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The course provides the basic concepts and tools of comparative political economy in order to study the functioning of different types of economies and political systems.

Below the topics that will be covered and discussed together with the students in class.

Lecture I: introduction to the course

Lectures II, III and IV: Economic growth, entrepreneurship and modernization
Readings:
Trigilia (2002), Economic Sociology. Part II "Chapter 7. Modernization and Development of Backward Areas"
Aldrich (2005), "20. Entrepreneurship" , in Smelser and Swedberg (eds.), The Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp. 442-477.

Lectures V and VI: Welfare state and education
Readings:
Trigilia (2002), Economic Sociology. Part II "Chapter 8. The Keynesian Welfare State and Comparative Political Economy" (first part of the chapter)
Brinton (2005) "25. Education and the Economy", in Smelser and Swedberg (eds.), The Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp. 575-602.
Huber and Stephens "24. Welfare States and the Economy", in Smelser and Swedberg (eds.), The Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp. 552-574.

Lectures VII and VIII: Industrial relations
Readings:
Trigilia (2002), Economic Sociology. Part II "Chapter 8. The Keynesian Welfare State and Comparative Political
Economy" (second part of the chapter)
Streeck (2005), "12. The Sociology of Labor Markets and Trade Unions" , in Smelser and Swedberg (eds.), The Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp. 254-283.
Pedersini (2014), "European industrial relations between old and new trends", in Stato e Mercato, n° 102, pp. 341-368.

Lectures IX, X and XI: Models of production
Readings:
Trigilia (2002), Economic Sociology. Part II "Chapter 9. The Crisis of Fordism and New Economic Sociology"
Granovetter (2005), "19. Business Groups and Social Organization", in Smelser and Swedberg (eds.), The Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp. 429-440.

Lectures XII and XIII: Varieties of capitalism
Readings:
Trigilia (2002), Economic Sociology. Part II "Chapter 10. Globalization and the Diversity of Capitalisms"

Lectures XIV Global value chains
Gereffi (2005), "8. The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development", in Smelser and Swedberg (eds.), The Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp. 160-181.
Mendonça, P. and Adascaliei, A. (2020), Trade Union Power Resources within the Supply Chain: Marketisation, Marginalisation, Mobilisation, Work, Employment and Society, p. ?1-17

Lectures XV: the Italian political economy model
Readings:
Burroni and Trigilia (2012) "5. Politics against market. The hard way of Italian capitalism", in Ido (ed.), Varieties of capitalism, types of democracy and globalization, pp. 106-123.

Lecture XVI: The German political economy model
Readings:
Baccaro e Benassi (2014), "Softening industrial relations institutions, hardening growth model: The transformation of the German political economy", in Stato e Mercato, n° 102, pp. 369-395.

Lectures XVII, XVIII and XIX: The transition to market economies of post-communist economic systems
Readings:
King and Szelényi "Chapter 10. Post-Communist Economic Systems", in Smelser and Swedberg (eds.), The Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp. 205-229.
Bohle, D. (2017), European integration, capitalist diversity and crises trajectories on Europe's Eastern periphery, European University Institute
Vasileva-Dienes, A. (2019) Informality trap: a foundation
of Russia's statist-patrimonial capitalism, Contemporary Politics, 25:3, 334-352
McNally, C. (2019), Theorizing Sino-capitalism: implications for the study of comparative capitalisms, in Contemporary politics, n. 25(3), pp. 313-333.

Lecture XX: Varieties of capitalism in the world
Vasileva-Dienes, A. & Schmidt, V. (2019), Conceptualising capitalism in the twenty-first century: the BRICs and the European periphery, Contemporary
Politics, 25:3, 255-275.

Specific attention will be paid to the topic "Just health care and rationing: national and global responsibilities", which will be tackled in co-teaching with prof. B. Giovanola ( "Globalization and theory of Justice").

• 1.  (A) Trigilia Carlo Economic Sociology Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 2002 » Pagine/Capitoli: Chapters 7, 8, 9 and 10
• 2.  (A) Ido Masanobu Varieties of capitalism, types of democracy and globalization Routledge, London, 2012 » Pagine/Capitoli: Chapters 5, 8 and 9
• 3.  (A) Smelser Neil and Swedberg Richiard Handbook of economic sociology Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2005 » Pagine/Capitoli: Chapters 8, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 24, 25
• 4.  (A) Pedersini Roberto European industrial relations between old and new trends Articolo in rivista: "Stato e Mercato", Il Mulino Bologna, 2014 » Pagine/Capitoli: n° 102, pp. 341-368
• 5.  (A) Baccaro Lucio and Benassi Chiara Softening industrial relations institutions, hardening growth model: The transformation of the German political economy Articolo in rivista "Stato e Mercato", Il Mulino - Bologna, 2014 » Pagine/Capitoli: n° 102, pp. 369-395

8 CFU: no differences for students regularly participating to lectures and not participating to lectures.

6 CFU: no differences for students regularly participating to lectures and not participating to lectures. Students have to study the chapters of the books of Trigilia (2002) and Smelser and Swedberg (2005) and the article of Pedersini (2014)

• The course will focus on the discussion of the texts in the program and the use / discussion of databases / case studies proposed by the professor during class. It is important to note that it will be asked to those attending the course to read in advance weekly chapters and texts that will be analyzed during the lecture. The lectures, except in the first week of the course, will be based on an active involvement of the students who, having read the chapters and texts, will intervene and will discuss with the professor the contents. In order to effectively attend the course it is, therefore, required to students to prepare (read in advance) for lectures. During the weeks of the course, students will also be introduced to the use of databases / case studies on which they will carry out group work. All this activity will contribute to the formulation of the final evaluation of the attending student.

• Written examination with open questions that can allow to evaluate the overall knowledge of the student.
  The examination questions will be structured in such a way as to facilitate the assessment of levels of knowledge and understanding acquired in the field, avoiding the notional type questions and asking questions that can bring out the ability to make and the critical capacity of the student.
  During the weeks of the course, students will also be introduced to the use of databases / case studies on which they will carry out group work. All this activity will contribute to the formulation of the final evaluation of the attending student.
  

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