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

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Title:Ships of church and state in the sixteenth-century reformation and counterreformation : setting sail for the modern state Author(s):LEIBFRIED, Stephan; WINTER, WolfgangDate:2014Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2014/05Abstract:Depictions of ships of church and state have a long-standing religious and political tradition. Noah’s Ark or the Barque of St. Peter represent the community of the saved and redeemed. However, since Plato at least, the ...
Title:Simulacrum and Re-enactments: the experience of Pompeii in the nineteeth century Author(s):BEARD, MaryDate:2010Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2010/01Abstract:This lecture traces the changing experience of visiting Pompeii through the nineteenth century. It argues against the standard idea that there was a shift over the century from a Romantic view of the site to a more ...
Title:Social Science and the Causes of Happiness and Misery Author(s):LAYARD, RichardDate:2008Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2008/09
Title:Social Science as a Vocation - Are Max Weber’s Warnings Still Valid? Author(s):SCHARPF, Fritz W.Date:2007Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2007/01Abstract:Inaugural Lecture Delivered on October 4th 2006
Title:The spectre of Islamism : a historian’s reading Author(s):VALENSI, LucetteDate:2007Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2007/08
Title:The Spirit of Capitalism: the Role of Executive Compensation in the Financial Crisis Author(s):COOLEY, Thomas F.Date:2009Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2009/05Abstract:When economic disasters occur it is common to look to the managers of the economy and question the decisions they made and the incentives that drove their decisions. In the financial crisis of 2007-2009 compensation was ...
Title:The strange non-death of multiculturalism Author(s):MODOOD, TariqDate:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2013/03Abstract:One of the strange features of the ‘Multiculturalism is dead’ discourses is that they now define ‘multiculturalism’. It is now commonplace for even neutral commentators to define multiculturalism as a view which emphasises ...
Title:Theories of European integration : a geoculture Author(s):ANDERSON, PerryDate:2008Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2008/02
Title:Three Stages in the Use of Cost-benefit Analysis as a Tool for Evaluating U.S. Regulatory Policy Author(s):LIVERMORE, Michael A.; REVESZ, Richard L.Date:2012Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2012/05Abstract:Over the last thirty years a three-stage evolution has taken place in American politics with regard to the use of cost-benefit analysis as a tool for evaluating regulation. During that time, the appeal of costbenefit ...
Title:Trade and Labor Market Outcomes Author(s):HELPMAN, Elhanan; ITSKHOKI, Oleg; REDDING, StephenDate:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2011/03Abstract:This paper reviews a new framework for analyzing the interrelationship between inequality, unemployment, labor market frictions, and foreign trade. This framework emphasizes firm heterogeneity and search and matching ...
Title:Uncool Passion: Nietzsche Meets the Pentecostals Author(s):COMAROFF, JeanDate:2008Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2008/10
Title:Varieties of Capitalism: Trajectories of liberalization and the new politics of solidarity Author(s):THELEN, KathleenDate:2012Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2012/03Abstract:This essay reviews recent literature on varieties of capitalism, drawing on insights from existing studies to propose a new, more differentiated way of thinking about contemporary changes in the political economies of the ...
Title:Viral engagement : fast, cheap, and broad, but good for democracy ? Author(s):FUNG, Archon; SHKABATUR, JenniferDate:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2013/04Abstract:In 2011 and 2012, several high profile campaigns spread with unexpected speed and potency. These “viral engagements” include the mobilization that scuttled the Stop Online Piracy Act, popular protest against the Susan G. ...
Title:Why are Developing Countries so Resistant to the Rule of Law? Author(s):WEINGAST, Barry R.Date:2009Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2009/02Abstract:This paper draws on my new book (North, Wallis, and Weingast 2009) to provide a new explanation for why it is so difficult to transplant institutions, such as markets and democracy, from developed societies into developing ...
Title:Why should we read Max Weber today? : his conception of Wissenschaft Author(s):GHOSH, PeterDate:2014Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2014/07Abstract:In 1964 the question of Weber’s present-day significance was an open one which was passionately debated, but in 2014 his canonical position is so secure that it seems superfluous. Nonetheless, the question should be asked, ...
Title:Women and religion in nineteenth-century France Author(s):SCOTT, Joan W.Date:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2013/05Abstract:This paper explores the connections made between religion and women by French secularizers in the nineteenth century as a way of understanding the effects of what Max Weber called "disenchantment." It asks how differences ...