Rival Models of Capitalism in the European Union
Spring 2003
This seminar will focus on the different ways in which capitalism is
organized within the European Union. Three sets of differences will
be examined: that between the “Rhenish” and “Anglo-American” models of
corporate governance; that between social democratic, Christian democratic
and liberal varieties of the welfare state; and that between “left”, “right”
and “third way” political-economic strategies. The central question
animating the course will be whether the forces of “globalization”, capital
mobility and EU integration are inducing a convergence toward a common
European model of capitalism.