[Geoghegan] = Geoghegan, Thomas. Were You Born On the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get A Life. The New Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781595587060.
[Katzenstein] = Katzenstein, Peter J. Policy and Politics in West Germany: The Growth of a Semisovereign State. Temple University Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780877222644.
[Kesselman] = Kesselman, Mark, Joel Krieger, et al. European Politics in Transition. Wadsworth Publishing, 2008. ISBN: 9780618870783.
[Moore] = Moore, Barrington. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World. Beacon Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780807050736.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction; overview of course |
"Part 1: Introduction." In [Kesselman]. "Part 1: Which Side of Paradise?" In [Geoghegan]. |
| 2–3 | Sources of cross-national variation in European politics and economy |
Marshall, T. H. "Citizenship and Social Class." Chapter IV in Sociology at the Crossroads and Other Essays. Heinemann Educational Books, Ltd., 1963, pp. 73–99. Rose, Richard. "Presidents and Prime Ministers." Society 25, no. 3 (1988): 61–7. Hall, Peter A., and David Soskice. "An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism." Chapter 1 in Debating Varieties of Capitalism: A Reader. Edited by Bob Hancké. Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 21–55. ISBN: 9780199569670. "The Making Of The Modern British State." Chapter 1 in [Kesselman]. "Political Economy and Development." Chapter 2 in [Kesselman]. |
| 4–5 | Politics and institutions in Britain |
"England and the Contributions of Violence to Gradualism." Chapter 1 in [Moore]. "The Democratic Route to Modern Society." Chapter 7 in [Moore]. "Governance and Policy Making." Chapter 3 in [Kesselman]. "Representation and Participation." Chapter 4 in [Kesselman]. Flinders, Matthew. "Majoritarian Democracy in Britain: New Labour and the Constitution." West European Politics 28, no. 1 (2005): 61–93. Reitan, Earl A. Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 8 in The Thatcher Revolution: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, and the Transformation of Modern Britain 1979–2002. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 9780742522039. [Preview with Google Books] View the first three minutes and 13 seconds of the following clip: ally008. "Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons No No No!" April 11, 2008. YouTube. Accessed October 10, 2012. |
| 6–7 | Contemporary trends in British politics |
"British Politics in Transition." Chapter 5 in [Kesselman]. Driver, Stephen, and Luke Martell. "Labour in Power, 1997–2001." Chapter 2 in Blair's Britain. Polity Press in association with Blackwell Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 9780745624594. ———. "Ending Welfare as We Know It?" Chapter 8 in Blair's Britain. Polity Press in association with Blackwell Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 9780745624594. Howell, Chris. "From New Labour to No Labour?" New Political Science 22, no. 2 (2000): 201–29. Quinn, Thomas. "From New Labour to New Politics: The British Election of 2010." West European Politics 34, no. 2 (2011): 403–11. |
| 8–9 | French politics, historical legacies |
"Evolution and Revolution in France." Chapter 2 in [Moore]. "The Making Of The Modern French State." Chapter 6 in [Kesselman]. "Political Economy and Development." Chapter 7 in [Kesselman]. |
| 10 | French institutions and politics |
"Governance and Policymaking." Chapter 8 in [Kesselman]. "Representation and Participation." Chapter 9 in [Kesselman]. Grunberg, Gerard. "The French Party System and the Crisis of Representation." Chapter 9 in Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make. Edited by Pepper D. Culpepper, Peter A. Hall, and Bruno Palier. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. ISBN: 9780230204478. Grossman, Emiliano, and Nicolas Sauger. "The End of Ambiguity? Presidents versus Parties, or the Four Phases of the Fifth Republic." West European Politics 32, no. 2 (2009): 423–37. |
| 11–12 |
French politics and policy Session 12: Guest speaker/discussion leader, Dr. Judith Vichniac, Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University |
Hazareesingh, Sudhir. "Religion, Clericalism, and the Republican State." Chapter 4 in Political Traditions in Modern France. Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780198780755. Bowen, John R. "Remembering Laïcité." Chapter 2 in Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space. Princeton University Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780691138398. [Preview with Google Books] ———. "Regulating Islam." Chapter 3 in Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space. Princeton University Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780691138398. [Preview with Google Books] View the following interview: "Big Think Interview With Joan Wallach Scott." May 21, 2010. Bigthink.com. Accessed October 10, 2012. |
| 13–14 | Contemporary issues in French politics |
Levy, Jonah D. "Redeploying the State: Liberalization and Social Policy in France." In Beyond Continuity: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies. Edited by Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780199280452. "French Politics in Transition." Chapter 10 in [Kesselman]. Sauger, Nicolas. "The French Legislative and Presidential Elections of 2007." West European Politics 30, no. 5 (2007): 1166–75. Shorto, Russell. "Marine Le Pen, France's (Kinder, Gentler) Extremist." New York Times Magazine, May 1, 2011. |
| 15–16 | Germany: historical legacies |
"Revolution from Above and Fascism." Chapter 8 in [Moore]. "The Making Of The Modern German State." Chapter 11 in [Kesselman]. "Political Economy and Development." Chapter 12 in [Kesselman]. |
| 17–18 | German institutions and politics |
"Governance and Policymaking." Chapter 13 in [Kesselman]. "Representation and Participation." Chapter 14 in [Kesselman]. "The Taming of Power: West Germany's Semisovereign State." Chapter 1 in [Katzenstein]. "Part 2: Berlin Diary." In [Geoghegan]. |
| 19–20 | Contemporary issues in German politics |
Deeg, Richard. "The Comeback of Modell Deutschland? The New German Political Economy in the EU." German Politics 14, no. 3 (2005): 332–53. Palier, Bruno, and Kathleen Thelen. "Institutionalizing Dualism: Complementarities and Change in France and Germany." Politics & Society 38, no. 1 (2010): 119–48. "German Politics in Transition." Chapter 15 in [Kesselman]. Faas, Thorsten. "The German Federal Election of 2009: Sprouting Coalitions, Drooping Social Democrats." West European Politics 33, no. 4 (2010): 894–903. |
| 21 | Italy: historical legacies |
Kemp, Tom. "Italy: The Disadvantaged Latecomer." Chapter 6 in Industrialization in Nineteenth Century Europe. 2nd ed. Longman Publishing Group, 1985. ISBN: 9780582493841. "The Making Of The Modern Italian State." Chapter 16 in [Kesselman]. "Political Economy and Development." Chapter 17 in [Kesselman]. |
| 22 | Italian institutions and politics |
"Governance and Policymaking." Chapter 18 in [Kesselman]. "Representation and Participation." Chapter 19 in [Kesselman]. Porta, Donatella Della, and Alberto Vannucci. "Corruption and Anti-Corruption: The Political Defeat of 'Clean Hands' in Italy." West European Politics 30, no. 4 (2007): 830–53. Diamanti, Ilvo. "The Italian Centre-Right and Centre-Left: Between Parties and 'the Party'." West European Politics 30, no. 4 (2007): 733–62. Vassallo, Salvatore. "Government under Berlusconi: The Functioning of the Core Institutions in Italy." West European Politics 30, no. 4 (2007): 692–710. |
| 23–24 | Contemporary issues in Italian politics |
Wilson, Alex. "The Italian Election of April 2008: A Political Earthquake?" West European Politics 32, no. 1 (2009): 215–25. "Italian Politics in Transition." Chapter 20 in [Kesselman]. |
| 25 | Finishing up, summing up | No readings |