http://www.monthlyreview.org/0406hart-landsberg.htm

Harvey, David (2006) ‘Neo-liberalism and the restoration of class power’, in David Harvey (ed.) Spaces of Global Capitalism: Towards a theory of uneven geographical development. London: Verso. PP.7-68.

Overbeek, Henk (1999), ‘Globalisation and Britain’s Decline’, in R. English and M. Kenny (eds) Rethinking British Decline. London: Palgrave, 1999. PP.231-56.

Peck, J. and A. Tickell, 'Neoliberalising Space', Antipode, 34/3 (2002): 380-404.

Plehwe, D., B. Walpen and G. Neunhöffer (2006) ‘Introduction: Reconsidering neoliberal hegemony’, in D. Plehwe, B. Walpen and G. Neunhöffer (eds.) Neoliberal Hegemony: A Global Critique. London/New York: Routledge. PP.1-24.

Robison, Richard (2006) ‘Neo-liberalism and the Market State: What is the Ideal Shell?’, in Richard Robison (ed.) The Neo-Liberal Revolution: Forging the Market State. Basingstoke: Palgrave. PP.3-19.

Week 2:

1. Lecture on Theories of International Relations/International Political Economy and the analysis of globalisation and the role of the state.

Themes: the core assumptions of neo-realism; the core assumptions of liberal IR/IPE approaches; core assumptions of a neo-Gramscian perspective;

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the post-war order of embedded liberalism;

[special reference: Ruggie, John Gerard (1982) ‘International regimes, transactions, and change: embedded liberalism in the postwar economic order’, International Organization, Vol.36/2: 379-415.]

IR/IPE theories and the definition of globalisation; Globalisation and the State: the terminal retreat of the state?

I. IR/IPE Theories:

Essential Reading:

Bieler, Andreas (2006) The struggle for a social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring. Manchester: Manchester University Press. PP.24-39 and 47-54.

Bieler, Andreas and Adam David Morton (2004) ‘A Critical Theory Route to Hegemony, World Order and Historical Change: neo-Gramscian Perspectives in International Relations’, Capital & Class, No.82: 85-113.

Bruff, Ian (2005) ‘Making Sense of the Globalisation Debate when Engaging in Political Economy Analysis’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol.7/2: 261-80.

Donnelly, Jack (2009) ‘Realism’, in Scott Burchill et al (eds.) Theories of International Relations (fourth edition). Basingstoke: Palgrave. Chapter 2.

Zacher, Mark W./Matthew, Richard A. (1995) ‘Liberal International Theory: Common Threads, Divergent Strands’, in Charles W. Kegley (ed.) Controversies in International Relations Theory: Realism and the Neoliberal Challenge. New York: St. Martin’s Press. PP.107-50.

Further reading:

Realism/Neo-realism:

Grieco, Joseph M. (1988) ‘Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation: A Realist Critique of the Newest Liberal Institutionalism’, International Organization, Vol.42/3: 485-507.

Waltz, Kenneth N. (1979) Theory of International Politics. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley.

Waltz, Kenneth N. (1995) ‘Realist Thought and Neorealist Theory’, in Charles W. Kegley (ed.) Controversies in International Relations Theory: Realism and the Neoliberal Challenge. New York: St. Martin’s Press. PP.67-82. [short loan]Liberalism:

Keohane, Robert O./Nye, Joseph S. (1977, second edition 1989) Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition. Boston: Little Brown. Chapters 1 and 2.

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Keohane, Robert O. (1984) After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy. Princeton/NJ: Princeton University Press. Chapters 1-3.

Keohane, Robert O. (1989) International Institutions and State Power. Boulder et al: Westview Press. Chapter 4.

Putnam, R.D. (1988) ‘Diplomacy and domestic politics: the logic of two-level games’, International Organization, Vol.42/3: 427-60.

Neo-Gramscian perspectives:

Cox, Robert W. (1981/1996) ‘Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory’, in Robert W. Cox with Timothy Sinclair (eds.) Approaches to World Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. PP.85-123.

Cox, Robert W. (1983/1996) ‘Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay on Method’, in Robert W. Cox with Timothy Sinclair (eds.) Approaches to World Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. PP.124-43.

Gill, Stephen (ed.) (1993) Gramsci, historical materialism and international relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Morton, A. (2007) Unravelling Gramsci: Hegemony and Passive Revolution in the Global Political Economy. London: Pluto Press. [Especially Chapters 2 and 5.]

Overbeek, Henk (2000) ‘Transnational historical materialism: theories of transnational class formation and world order’, in Ronen Polan (ed.) Global Political Economy: Contemporary theories. London: Routledge. PP.168-83.

II. Literature on IR/IPE Theories and the definition of globalisation, ordered according to theoretical approach:

Neo-realist analyses:

Gilpin, Robert (2000) The Challenge of Global Capitalism. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Gilpin, Robert (2001) Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Waltz, Kenneth N. (2000) ‘Globalization and American Power’, The National Interest, No.59: 46-56.

Liberal analyses:

Held, David/McGrew, Anthony/Goldblatt, David/Perraton, Jonathan (1999) Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture. Cambridge: Polity. Introduction and Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

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Keohane, Robert O. (2002) Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World. London: Routledge. Especially Chapter 9.

Scholte, Jan Aart (2005) Globalization: a critical introduction (second edition). Basingstoke: Palgrave. Especially Chapters 1 to 5.

Wolf, Martin (2005) Why Globalization Works. Yale: Yale University Press.

Neo-Gramscian analyses:

Cox, Robert W. (1987) Production, Power And World Order: Social Forces in the Making of History, New York: Columbia University Press. Part III.

Gill, Stephen (1995) ‘Globalisation, Market Civilisation and Disciplinary Neoliberalism’, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 24(3): 399-423.

Gill, Stephen (2007) Power and Resistance in the New World Order (second edition). London Palgrave. Chapters 7-10.

Robinson, William I. (2004) A Theory of Global Capitalism: Production, Class, and State in a Transnational World. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.

Rupert, Mark (2000) Ideologies of Globalisation: Contending Visions of a New World Order. London: Routledge. Especially Chapter 3.

III. Literature on IR/IPE Theories and the role of states in globalisation, ordered according to theoretical approach:

Neo-realist analyses:

Hirst, Paul and Grahame Thompson (1999) Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance (second edition). Cambridge: Polity. Chapters 6 and 9.

Weiss, Linda (1998) The Myth of the Powerless State: Governing the Economy in a Global Era. Cambridge: Polity. Chapters 1 and 2, but especially 6 and 7.

Weiss, Linda (ed.) (2003) States in the Global Economy: Bringing Domestic Institutions Back In. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 1 and 14.

Liberal analyses:

Cerny, Philip G. (2000) ‘Restructuring the Political Arena: Globalization and the Paradoxes of the Competition State’, in Randall D. Germain (ed.) Globalization and its Critics: Perspectives from Political Economy. Basingstoke: Palgrave. PP.117-38.

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Cerny, Philip G. (2006) ‘Political Globalization and the Competition State’, in Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (eds.) Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (third edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 26.

Higgott, Richard/Underhill, Geoffrey/Bieler, Andreas (eds.) (2000) Non-State Actors and Authority in the Global System. London/New York: Routledge.

Ohmae, K. (1990) The Borderless World: Power and Strategy in the Interlinked Economy. London: Collins.

Ohmae, K. (1995) The End of the Nation State: The Rise of Regional Economies. London: Harper Collins.

Strange, Susan (1996) The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 4.

Work informed by neo-Gramscian perspectives and related approaches:

Bieler, Andreas and Adam David Morton (2003) ‘Globalisation, the State and Class Struggle: A ‘Critical Economy’ Engagement with Open Marxism’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol.5/4: 467-99.

Coates, David (2000) Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era. Cambridge: Polity. Chapter 8.

Panitch, L. (1994) ‘Globalisation and the State’, in R. Miliband and L. Panitch (eds) Between Globalism And Nationalism. The Socialist Register 1994. London: The Merlin Press. PP.60-93. [reprinted as ‘Rethinking the Role of the State’, in James Mittelman (ed.) (1996) Globalization: Critical Reflections. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. PP.83-113.]

Panitch, Leo (2000) ‘The New Imperial State’, New Left Review (II), No. 2: 5-20.

Robinson, William I. (2004) A Theory of Global Capitalism: Production, Class, and State in a Transnational World. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.

2. Tutorial

Which approach explains best globalisation and the role of the state?

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Week 3

1. Lecture on Models of Capitalism: divergence or convergence of national economic-political systems?

Themes: convergence or divergence in the global economy; different models of capitalism;

Essential reading:

Becker, Uwe (2009) Open Varieties of Capitalism: Continuity, Change and Performances. Basingstoke. Palgrave.

Bieler, Andreas (2006) The struggle for a social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring. Manchester: Manchester University Press. PP.68-71.

Bruff, Ian (2008) Culture and Consensus in European varieties of capitalism. London: Palgrave. Chapters 2 and 3.

Coates, D. (2000) Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era. Cambridge: Polity. PP.6-11.

Crouch, Colin (2005) ‘Models of Capitalism’, New Political Economy, Vol.10/4: 439-56.

Hall, P.A. and D.W. Gingerich (2009) ‘Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis’, British Journal of Political Science, Vol.35/3: 449-82.

Hall, P.A. and K. Thelen (2009) ‘Institutional Change in Varieties of Capitalism’, Socio-Economic Review, Vol.7/1: 7-34. Hay, C. (2004) ‘Common trajectories, variable paces, divergent outcomes? Models of European capitalism under conditions of complex economic interdependence’, Review of International Political Economy, 11/2: 231-62.

Jackson, G. and R. Degg (2008) ‘From Comparing Capitalisms to the Politics of Institutional Change’, Review of International Political Economy, Vol.15/4: 680-709.

Lane, Christel and Geoffrey Wood (2009) ‘Capitalist diversity and diversity within capitalism’, Economy and Society, Vol.38/4: 531-51.

Further reading:

Albert, M. (1992) Capitalism vs. Capitalism. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows.

Amable, B. (2003) The Diversity of Modern Capitalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Coates, David (1999) ‘Models of Capitalism in the New World Order: the UK Case’, Political Studies, Vol.47/4: 643-660.

Hall P. and Soskice, D. (eds) (2001) Varieties of Capitalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Introduction.

Hancké, Bob, Martin Rhodes and Mark Thatcher (eds.) (2007) Beyond Varieties of Capitalism: Conflict, Contradictions, and Complementarities in the European Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [See, for example, chapter by Hall]

Menz, G. (2005) Varieties of Capitalism and Europeanization: National Response Strategies to the Single European Market, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Perraton, Jonathan and Ben Clift (2003) Where are National Capitalisms now? Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Schmidt, Vivien A. (2002) The Futures of European Capitalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. PP.107-46.

Streeck, Wolfgang and Kathleen Thelen (eds.) (2005) Beyond Continuity: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2. Tutorial

In times of globalisation, is there still space for different models of capitalism?

Week 4

1. Lecture on Britain in the global economy: any change under New Labour?

Themes: early capitalism: the development of the British economic-political model; the impact of Thatherism in the 1980s and early 1990s; globalisation and the role of New Labour;

Essential reading: Baker, Andrew (2006) ‘The Political Economy of the UK Competition State: Committed Globalism, Selected Europeanism’, in Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (eds.) Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (third edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 29.

Bieler, Andreas (2006) The struggle for a social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring. Manchester: Manchester University Press. PP.55-6 and 71-76.

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Brown, William and David Nash (2008) ‘What has been happening to collective bargaining under New Labour?’, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.39/2: 91-103.

Burnham, Peter (2001) ‘New Labour and the Politics of Depoliticisation’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 3(2): 127-49.

Evans, M. (2005) ‘Neoliberalism and Policy Transfer in the British Competition State: The Case of Welfare Reform’, in Susanne Soederberg, Georg Menz and Philip G. Cerny (eds.) Internalizing Globalization: The Rise of Neoliberalism and the Decline of National Varieties of Capitalism. London: Palgrave. Chapter 4.

Hay, C. and M. Watson (2003) ‘Diminishing Expectations: The Strategic Discourse of Globalization in the Political Economy of New Labour’, in A.W. Cafruny and M. Ryner (eds) A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. PP.147-72.

Hodson, Dermot and Deborah Mabbett (2009) ‘UK Economic Policy and the Global Financial Crisis: Paradigm Lost?’, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol.47/5: 1041-61.

Further reading:

Brown, W. (2004) ‘Industrial Relations and the Economy’, in R. Floud and P. Johnson (eds) The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain (Volume 3): Structural Change and Growth, 1939–2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. PP.399-423.

Brown, W., P. Margisson and J. Walsh (2003) ‘The management of pay as the influence of collective bargaining diminishes’, in P. Edwards (ed.) Industrial Relations: Theory and Practise. Oxford: Blackwell. PP.189-213.

Charlwood, Andy (2004) ‘The New Generation of Trade Union Leaders and Prospects for Union Revitalization’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.42/2: 379-97.

Clift, Ben and Jim Tomlinson (2008) ‘Whatever happened to the Balance of Payments “Problem”? The Contingent (Re) Construction of British Economic Performance Assessment’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol.10/4: 607-29.

Howell, Chris (1999) ‘Unforgiven: British Trade Unionism in Crisis’, in Andrew Martin and George Ross (eds.) The Brave New World of European Labour: European Trade Unions at the Millennium. New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books. PP.26-74.

Hyman, Richard (2001) Understanding European Trade Unionism: Between Market, Class and Society. London et al: SAGE. Chapter 5.

Ludlam, S., M. Bodah and D. Coates (2002) ‘Trajectories of solidarity: changing union-party linkages in the UK and the USA’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 4/2: 223-5.

Ludlam, Steve and Andrew Taylor (2003) ‘The Political Representation of the Labour Interest in Britain’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.41/4: 727-49.

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McIlroy, John (2000a) ‘New Labour, New Unions, New Left’, Capital and Class, No.71: 11-45.

McIlroy, John (2000b) ‘The new politics of pressure - the Trades Union Congress and new Labour in government’, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.31/1: 2-16.

Maclean, M., C. Harvey and J. Press (2005) Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Strange, Gerard (2002) ‘British Trade Unions and European Union Integration in the 1990s: Politics versus Political Economy’, Political Studies, Vol.50: 332-53.

Watson, Matthew (2002) ‘Sand in the Wheels, or Oiling the Wheels, of International Finance? New Labour’s Appeal to a “New Bretton Woods”’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol.4/2: 193-221.

2. Tutorial

‘New Labour implies a mere continuation of the neo-liberal restructuring of the British economic-political model under the Conservatives.’ Discuss!

Week 5

1. Lecture on Germany in the global economy: ‘Modell Deutschland’ under pressure.

Themes: the core features of Modell Deutschland; the transnationalisation of German production; the impact of German re-unification; changes in the German model due to globalisation;

Essential reading:

Bieler, Andreas (2006) The struggle for a social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring. Manchester: Manchester University Press. PP.56-7 and 76-81.Bruff, Ian (2008) Culture and Consensus in European varieties of capitalism. London: Palgrave. Chapter 6 and relevant sections of Chapters 4 and 7.

Bruff, Ian (2008) ‘Germany’s Shift from the Alliance for Jobs to Agenda 2010: The Role of Transnationalizing German Capital’, Debatte, Vol.16/3: 273-89.

Hardie, Iain and David Howarth (2009) ‘Die Krise but not La Crise? The Financial Crisis and the Transformation of German and French Banking Systems’, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol.47/5: 1017-39.

Kinderman, D. (2005) ‘Pressure from without, subversion from within: the two-pronged German employer offensive’, Comparative European Politics, Vol.3/4: 432-63.

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Lütz, Susanne and Dagmar Eberle (2008) ‘Varieties of Change in German Capitalism: Transforming the Rules of Corporate Control’, New Political Economy, Vol.13/4: 377-95.

Menz, Georg (2005) ‘Auf Wiedersehen Rhineland Model: Embedding Neoliberalism in Germany’, in Susanne Soederberg, Georg Menz and Philip G. Cerny (eds.) Internalizing Globalization: The Rise of Neoliberalism and the Decline of National Varieties of Capitalism. London: Palgrave. Chapter 2.

Raess, Damian (2006) ‘Globalization and why the “time is ripe” for the transformation of German industrial relations’, Review of International Political Economy, Vol.13/3: 449-79.

Vitols, Sigurt (2006) ‘Globalization and the Transformation of the German Model’ in Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (eds.) Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (third edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 28.

Further reading:

Behrens, Martin and Wade Jacoby (2004) ‘The Rise of Experimentalism in German Collective Bargaining’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.42/1: 95-123.

Bieler, Andreas (2003) ‘Labour, Neo-liberalism and the Conflict over Economic and Monetary Union: a comparative analysis of British and German trade unions’, German Politics, Vol.12/2: 24-44.

Bispinck, Reinhard/Schulten, Thorsten (2000) ‘Alliance for Jobs - is Germany following the path of “competitive corporatism”’, in Giuseppe Fajertag and Phillippe Pochet (eds.) Social Pacts in Europe - New Dynamics. Brussels: ETUI. PP.187-217.

Michel Goyer (2007) ‘Capital Mobility, Varieties of Institutional Investors and the Transforming Stability of Corporate Governance in France and Germany’, in Bob Hancké, Martin Rhodes and Mark Thatcher (eds.) Beyond varieties of capitalism: conflict, contradiction, and complementarities in the European economy. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 7.

Hyman, Richard (2001) Understanding European Trade Unionism: Between Market, Class and Society. London et al: SAGE. Chapter 6.

Lane, Christel (2000) ‘Globalization and the German model of capitalism - erosion or survival?’ British Journal of Sociology, Vol.51/2: 207-34.

Lane, Christel (2003) ‘Changes in corporate governance of German corporations: convergence to the Anglo-American model?’, Competition & Change, 7/2-3: 79-100.

Macartney, Huw (2008) ‘Articulating Particularistic Interests: The Organic Organisers of Hegemony in Germany and France’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol.10/3: 429-51.

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Martin, Andrew and George Ross (eds) (2004) Euros and Europeans: Monetary Integration and the European Model of Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 5.

Ryner, Magnus (2003) ‘Disciplinary Neo-liberalism and the Social Market in German Restructuring: Implications for the EU’, in A.W. Cafruny and M. Ryner (eds) A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Chapter 9.

Streeck, W. (2009) Re-forming capitalism: institutional change in the German political economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Streeck, W. and C. Trampusch (2005) ‘Economic Reform and the Political Economy of the German Welfare State’, German Politics, Vol.14/2: 174-95.

Streeck, W. and A. Hassel (2003) ‘The Crumbling Pillars of Social Partnership’, West European Politics, 26/4: 101-24.

Whittall, Michael (2005) ‘Modell Deutschland under Pressure: The Growing Tensions between Works Councils and Trade Unions’, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol.26/4: 569-92.

van der Wurff, Richard (1993) ‘Neo-liberalism in Germany? The ‘Wende’ in perspective’, in Henk Overbeek (ed.) Restructuring Hegemony in the Global Political Economy: The rise of transnational neo-liberalism in the 1980s. London/New York: Routledge. PP.162-87. [copy available from me]

2. Tutorial

The example of German restructuring demonstrates that different models of capitalism are no longer viable in times of globalisation. Discuss!

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Week 6

1. Lecture on France in the global economy: the end of dirigisme?

Themes: dirigisme as a specific French economic-political model; the impact of European integration on France; the impact of globalisation on France;

Essential reading:

Bieler, Andreas (2006) The struggle for a social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring. Manchester: Manchester University Press. PP.57-8 and 82-6.

Clift, B. (2006) ‘The new Political Economy of Dirigisme: French Macroeconomic Policy, Unrepentant Sinning and the Stability of Growth Pact’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol.8/3: 388-409.

Clift, B. (2007) ‘French Corporate Governance in the New Global Economy: Mechanisms of Change and Hybridisation within Models of Capitalism’, Political Studies, Vol.55/3: 546-67.

Clift, B. (2008) ‘The Second Time as Farce? The EU Takeover Directive, the Clash of Capitalisms and the Hamstrung Harmonization of European (and French) Corporate Governance’, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol47/1: 55-79.

Hardie, Iain and David Howarth (2009) ‘Die Krise but not La Crise? The Financial Crisis and the Transformation of German and French Banking Systems’, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol.47/5: 1017-39.

Michel Goyer (2007) ‘Capital Mobility, Varieties of Institutional Investors and the Transforming Stability of Corporate Governance in France and Germany’, in Bob Hancké, Martin Rhodes and Mark Thatcher (eds.) Beyond varieties of capitalism: conflict, contradiction, and complementarities in the European economy. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 7.

Howell, Chris (2009) ‘The Transformation of French Industrial Relations: Labor Representation and the State in a Post-Dirigiste Era’, Politics & Society, Vol.37/2: 229-56.    Martin, Andrew and George Ross (eds) (2004) Euros and Europeans: Monetary Integration and the European Model of Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 4.

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Further reading:

Clift, B. (2003) ‘The Changing Political Economy of France: Dirigisme under Duress’, in A.W. Cafruny and M. Ryner (eds) A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. PP.173-200.

Daley, Anthony (1999) ‘The Hollowing Out of French Unions: Politics and Industrial Relations after 1981’, in Andrew Martin and George Ross (eds.) The Brave New World of European Labour: European Trade Unions at the Millennium. New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books. PP.167-216.

Doleman, William D. (1997) ‘The French State, Dirigisme, and the Changing Global Financial Environment’, in Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (ed.) The New World Order in International Finance. Basingstoke: Palgrave. PP.274-93.

Kresl, Karl/Gallais, Sylvain (2002) France Encounters Globalization. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Macartney, Huw (2008) ‘Articulating Particularistic Interests: The Organic Organisers of Hegemony in Germany and France’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol.10/3: 429-51.

Maclean, Mairi (2002) Economic Management and French Business: From de Gaulle to Chirac. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Maclean, M., C. Harvey and J. Press (2005) Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Milner, Susan (2001) ‘Globalisation and employment in France: between flexibility and protection?’, Modern & Contemporary France, Vol.9/3: 327-37.

2. Tutorial

To what extent has globalisation changed the French economic-political model?

Week 7:

1. Lecture on the Rise and Fall of the Swedish Model.

Themes: small states and globalisation in a comparative assessment; the development of Swedish corporatism; the core features of Sweden’s economic-political model; the impact of globalisation on Sweden;

Small states in the global economy:

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Katzenstein, P.J. (1985) Small States in World Markets: Industrial Policy in Europe, Ithaka/London: Cornell University Press.

Katzenstein, Peter (2003) ‘Small States and Small States Revisited’, New Political Economy, Vol.8/1: 9-30.

Kurzer, P. (1993) Business and Banking: Political Change And Economic Integration In Western Europe, Ithaka/London: Cornell University Press.

Essential reading:

Anxo, Dominique and Harald Niklasson (2008) The Swedish model: Revival after the turbulent 1990s? Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/publications/discussion/dp18908.pdf; 28/07/2010.

Belfrage, Claes and Magnus Ryner (2009) ‘Renegotiating the Swedish Social Democratic Settlement: From Pension Fund Socialism to Neoliberalization’, Politics & Society, Vol.37/2: 257-87.

Bieler, A. (2005) ‘The “Demise” of the Swedish Model: Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Class Struggle’, in B. Moss (ed.) Monetary Union in Crisis: The European Union as a Neo-Liberal Construction, London: Palgrave. PP.266-80.

Bieler, Andreas (2006) The struggle for a social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring. Manchester: Manchester University Press. PP.59 and 92-7.

Henrekson, Magnus and Ulf Jakobsson (2003) ‘The Transformation of Ownership Policy and Structure in Sweden: Convergence towards the Anglo-Saxon Model?’, New Political Economy, Vol.8/1: 73-102.

Steinmo, S. (2005) ‘The Evolution of the Swedish Model’, in Susanne Soederberg, Georg Menz and Philip G. Cerny (eds.) Internalizing Globalization: The Rise of Neoliberalism and the Decline of National Varieties of Capitalism. London: Palgrave. Chapter 8.

Woolfson, Charles, Christer Thörnqvist and Jeffrey Sommers (2010) ‘The Swedish model and the future of labour standards after Laval’, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.41/4: 333-50.

Further reading:

Andersson, Jenny (2006) Between Growth and Security: Swedish social democracy from a strong society to a third way. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Bieler, Andreas (1999) ‘Globalisation, Swedish trade unions and European integration: from Europhobia to conditional support’, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol.34/1: 21-46.

Bieler, Andreas (2000) Globalisation and Enlargement of the EU: Austrian and Swedish Social Forces in the Struggle over Membership. London: Routledge. Chapter 2.

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Bieler, Andreas (2003) ‘Swedish trade unions and Economic and Monetary Union: the European Union membership debate revisited?’, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol.38/4: 385-407.

Blyth, M. (2002), Great Transformations: Economic ideas and institutional change in the twentieth century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Olsen, G. (1991) ‘Labour Mobilization and the Strength of Capital: The Rise and Stall of Economic Democracy in Sweden’, Studies in Political Economy 34: 109-45.

Olsen, G. (1996) ‘Re-Modeling Sweden: The Rise and Demise of the Compromise in a Global Economy’, Social Problems, Vol.43/1: 1-20.

Pontusson, J. (1995) ‘Sweden: After the Golden Age’, in P. Anderson and P. Camiller (eds) Mapping the West European Left. London/New York: Verso. PP.23-54.

Reiter, Joakim (2003) ‘Changing the Microfoundations of Corporatism: The Impact of Financial Globalisation on Swedish Corporate Ownership’, New Political Economy, Vol.8/1: 103-25.

Ryner, M. (2002) Capitalist Restructuring, Globalisation and the Third Way: Lessons from the Swedish Model. London/New York: Routledge. Especially Chapter 7.

Ryner, M. (2007) ‘The Nordic Model: Does it Exist? Can it Survive?’, New Political Economy, Vol.12/1: 61-70.

Steinmo, S. (2003) ‘Bucking the Trend? The Welfare State and the Global Economy: The Swedish Case Up Close’, New Political Economy, Vol.8/1: 31-48.

Swenson, P. (1991a) ‘Bringing Capital back in, or Social Democracy reconsidered’, World Politics 43: 513-44. Swenson, P. (1991b) ‘Labor and the Limits of the Welfare State: The Politics of Intraclass Conflict and Cross-Class Alliances in Sweden and West Germany’, Comparative Politics 23, 4: 379-99.

Whyman, Philip (2003) Sweden and the ‘Third Way’: A macroeconomic evaluation. Aldershot: Ashgate.

2. Tutorial

What and who caused the demise of the Swedish Model?

Week 8:

1. Lecture on Norway’s and Switzerland’s economic-political model: successful alternatives to market-oriented capitalism?

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the core features of Norway’s economic-political model; the core features of Switzerland’s economic-political model; in what way are traditional models of capitalism preserved in times of global

structural change?

Essential reading:

Alfonso, Alexandre (2010) ‘Policy concertation, Europeanization and new political cleavages: The case of Switzerland’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.16/1: 57-72.

Alsos, K. and Eldring, L. (2008) ‘Labour mobility and wage dumping: The case of Norway’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 14/4: 441–59.

Börsch, A. (2007) ‘Globalization, institutional variation and coordination patterns in CMEs: Swiss and German corporate governance in comparison’, in Bob Hancké, Martin Rhodes and Mark Thatcher (eds.) Beyond varieties of capitalism: conflict, contradiction, and complementarities in the European economy. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 6.

Bowman, J. (2002) ‘Employers and the persistence of centralized wage setting: the case of Norway’, Comparative political studies, Vol.35/9: 995-1026.

Gulbrandsen, Trygve and Fredrik Engelstad (2005) ‘Elite consensus on the Norwegian welfare state model’, West European Politics, Vol.28/4: 898-918.

Lane, Jan-Erik (2001) ‘The Political Economy of Switzerland: A Monetarist Success?’, West European Politics, Vol.24/2: 191-210.

Mach, André, Silja Häusermann and Yannis Papadopoulos (2003) ‘Economic regulatory reforms in Switzerland: adjustment without European integration, or how rigidities became flexible’, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol.10: 301-18.

Nergaard, K. and Stokke, T.A. (2007) 'The puzzles of union density in Norway', Transfer, Vol. 13/4: 653–70.

Rommetvedt, Hilmar (2005) ‘Norway: Resources count, but votes decide? From neo-corporatist representation to neo-pluralist parliamentarism’, West European Politics, Vol.28/4: 740-63.

Sousa-Poza, A. (2004) ‘Job stability and job security: a comparative perspective on Switzerland's experience in the 1990s’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 10/1: 31-50.

Wahl (2010) ‘How new social alliances changed politics in Norway’, in Andreas Bieler and Ingemar Lindberg (eds.) Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity. London: Routledge. Chapter 12.

Additional reading:

Norway:

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Archer, Clive (2004) Norway outside the European Union: Norway and European Integration from 1994 to 2004. London: Routledge.

Bieler, Andreas and Stina Torjesen (2001) ‘Strength through Unity? A comparative analysis of splits in the Austrian, Norwegian and Swedish Labour Movements over EU membership’, in Andreas Bieler and Adam David Morton (eds.) Social Forces in the Making of the New Europe: the restructuring of European social relations in the global political economy. Houndmills: Palgrave. PP.115-36.

Claes, Dag Harald (2002) ‘The Process of Europeanisation: Norway and the Internal Energy Market’, Journal of Public Policy, Vol.22: 299-323.

Dølvik, Jan Erik (1998) Norwegian Trade Unionism Between Traditionalism and Modernisation. Oslo: Fafo.

Dølvik, J./Steen, A. (eds.) (1997) Making Solidarity Work: the Norwegian labour market in transition. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.

Dølvik, J./Stokke, Torgeir Aarvaag (1998) ‘Norway: The Revival of Centralized Concertation’, in Anthony Ferner and Richard Hyman (eds.) Changing Industrial Relations in Europe (second edition). Oxford: Blackwell. PP.118-45.

Dølvik, Jan Erik/Martin, Andrew (2000) ‘A Spanner in the Works and Oil on Troubled Waters: The Divergent Fates of Social Pacts in Sweden and Norway’, in Giuseppe Fajertag and Phillippe Pochet (eds.) Social Pacts in Europe - New Dynamics. Brussels: ETUI. PP.279-319.Freeman, Richard B. (1997) ‘Are Norway’s Solidaristic and Welfare State Policies Viable in the Modern Global Economy’, in Jan Erik Dølvik and Arild H. Steen (eds.) Making Solidarity Work: the Norwegian labour market in transition. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.

Gstöhl, Sieglende (2002) Reluctant Europeans: Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland in the Process of Integration. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

Midttun, Atle (1990) ‘Norway in the 1980s: Competitive Adaptation or Structural Crisis? A Comment on Katzenstein’s Small-State/Flexible Adjustment Thesis’, Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol.13: 307-26.

Parker, R. (2000) ‘Industrial transformation in Austria, Norway and Sweden’, Industry and innovation, Vol.7/2: 145-168.

Stokke & Thörnqvist (2001) ‘Strikes and collective bargaining in the Nordic countries’, European journal of industrial relations, Vol.7/3: 245-267.

Tranvik & Selle (2007) ‘The rise and fall of popular mass movements: organizational change and globalization - the Norwegian case’, Acta sociologica [Norway], 50/1: 57-70.

Switzerland:

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Armingeon, Klaus (2001) ‘Institutionalising the Swiss Welfare State’, West European Politics, Vol.24/2: pp. 145-168.

Church, Clive H. (2004) The Politics and Government of Switzerland. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Church, Clive H. (ed.) (2006) Switzerland and the European Union. London: Routledge.

Dupont, C. et al (1999) ‘Catching the EC Train: Austria and Switzerland in Comparative Perspective’, European Journal of International Relations, Vol.5/2: 189-224.

Fluder, Robert/Hotz-Hart, Beat (1998) ‘Switzerland: Still as Smooth as Clockwork?’, in Anthony Ferner and Richard Hyman (eds.) Changing Industrial Relations in Europe (second edition). Oxford: Blackwell. PP.262-82.

Sciarini, Pascal/Listhaug, Ola (1997) ‘Single Cases or Unique Pair? The Swiss and Norwegian “No” to Europe’, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol.35/3: 407-38.

2. Tutorial

In contrast to Sweden, have Norway and Switzerland been able to maintain their traditional economic-political model and, if so, why?

Week 9:

1. Lecture on Globalisation and the future European model of capitalism.

Themes: the underlying rationale of the revival of European integration around the Internal

Market and Economic and Monetary Union since the mid-1980s; the Social Dimension and multi-sector social dialogue; the revival of European integration and the transnational restructuring of European

social relations;Essential reading:

van Apeldoorn, Bastiaan (2006) ‘The Transnational Political Economy of European Integration: The Future Socio-Economic Governance in the Enlarged Union’, in Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (eds.) Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (third edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 21.

Bieler, Andreas (2006) The struggle for a social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring. Manchester: Manchester University Press. PP.9-14 and 199-219.

Bieler, A. (2009) ‘Globalization and Regional Integration: The Possibilities and Problems for Trade Unions to Resist Neo-liberal Restructuring in Europe’, in Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Jan Drahokoupil and Laura Horn (eds.) Neoliberal European Governance and Beyond: The contradictions of a political project. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

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Grahl, John (ed.) (2009) Global finance and social Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Hassel, Anke (2009) ‘Policies and Politics in Social Pacts in Europe’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.15/2: 7-26.

Natali, David and Philippe Pochet (2009) ‘The Evolution of Social Pacts in the EMU Era: What Type of Institutionalization?’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.15/2: 147-66.

Parker, Owen (2008) ‘Challenging “New Constitutionalism” in the EU: French Resistance, “Social Europe” and “Soft” Governance’, New Political Economy, Vol.13/4: 397-417.

Schulten, Thorsten (2008) ‘Towards a European Minimum Wage Policy? Fair Wages and Social Europe’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.14/4: 421-39.

Waddington, Jeremy (2005) ‘Trade unions and the defence of the European social model’, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.36/6: 518-40.

Wahl, A. (2004) ‘European Labour: The Ideological Legacy of the Social Pact’, Monthly Review, 55(8), New York: Monthly Review Press. PP. 37-49. Available at http://www.monthlyreview.org/0104wahl.htm; accessed 18 June 2007.Further reading:

van Apeldoorn, Bastiaan (2002) Transnational Capitalism and the Struggle over European Integration. London: Routledge.

Bieler, Andreas (2002) ‘The Struggle over EU Enlargement: a historical materialist analysis of European integration’, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol.9/4: 575-97.

Bieler, Andreas (2005) ‘European Integration and the Transnational Restructuring of Social Relations: the Emergence of Labour as a Regional Actor?’, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol.43/3: 461-84.Bieler, A. and A.D. Morton (2004) ‘“Another Europe is Possible”? Labour and social movements at the European Social Forum’, Globalizations, Vol.1/2: 303-25.

Bieling, Hans-Jürgen (2003) ‘Social Forces in the Making of the New European Economy: The case of Financial Market Integration’, New Political Economy, Vol.8/2: 203-23.

Bieling, Hans-Jürgen (2006) ‘EMU, financial integration and global economic governance’, Review of International Political Economy, Vol.13/3: 420-48.

Bieling, H.-J. and J. Jäger (2009) ‘Global Finance and the European Economy: The Struggle over Banking Regulation’, in Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Jan Drahokoupil and Laura Horn (eds.) Neoliberal European Governance and Beyond: The contradictions of a political project. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Bieling, H.-J. and T. Schulten (2003) ‘“Competitive Restructuring” and Industrial Relations within the European Union: Corporatist Involvement and Beyond’, in A.W.

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Cafruny and M. Ryner (eds) A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. PP.231-59.

Hassel, Anke (2003) ‘The Politics of Social Pacts’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.41/4: 707-26.

Holman, Otto and Kees van der Pijl (2003) ‘Structure and Process in Transnational European Business’, in A.W. Cafruny and M. Ryner (eds) A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Chapter 4.

Huffschmid, J. (2005) Economic Policy for a Social Europe: A Critique of Neo-liberalism and Proposals for Alternatives. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Marginson, P. and K. Sisson (2004) European Integration and Industrial Relations: Multi-level Governance in the Making, Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Martin, A. (2004) ‘The EMU macroeconomic policy regime and the European social model’, in A. Martin and G. Ross (eds.) Euros and Europeans: Monetary Integration and the European Model of Society, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. PP.20-50.

Martin, Andrew and George Ross (eds) (2004) Euros and Europeans: Monetary Integration and the European Model of Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 2, 10 and 12.

Sisson, Keith, James Arrowsmith and Paul Marginson (2003) ‘All benchmarkers now? Benchmarking and the “Europeanisation” of industrial relations’, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.34/1: 15-31. [available at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/toc.asp?ref=0019-8692]

Taylor, G. and A. Mathers (2002) ‘The Politics of European Integration: A European Labour Movement in the Making?’, Capital & Class, 78: 39-60.

Taylor, G. and A. Mathers (2004) ‘The European Trade Union Confederation at the Crossroads of Change? Traversing the Variable Geometry of European Trade Unionism’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, 10/3: 267-85.

Tidow, S. (2003) ‘The emergence of European employment policy as a transnational political arena’, in H. Overbeek (ed.) The Political Economy of European Employment, London: Routledge. PP.77-98.

Underhill, Geoffrey R. D. (1997) ‘The Making of the European Financial Area: Global Market Integration and the EU Single Market for Financial Services’, in Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (ed.) The New World Order in International Finance. Basingstoke: Palgrave. PP.101-23.

2. Tutorial

To what extent is the Social Dimension countering the shift towards an Anglo-American model of capitalism in the EU?

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Week 10

1. Lecture on EU Eastward Enlargement and the transformation of Central and Eastern European countries.

Literature on EU enlargement:

Bieler, A. (2000) Globalisation and Enlargement of the European Union: Austrian and Swedish social forces in the struggle over membership. London: Routledge. [Chapter 6 on Eastward enlargement.]

Bohle, D. (2006) ‘Neoliberal hegemony, transnational capital and the terms of the EU’s eastward expansion’, Capital & Class, No.88: 57-86.

Bohle, D. and D. Husz (2005) ‘Whose Europe is it? Interest group action in accession negotiations: the cases of competition policy and labor migration’, politique européenne, 15: 85-112. Holman, O. (2001) ‘The Enlargement of the European Union towards Central and Eastern Europe: the role of supranational and transnational actors’, in A. Bieler and A.D. Morton (eds.) Social Forces in the Making of the New Europe: the restructuring of European social relations in the global political economy, Houndmills: Palgrave. PP.161-84.

Krings, Torben (2009) ‘A Race to the Bottom? Trade Unions, EU Enlargement and the Free Movement of Labour’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.15/1: 49-69.

Meardi, Guglielmo, Paul Marginson, Michael Fichter et al (2009) ‘The Complexity of Relocation and the Diversity of Trade Union Responses: Efficiency-oriented Foreign Direct Investment in Central Europe’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.15/1: 27-47.

Schimmelfennig, Frank and Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds.) (2005) The Politics of European Union Enlargement: Theoretical Approaches. London: Routledge. [Chapters 6 to 10.]

Shields, S. (2003) ‘The Charge of the “Right Brigade”: Transnational Social Forces and the Neoliberal Configuration of Poland’s Transition’, New Political Economy, 8/2: 225-44.

Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel (2003) EU Enlargement versus Social Europe? The Uncertain Future of the European Social Model. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Literature on the transformation of Central and Eastern European countries:

Bohle, D. (2009) ‘Race to the Bottom? Transnational Companies and Reinforced Competition in the Enlarged European Union’, in Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Jan Drahokoupil and Laura Horn (eds.) Neoliberal European Governance and Beyond: The contradictions of a political project. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

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Bohle, D. and B. Greskovits (2006) ‘Capitalism without Compromise: Strong Business and Weak Labor in Eastern Europe’s New Transnational Industries’, Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol.41/1: 3-25.

Bohle, D. and B. Greskovits (2007) ‘Neoliberalism, Embedded Neoliberalism and Neocorporatism: Towards Transnational Capitalism in Central-Eastern Europe’, West European Politics, Vol.30/3: 443-66.

Drahokoupil, Jan (2009) ‘The Rise of the Competition State in the Visegrad Four: Internationalization of the State as a Social Project’, in Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Jan Drahokoupil and Laura Horn (eds.) Neoliberal European Governance and Beyond: The contradictions of a political project. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Drahokoupil, Jan (2009) ‘After Transition: Varieties of Political-economic Development in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union’, Comparative European Politics, Vol.7/2: 279-98.

Dyson, Kenneth (2006) Enlarging the Euro Area: External Empowerment and Domestic Transformation in East Central Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [See Chapters 6 to 11 for country case studies.]

Feldmann, M (2006) ‘Emerging varieties of capitalism in transition countries: industrial relations and wage bargaining in Estonia and Slovenia’, Comparative Political Studies, Vol.39/7: 829-854.

Feldmann, M. (2007) ‘The origins of varieties of capitalism: lessons from post-socialist transition in Estonia and Slovenia’, in Bob Hancké, Martin Rhodes and Mark Thatcher (eds.) Beyond varieties of capitalism: conflict, contradiction, and complementarities in the European economy. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 12. Freyberg-Inan, Annette (2006) ‘Transition Economies’, in Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (eds.) Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (third edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. PP.419-30.

Lane, David and Martin Myant (eds.) (2007) Varieties of Capitalism in Post-communist Countries. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Lawrence King (2007) ‘Central European Capitalism in Comparative Perspective’, in Bob Hancké, Martin Rhodes and Mark Thatcher (eds.) Beyond varieties of capitalism: conflict, contradiction, and complementarities in the European economy. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 11.

Lindstrom, N. (2005) ‘The Politics of Europeanization and Post-Socialist Transitions: Slovenia and Estonia’s Diverging Paths to Europe’, unpublished paper. [Copy available from me.]

Lindstrom, N. and D. Piroska (2007) ‘The Politics of Europeanization in Europe’s Southeastern Periphery: Slovenian Banks and Breweries on Sale?’, Competition and Change, Vol.11(2): 117-135.

Meardi, G. (2007) ‘More voice after more exit? Unstable industrial relations in Central Eastern Europe’, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.38/6: 503-523.

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Meardi, G. (2007) ‘Multinationals in the new EU member states and the revitalisation of trade unions’, Debatte, Vol.15/2: 177-194.

Nölke, A. and A. Vliegenhart (2009) ‘Enlarging the Varieties of Capitalism: The Emergence of Dependent Market Economies in East Central Europe’, World Politics, Vol.61/4: 670-702.

Orenstein, Mitchell, Stephen Bloom and Nicole Lindstrom (eds.) (2008) Transnational Actors and Central and East European Transitions. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Ost, David (2006) ‘After Postcommunism: Legacies and the Future of Unions in Eastern Europe’, in Craig Phelan (ed.) The Future of Organised Labour: Global Perspectives. Oxford et al: Peter Lang. PP.305-31.Petrylaite & Woolfson (2006) ‘“Missing in action”: the right to strike in the Baltic new member states - an absent EU competence’, International journal of comparative labour law and industrial relations, Vol.22/4: 439-467.

Stockhammer, Engelbert and Özlem Onaran (2009) ‘National and Sectoral Influences on Wage Determination in Central and Eastern Europe’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.15/3: 317-38.

Vliegenthart, A. and H. Overbeek (2009) ‘Corporate Tax Reform in neoliberal Europe: East Central Europe as a Template for Deepening the Neoliberal European Integration Project?’, in Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Jan Drahokoupil and Laura Horn (eds.) Neoliberal European Governance and Beyond: The contradictions of a political project. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

2. Tutorial

‘The Central and Eastern European models of capitalism are even more neo-liberal than those of Western Europe.’ Discuss!

Week 11

Revision session: overview of module contents and exam areas, time for student questions.

Seminar discussions will be based on readings listed above, please ensure that you have familiarised yourself with the relevant required readings before the seminars.

Please note that registers will be taken in seminars, should you be unable to attend, please email the Module Convenor.

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Method and Frequency of Class:

Activity Number of Sessions Duration of a SessionLecture 11 1hSeminar 11 1h

Location of Lecture: UP-CLIVEG-A39+Day: MondayTime: 1 to 2 p.m.

Location of Seminar: A1 CoatesDay: TuesdayTime: 4 pm

After each lecture, the lecture notes will be posted on WebCT, which can be accessed at http://webct.nottingham.ac.uk using your University network username and password. This will allow you to compare your own notes with the lecture notes and to go through the material learned in the lecture in an organised and systematic way. Once registered you can access the class at any time from any PC with an internet connection. You are expected to connect to the classroom at least once a week.

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Method of Assessment:

This 20 credit will be assessed on the following basis:

Assessment Type Weight RequirementsExam 1 40 per cent One and a half hour examCoursework 1 40 per cent 3000 word essayOral presentation 20 per cent seminar presentation

The assessed essay should be submitted to the School Office by Wednesday 17th November. When submitting your essay please make sure that you submit it in duplicate, date stamp both the essays and the cover sheet and then submit in person to the School Office. You will be issued with a receipt for your essay. Please note that the School Office will be open from 10am till 4pm (Monday to Friday) on submission days. Essays handed in after 4pm will be stamped as late and usual University penalties will be applied.

The standard University penalty for late submission should be 5% absolute standard University scale per normal working day, until the mark reaches zero. For example, an original mark of 67% would be successively reduced to 62%, 57%, 52%, 47% etc. Normal working days include vacation periods, but not weekends or public holidays. Applications for extensions will not normally be considered retrospectively. Any student wishing to apply for an extension should collect and complete the necessary forms from the School Office and submit these to the relevant Year Tutor together with any necessary documentary evidence.

Reading Information:

There is no textbook available for this module, but the following books contain chapters for several of the lectures and tutorials of this module:

Bieler, Andreas (2006) The struggle for a social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [short loan]

Cafruny, Alan W. and M. Ryner (eds) (2003) A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. [short loan]

Stubbs, Richard and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (eds.) (2006) Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (third edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [short loan]

Also highly relevant for almost all of the themes covered in this module is the following book by David Coates:

Coates, D. (2000) Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era. Cambridge: Polity. [short loan]

Journals

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There are no specific analytical journals for this module due to the wide coverage of topics. Please consult the reading list for individual journal articles. All journal articles referred to in this module guide are in the Library, either as a printed copy or in an electronic version on line. Some articles may only be available as a photocopy in the short-loan section of the Library. You have to search for them by author and title as if you were looking for a book.

Coursework Support:

The Hallward Library and Halls of Residence have a number of networked PCs to facilitate access to information on holdings.

As Module Convenor please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any difficulties with the module or assessed work. I will be available without appointment during my office hours. Appointments to meet at other times can be made by calling me on my direct line or via email. My contact details together with office hours are noted at the front of this module outline.

Guidance to Essay Writing:

A short guide for students on essay writing skills and an outline of the marking criteria used by staff is available from the School Office intranet.

Assessed Essay Titles:

Which approach explains best globalisation and the role of the state?

In times of globalisation, is there still space for different models of capitalism?

‘New Labour implies a mere continuation of the neo-liberal restructuring of the British economic-political model under the Conservatives.’ Discuss!

The example of German restructuring demonstrates that different models of capitalism are no longer viable in times of globalisation. Discuss!

To what extent has globalisation changed the French economic-political model?

What and who caused the demise of the Swedish Model?

In contrast to Sweden, have Norway and Switzerland been able to maintain their traditional economic-political model and, if so, why?

To what extent is the Social Dimension countering the shift towards an Anglo-American model of capitalism in the EU?

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‘The Central and Eastern European models of capitalism are even more neo-liberal than those of Western Europe.’ Discuss!

Reminder: submission date is 4pm on Wednesday, 17 November.

Example of Past Exam Paper:

Exam academic year 2006/2007

Answer two of the following questions:

1. ‘As a result of global restructuring pressures, national models of capitalism will inevitably converge around the Anglo-American economic-political model.’ Discuss!

2. To what extent will it be possible to retain collective bargaining within the German model of capitalism?

3. ‘British trade unions should be content with the Labour governments since 1997, because their influence on macroeconomic policy-making has strongly increased since then.’ Discuss!

4. Does France prove that a state-led model of capitalism is still viable in today’s global economy?

5. Are small states better able to retain their traditional economic-political model in times of global restructuring? Answer this question with reference to at least two countries.

6. Which ideal type model of capitalism does the EU currently resemble most?

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