Syllabus

Rival Models of Capitalism in the European Union
POST 115 EU Seminar
Spring 2003 Syllabus
TTh 1:15-2:30
Broad Hall 210

Professor Nigel Boyle
217 Scott Hall. Office Hours TTh 2:30-4. Email nboyle@pitzer.edu

This seminar will focus on the different ways in which capitalism is organized in European countries. 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. Particular attention will be paid to the challenges faced by center-left “third way” governments in France, Germany, Britain and Italy and to the "northern tigers": Ireland, Finland, Sweden and Holland. 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.

Semester Plan
There are three elements to the course.

Weeks 1-8 are organized around lecture/presentations by the Instructor and seminar discussion focused on the course reading. This part of the course will cover the development of the EU, models of corporate governance, the welfare state and partisan political ideology. It will culminate in the March 14 midterm exam.
In weeks 9-15 the course becomes a student-centered research workshop. It will be organized around two projects: (a) a group multimedia presentation project and (b) an individual research project. Powerpoint-based presentations will be prepared by groups of 2-4 students. These presentations will be made to the rest of the class and to a local High School teacher/student audience. Individual research projects will be developed through a proposal (4 pages due March 29), a submission draft (20 pages, due April 18) and final draft (25 pages due May 7/9).
Intertwined with the first two parts of the course is a program of eight visiting speakers, involving public talks and private seminars featuring some of the most prominent scholars working in this field. Four of these talks - the Westergaard Seies sponsored by the Pomona History Department and the EU Center of California, will be at Pomona College at 11 am and 4:15 am on Thursdays. Attendance at, and active participation in, this program is mandatory.

Course Grade
The midterm exam on March 14 will account for 20% of the course grade. The powerpoint presentations will account for another 20%. The research project proposal, submission draft and detailed critiques of peer's work will comprise 20% of the course grade. The final draft of this paper accounts for a further 20% of the course grade. Class participation will account for the remaining 20% of the grade. Unexcused absences from class and class related talks will be heavily penalized.

Reading Material
All students will be required to get a subscription to the Financial Times. The following books are also required and are available at the Huntley bookstore.
Desmond Dinan Ever Closer Union? An Introduction to the European Community (Rienner, 1999)
Geoff Garrett Partisan Politics in the Global Economy (Cambridge, 1998)
Gosta Esping-Andersen Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies (Oxford, 2000)
Peter Hall and David Soskice Varieties of Capitalism: the institutional foundations of comparative advantage (Oxford, 2002)
For the visiting speakers copies of recent papers will be made available to the class prior to each encounter.

Weekly Schedule and related assignments

Week 1 Course Introduction
Tuesday January 21st "Rival models of capitalism in the EU"
Thursday January 23rd "Capitalism, Industrialization and National Economies in Europe 1618-1948"
Hall and Soskice Ch 1 "An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism". This chapter provides a (rather dense) flavor of the themes to be covered in the course. We will not discuss it until later in the course, but it should be read this week.

Week 2 The European Union
Tuesday January 28th "European Integration 1945-1989"
Dinan Ch 1-5 and 13-14
Thursday January 30th "The European Union 1989-2002"
Dinan Ch 6, 7, 15 and 16. Dinan Part 2 "Institutions" is strongly recommended but not required.

Week 3 "Rival" Models?
Tuesday February 4th "Liberalism, Conservatism and Socialism in Europe: rival ideologies, parties and the trente glorieuses"
Hall and Soskice Ch 2: Kathleen Thelen "Varieties of Labor Politics in the Developed Democracies". Esping-Andersen Ch 2 "The Democratic Class Struggle Revisited"
Thursday February 6th Instead of regular class students should attend the talk by Etienne Balibar "Are Global Politics From a "European" Viewpoint Possible?" at 11 am in the Rose Hill Theater, Pomona College. Some students will attend the 4:15 pm seminar led by Balibar in Pearsons 104, Pomona. An article by Balibar will be made available. I will be available for a tutorial session 1:30-2:45 pm.

Week 4 Globalization and the Euro
Tuesday February 11th "Market Integration and Sovereignty"
Hall and Soskice Ch 6: Orfeo Fioretos "The Domestic Sources of Multilateral Preferences: varieties of Capitalism in the European Community"
Thursday February 13th "The Euro: coordination, institutionalization, unification" Talk by David Andrews.

Week 5 The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Tuesday February 18th "Welfare Capitalisms in Transition"
Esping-Andersen Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economics (entire book). Hall and Soskice Ch 4-5.
Thursday February 20th Instead of regular class students should attend the talk by Jamie Peck "The British Road to Workfare: Third Way or American Way?" at 11 am in Hahn 108, Pomona College. Some students will attend the 4:15 pm seminar led by Peck in Pearsons 104. An article by Peck will be made available. I will be available for a tutorial session 1:30-2:45 pm.

Week 6 Varieties of Corporate Governance
Tuesday February 25th "Rhenish versus Anglo-American models of Corporate Governance and comparative advantage". Talk by David Finegold.
Hall and Soskice Part III "Corporate Governance, Firm Strategy and the Law". An article by David Finegold will be made available.
Thursday February 27th "The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage"
Hall and Soskice Ch 1 (revisited)

Week 7 Public Policy, Divergence and Convergence
Tuesday March 4th "Britain, France, Germany and the 'northern tigers': coordination and competitive corporatism"
Hall and Soskice Part II: "Case Studies in Public Policy, Continuity and Change". Martin Rhodes "The Political Economy of Social Pacts: 'Competitive Corporatism' and European Welfare Reform". Steven Wolinetz "Modell Nederland: social partnership and competitive corporatism in the Netherlands"
Thursday March 6th Instead of regular class students should attend the talk by Loic Wacquant "Penalty and Crime in the Post-Welfare State, from US to European Union" at 11 am in Hahn 108, Pomona College. Some students will attend the 4:15 pm seminar led by Wacquant in Pearsons 104. An article by Wacquant will be made available. I will be available for tutorial session 1:30-2:45 pm.

Week 8 Partisan Politics in the Global Economy
Tuesday March 11th "Partisan Politics in the Global Economy" Talk by Geoff Garrett
Garrett Partisan Politics in the Global Economy entire book.

Thursday March 13th Midterm Exam

SPRING BREAK

Week 9
Tuesday March 25th Powerpoint Presentation Workshop (led by Angel Jauregui and Tim Jones).
Thursday March 27th Class Discussion about topics for powerpoint presentations and research papers (led by Instructor).

Proposals for both projects are due April 1st: a 4-page proposal including argument/hypothesis, organizing framework and bibliography. For the group presentation project a very rough 1st draft ppt file (minimum 5 slides) must be email to the instructor.

Week 10
Tuesday April 1st Class discussion about research projects
Thursday April 3rd Instead of regular class students should attend the talk by Bob Jessop "The Future of Welfare States in an Era of Globalization" at 11 am in Hahn 108, Pomona College. Some students will attend the 4:15 pm seminar led by Jessop in Pearsons 104. An article by Jessop will be made available. I will meet with each group about their powerpoint presentations 1:30-4 pm.

Student groups will present to the class in weeks 11-13. The will subsequently make presentations to a local High School class.

Week 11
Tuesday April 8th Noon Talk Julie Watts "Immigration Policy and the Challenge of Globalization for Labor Unions in Europe and the US" McConnell Living Room. (Class follows)
Thursday April 10th Group 1 Presentation to class: Evan/Leslie/Jon

Week 12
Tuesday April 15th Group 2 presentation: Nigel/Rosy/Gabe
Thursday April 17th Groups 3 and 4 presentations: Tanya/Wendy/Christa and Josh/Derek

Week 13
Tuesday April 22nd Noon Guest Speaker Geoff Garrett "Globalization and the Poor: How Bad is it and what can governments do about it?" McConnell Living Room. Class with Prof. Garrett follows. Submission Drafts of major paper due (as emailed attachments).
Thursday April 24th Group 5 and 6 Presentations: Mike/Zach/Andrew Karen/Peter/Serling. Critiques of peers' papers due.

Week 14
Tuesday April 29th Discussion of research papers
Thursday May 1st Lunch with speaker Beatriz Pont (OECD). Beatriz will talk to the class about education policy and the conomy across the OECD.

Thursday May 2. 6pm-8pm Atherton Dinner, McConnell, Founders Room: Beatriz Pont: Knowledge in the Skills Economy.

Week 15
Tuesday May 6th Discussion of research papers. Senior papers due.
Thursday May 8th Concluding discussion. Non-senior final papers due.

The following books are recommended as further reading (especially with a view to selecting a research project).

Anthony Giddens The Third Way and its Critics (2000) HX73 .G54 2000
Mary Daly The Gender Division of Welfare: the impact of the British and German Welfare States (2000)
Paul Pierson The New Politics of the Welfare State (2001)
Oskar Lafontaine The Heart Beats on the Left (2001)
Gosta Esping-Andersen The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism (1990)
Lester C. Thurow The Future of Capitalism : How Today's Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow's World (1997)
Lester Thurow Head to Head : The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America (1993)
Robert B. Reich The work of nations : preparing ourselves for 21st-century HB501 .R36 1991 c.2
G. Howe Conflict of Loyalty (1994)
Carolyn Warner Confessions of an Interest Group: the Catholic Church and Poltical Parties in Europe(2000)
K. Van Kersbergen Social Capitalism (1996)
Robert Michels Political Parties (1913) JF2049 M62 1915X
Tony Blair The Third Way (1998) HC256.5 .B544 1997
Przeworski and J. Sprague Paper Stones: a history of electoral socialism (1986)
Marshall, T.H.   Citizenship and social class / T.H. Marshall and Tom Bottomore    HN400.S6 C49 1992
Pope, Leo XIII Rerum novarum (1891) Papal Encyclical on the Condition of Labor STC HD6338 C26 1940
Friedrich von Hayek The Road To Serfdom HD 82 H326 1944 C.1
Joseph Schumpeter,   Capitalism, socialism, and democracy HX 86 SCH86 1950 C.1
Karl Polanyi,   The great transformation HC53 .P757A c.1
Milton Friedman Capitalism and freedom. HB501 .F914 C.6
Peter Baldwin The politics of social solidarity : class bases of the European welfare state, 1875-1975 JC325 .B33 1990
The social democratic image of society Francis G. Castles HX 317 C37
Tim Tilton The political theory of Swedish social democracy : through the welfare state to socialism HX336.5 .T55 1990
Paul Pierson Dismantling the welfare state? : Reagan, Thatcher, and the politics of retrenchment HN59.2 .P52 1994
Stephan Leibfried and Paul Pierson European social policy : between fragmentation and integration, HN373.5 .E83 1995
Desmond King   Actively seeking work? : the politics of unemployment and welfare policy in the United States and Great Britain HD5765.A6 K557 1995
Mancur Olson The rise and decline of nations : economic growth, stagflation, and social rigidities HD 82 O565 1982 c.2
Gary Teeple   Globalization and the decline of social reform Gary Teeple HC59 .T36 1995
Offe, Claus (1996) Modernity and the state JC11 .O33 1996
Piore, Michael J and C. Sabel The second industrial divide : possibilities for prosperity HC 103 P5X
Democratic Leadership Council-Progressive Policy Institute The New Progressive Declaration: A Political Philosophy for the Information Age (1998)
P. Katzenstein Small States in World Markets (1985)
Benjamin Barber Jihad versus McWorld (1995)