Browsing MWP Lectures: Published Papers (2007-2016) by Title

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Title:Between Surprise and Social Science Author(s):MAIER, Charles S.Date:2009Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2009/04Abstract:Social scientists and historians have been living in a world of unexpected outcomes. The revival of passionate political ideologies in the l960s, the reversal of predicted secularization in the modern world, the collapse ...
Title:Bourgeois Towns : how capitalism became virtuous, 1600-1776 Author(s):MCCLOSKEY, DeirdreDate:2008Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2008/03
Title:'Brown babies' in postwar Europe : the Italian case Author(s):PATRIARCA, SilvanaDate:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2016/03Abstract:The paper addresses the issue of the persistence of the idea of race in its close intersection with ideas of national identities in post-1945 Europe, by looking at the racialization of the children of European women and ...
Title:Civilizations, Anglo-America and balances of practice and power Author(s):KATZENSTEIN, Peter J.Date:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2016/01Abstract:Civilizations imbue contemporary world politics with pluralism, plurality and multiplicities that must be central in our analyses. Anglo-America and other civilizational communities encompassing nationstates are marked by ...
Title:The Crisis in Context: Democratic capitalism and its contradictions Author(s):STREECK, WolfgangDate:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2011/04Abstract:The “financial crisis” and its sequel, the current sovereign debt crisis, appear to be the latest permutations of an old conflict between capitalism and democracy that forcefully reasserted itself after the end of the ...
Title:The Decline and Fall of the American Republic: Obama's Libyan Intervention Author(s):ACKERMAN, BruceDate:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2011/02Abstract:The lecture traces a series of political, bureaucratic, and military transformations that have, over the past forty years, transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for charismatic extremism and ...
Title:Development with Chinese Characteristics? Convergence and Divergence in Long-run and Comparative Perspective Author(s):POMERANZ, KennethDate:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2011/06Abstract:Looked at in comparative perspective, among the most striking features of Qing political economy are the combination of highly commercialized agriculture with the strength of peasant land use rights – both through smallholding ...
Title:Dignity, Rights and Responsibilities Author(s):WALDRON, JeremyDate:2010Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2010/05Abstract:Last year (March 23, 2009), the government in the United Kingdom issued a Green Paper entitled “Rights and Responsibilities: Developing our Constitutional Framework.” In it, the authors (Jack Straw, Secretary of State for ...
Title:Does Trust have a History? Author(s):FREVERT, UteDate:2009Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2009/01Abstract:Authors like Francis Fukuyama or Robert Putnam claim that modern societies suffer from a decline of trust. On the other hand political scientists like Margaret Levi or Susan Stokes and sociologists like Karen Cook contend ...
Title:The electoral tango : the evolution of electoral integrity in competitive authoritarian regimes Author(s):BIRCH, SarahDate:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2016/02Abstract:In recent decades, the politics of electoral reform has revolved mainly around the implementation of democratic electoral principles rather than around the principles themselves. This means that electoral authoritarian ...
Title:The European enlightenment, the industrial revolution, and modern economic growth Author(s):MOKYR, JoelDate:2007Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2007/06
Title:The European public sphere Author(s):KAELBLE, HartmutDate:2007Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2007/09
Title:Fear reverence terror : reading Hobbes today Author(s):GINZBURG, CarloDate:2008Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2008/05
Title:From Max Weber's 'Science as a Vocation (1917)' to 'Horizon 2020' Author(s):MAYER, Karl Ulrich Date:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2013/06Abstract:In this lecture, I reconstruct the position of Max Weber in “Science as a Vocation” with regard to the motivation of scholars. I will contrast Weber’s position with the current debate on basic vs. applied science and offer ...
Title:The Future of Democratic Sovereignty and Transnational Law Author(s):BENHABIB, SeylaDate:2012Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2012/04Abstract:This essay examines the rise of legal cosmopolitanism in the period since the UDHR of 1948 as it gives rise to two very distinct sets of literature and preoccupations. I contrast the mainly negative conclusions drawn by ...
Title:Global warming and climate policies Author(s):GUESNERIE, RogerDate:2008Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2008/01Abstract:The paper starts reviewing some basics of the climate science and economics of the greeenhouse effect. It stresses the nature and extent of uncertainty on both sides as well as the political background of present climate ...
Title:The globalisation of inequality Author(s):BOURGUIGNON, FrançoisDate:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2013/02Abstract:There has been an apparently contradictory trend in the global inequality in living standards over the past quarter-century. On the one hand, global inequality between countries has decreased significantly, while on the ...
Title:Governance, Development, and Foreign Direct Investment Author(s):DIXIT, AvinashDate:2012Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2012/01Abstract:Less-developed countries and transition economies wish to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), but are often handicapped by their weak governance structures, i.e. by insecurity of property rights and contracts. Potential ...
Title:Governing America : the emergence of behavioral law and economics Author(s):JOLLS, ChristineDate:2010Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2010/03Abstract:Bounded rationality is an important and pervasive characteristic of much human behavior. Legal policy under American President Barack Obama has been strongly influenced by behavioral economics' understanding of boundedly ...
Title:Government without trust Author(s):HARDIN, RussellDate:2007Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2007/03