Readings | European Politics | Political Science

[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.

Course readings.
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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTYDxyvBXBI
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