Government 685 International and Comparative Political Economy Peter Katzenstein Fall 2007 White Hall 321 Monday 7p.m. office hours:posted by Monday morning for the coming week White Hall 104 0:255-6257:h:277-2971 email:pjk2@cornell.edu This seminar provides an overview of the fields of international and comparative political economy two fields that are inextricably linked.Our main analytical task is to explore the divide between economic(rationalist)and sociological(constructivist)approaches to various topics. Research Paper:Students are required to write a research paper (of about 25 pages length) I have the greatest interest in your finishing the work for the seminar by the end of the semester; but only you can make this actually happen.Throughout the semester you will have the opportunity to get my feedback on your paper-in-progress: September 17th(Week 4):I expect a 5-7 page prospectus in which you describe the research area you will focus on as well as a one-page bibliography October 15(Week 7):I expect a research design in which you spell out in about 5-7 pages each your research question(or"dependent variable")as well as the main hypotheses(or"independent variables");this memo should be 12-15 pages in length, including a reading list of about 3 pages in length in which you mark with an asterisk the readings that you have been able to do so far. November 12(Week 11):I expect a full draft of the paper(about 25 pages in length) Drafts will be discussed during week 13(November 26th and possibly one additional session to be scheduled in the first half of that week).The final paper is due during the middle of the examination period(3pm on December 10th,2007). I will grade all papers that come in after December 10th as an Incomplete;I promise to do so as quickly as possible,normally within one to two weeks.The rules of the Graduate School will determine when your Incomplete gets frozen. Readings:Required readings are italicized and our discussions will focus on those readings only Some of the other readings may be useful for those wishing to explore some of the topics more deeply. Memos:In addition students will take turns in preparing short(maximum 2 single-spaced pages) memos on specific readings.These memos will be circulated by email and will serve the purpose
Government 685 International and Comparative Political Economy Peter Katzenstein Fall 2007 White Hall 321 Monday 7p.m. office hours: posted by Monday morning for the coming week White Hall 104 o:255-6257; h:277-2971 email: pjk2@cornell.edu This seminar provides an overview of the fields of international and comparative political economy two fields that are inextricably linked. Our main analytical task is to explore the divide between economic (rationalist) and sociological (constructivist) approaches to various topics. Research Paper: Students are required to write a research paper (of about 25 pages length). I have the greatest interest in your finishing the work for the seminar by the end of the semester; but only you can make this actually happen. Throughout the semester you will have the opportunity to get my feedback on your paper-in-progress: September 17 th (Week 4): I expect a 5-7 page prospectus in which you describe the research area you will focus on as well as a one-page bibliography October 15 (Week 7): I expect a research design in which you spell out in about 5-7 pages each your research question (or “dependent variable”) as well as the main hypotheses (or “independent variables”); this memo should be 12-15 pages in length, including a reading list of about 3 pages in length in which you mark with an asterisk the readings that you have been able to do so far. November 12 (Week 11): I expect a full draft of the paper (about 25 pages in length) Drafts will be discussed during week 13 (November 26 th and possibly one additional session to be scheduled in the first half of that week). The final paper is due during the middle of the examination period (3pm on December 10 th , 2007). I will grade all papers that come in after December 10 th as an Incomplete; I promise to do so as quickly as possible, normally within one to two weeks. The rules of the Graduate School will determine when your Incomplete gets frozen. Readings: Required readings are italicized and our discussions will focus on those readings only. Some of the other readings may be useful for those wishing to explore some of the topics more deeply. Memos: In addition students will take turns in preparing short (maximum 2 single-spaced pages) memos on specific readings. These memos will be circulated by email and will serve the purpose
of getting the discussion going and giving you summaries of the readings which maybe useful when you need to prepare for your written A-exams. Textbook:You should buy Robert Gilpin's Global Political Economy:Understanding the International Economic Order (Princeton University Press,2001)the basic text in the field of international political economy.Although I have put the relevant chapters of Gilpin's book on the syllabus as the lead reading in the different weeks,this is background reading that we shall normally not discuss in class.No similarly central text exists in the field of comparative political economy.Some of the books listed in week 9 are partial substitutes. Required Readings.Behind each reading I have noted where that reading can be found. Olin Room 405 means that a hard copy of the journal in which the article was published is in 405. Olin 405 Book Reserve means that the reading is on the designated shelf in Room 405 Olin 405 Reserve Box means that the reading is in a designated file box in Room 405. ● Olin E-Reserve and Uris E-Reserve means that the reading is put on E-Reserve under Gvt 685. For a few readings I have also given websites PART I:INTRODUCTION AND ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES Week 1:Introduction and Overview .Gilpin,chapters 1-2. Jeffry Frieden and Lisa Martin,"International Political Economy:The State of the Sub-Discipline,in Political Science:The State of the Discipline (edited by Ira Katznelson and Helen Milner).Available on-line at: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/papers/222 IPE SoD final.pdf N.J.Smelser and R.Swedberg,"The Sociological Perspective on the Economy," in Smelser and Swedberg,eds.,The Handbook of Economic Sociology,pp.3-26 (Uris E-Reserve and Olin 405 Book Reserve) B.J.Cohen,Building Bridges:The Construction of International Political Economy._(Olin 405 Reserve Box) .Jens Becker,Introduction."(Olin 405 Reserve Box) Craig M.Murphy amd Douglas R.Nelson,"International Political Economy:A Tale of Two Heterodoxies,"British Journal of Politics and International Relations 3,3(October2001):393-412. R.Little,"International Relations and the Triumph of Capitalism,"in K.Booth and S.Smith,eds.,International Relations Theory Today,pp.62-89 .S.Strange,"Political Economy and International Relations,in Booth and Smith, 154-74
of getting the discussion going and giving you summaries of the readings which maybe useful when you need to prepare for your written A-exams. Textbook: You should buy Robert Gilpin's Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order (Princeton University Press, 2001) the basic text in the field of international political economy. Although I have put the relevant chapters of Gilpin’s book on the syllabus as the lead reading in the different weeks, this is background reading that we shall normally not discuss in class. No similarly central text exists in the field of comparative political economy. Some of the books listed in week 9 are partial substitutes. Required Readings. Behind each reading I have noted where that reading can be found. Olin Room 405 means that a hard copy of the journal in which the article was published is in 405. Olin 405 Book Reserve means that the reading is on the designated shelf in Room 405. Olin 405 Reserve Box means that the reading is in a designated file box in Room 405. Olin E-Reserve and Uris E-Reserve means that the reading is put on E-Reserve under Gvt 685. For a few readings I have also given websites. PART I: INTRODUCTION AND ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES Week 1: Introduction and Overview Gilpin, chapters 1-2. Jef ry Frieden and Lisa Martin, “International Political Economy: The State of the Sub-Discipline,” in Political Science: The State of the Discipline (edited by Ira Katznelson and Helen Milner). Available on-line at: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/papers/222__IPE_SoD_final.pdf N. J. Smelser and R. Swedberg, "The Sociological Perspective on the Economy," in Smelser and Swedberg, eds., The Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp.3-26. (Uris E-Reserve and Olin 405 Book Reserve) B.J.Cohen, Building Bridges: The Construction of International Political Economy. (Olin 405 Reserve Box) Jens Becker, Introduction.” (Olin 405 Reserve Box) Craig M. Murphy amd Douglas R. Nelson, “International Political Economy: A Tale of Two Heterodoxies,” British Journal of Politics and International Relations 3, 3 (October 2001): 393-412. R. Little, "International Relations and the Triumph of Capitalism," in K. Booth and S. Smith, eds., International Relations Theory Today, pp.62-89. S. Strange, "Political Economy and International Relations," in Booth and Smith, 154-74
Week 2:History and Perspectives .Gilpin,chapters 3-6. 2.1 History .D.North,Structure and Change in Economic History,pp.ix-xi,3-68,143-86, 201-209.(Olin Book Reserve) Field,"The Problem with Neoclassical Institutional Economics,"Explorations in Economic History 18 (April 1981),pp.174-198.(Uris E-Reserve) .R.Gilpin,War and Change in World Politics,pp.9-29,156-185. .Henrik Spruyt,The Sovereign State and Its Competitors,pp.3-33,153-194. 2.2 Economic Rationalism (and Its Critics) .G.Becker,The Economic Approach to Human Behavior,pp.3-14.(Uris E-Reserve) .N.Rosenberg,"Can Economic Theory Explain Everything?"Philosophy of the Social Sciences 9:4 (1979),pp.509-29.(Olin Room 405) R.Coase,"The Institutional Structure of Production",American Economic Review82:4(Sept 1992),pp.713-719.(Olin E-Reserve) .R.Coase,"The Problem of Social Cost",Journal of Law and Economics 3 (October 1960),reprinted in his The Firm.The Market and The Law,pp.95-119,153-156. (Olin E-Reserve) .Sen,"Internal Consistency ofChoice",Econometrica 61:3 (May 1993),pp.495-521. (Olin E-Reserve) M.Friedman,"The Methodology of Positive Economics",in his Essays in Positive Economics,pp.3-43. S.M.Amadae,Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy:The Cold War Origins of Rational Choice Liberalism 2.3 Economic Sociology (and Its Critics) P.DiMaggio,"Culture and Economy,in Smelser and Swedberg,eds.,Handbook of Economic Sociology,pp.27-57.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) Mark Blyth,Great Transformations:Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century.chps.1,2,8.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) C.F.Sabel,""Learning by Monitoring:The Institutions of Economic Development,"in Smelser and Swedberg,pp.137-65.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) J.S.Coleman,"A Rational Choice Perspective on Economic Sociology,in Smelser and Swedberg,pp.166-180.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) .Eric Helleiner and Andreas Pickel,eds.,Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World,pp.220-234. P.Hall,ed.,The Political Power of Economic Ideas,Introduction and Conclusion. Bai Gao,Economic Ideology and Japanese Industrial Policy. 2.4 Interests,Preferences and Incentives C.Woll,"Interests and Preferences in Political Economy Analyses."(Olin 405
Week 2: History and Perspectives Gilpin, chapters 3-6. 2.1 History D. North, Structure and Change in Economic History, pp. ix-xi, 3-68, 143-86, 201-209. (Olin Book Reserve) Field, "The Problem with Neoclassical Institutional Economics," Explorations in Economic History 18 (April 1981), pp.174-198. (Uris E-Reserve) R. Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics, pp. 9-29, 156-185. Henrik Spruyt, The Sovereign State and Its Competitors, pp. 3-33, 153-194. 2.2 Economic Rationalism (and Its Critics) G. Becker, The Economic Approach to Human Behavior, pp. 3-14. (Uris E-Reserve) N. Rosenberg, "Can Economic Theory Explain Everything?" Philosophy of the Social Sciences 9:4 (1979), pp. 509-29. (Olin Room 405) R. Coase, "The Institutional Structure of Production", American Economic Review82:4 (Sept 1992), pp. 713-719. (Olin E-Reserve) R. Coase, "The Problem of Social Cost", Journal of Law and Economics 3 (October 1960), reprinted in his The Firm, The Market and The Law, pp. 95-119, 153-156. (Olin E-Reserve) Sen, "Internal Consistency of Choice", Econometrica 61:3 (May 1993), pp. 495-521. (Olin E-Reserve) M. Friedman, "The Methodology of Positive Economics", in his Essays in Positive Economics, pp. 3-43. S.M.Amadae, Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy: The Cold War Origins of Rational Choice Liberalism. 2.3 Economic Sociology (and Its Critics) P. DiMaggio, "Culture and Economy," in Smelser and Swedberg, eds., Handbook of Economic Sociology, pp.27-57. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) Mark Blyth, Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century, chps. 1,2,8. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) C.F. Sabel, “”Learning by Monitoring: The Institutions of Economic Development,” in Smelser and Swedberg, pp. 137-65. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) J. S. Coleman, "A Rational Choice Perspective on Economic Sociology," in Smelser and Swedberg, pp.166-180. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) Eric Helleiner and Andreas Pickel, eds., Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World, pp.220-234. P. Hall, ed., The Political Power of Economic Ideas, Introduction and Conclusion. Bai Gao, Economic Ideology and Japanese Industrial Policy. 2.4 Interests, Preferences and Incentives C. Woll, “Interests and Preferences in Political Economy Analyses.” (Olin 405
Reserve Box) R.Grant,"Ethics and Incentives:A Political Approach,American Political Science Review 100,1 (February 2006):29-39.(Olin Room 405) Week 3:Three Structural Paradigms:Realism,Liberalism,Marxism 3.1 Power M.Barnett and R.Duvall,"Power in International Politics,"International Organization 59,1 (Winter):39-75.(Olin Room 405) 3.2 Varieties of Realism .R.Gilpin,U.S.Power and the Multinational Corporation,pp.20-78,138-162. (Olin Room 405 Book Reserve) .R.Abdelal,National Purpose in the World Economy,chps.1-2,7.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) .S.Krasner,Structural Conflict:The Third World Against Global Liberalism, pp.112-24,267-71,294-314. 3.3 Varieties of Marxism .Baran and Sweezy,Monopoly Capital,chps.1,7.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) .F.H.Cardoso and E.Faletto,Dependency and Development in Latin America. pp.vii-xxv,177-216.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) Grabel,"Creating Credible'Economic Policy in Developing and Transitional Economics",Review of Radical Political Economics 29:3(Summer 1997),pp.70-78. (Uris E-Reserve) F.H.Cardoso,"North-South Relations in the Present Context,"in M.Carnoy et al.,The New Global Economy in the Information Age,pp.149-64. S.Gill and D.Law,"Global Hegemony and the Structural Power of Capital",in Gill, Gramsci.Historical Materialism,and International Relations,pp.93-124. 3.4 Varieties of Liberalism F.Hayek,"The Use of Knowledge in Society",The American Economic Review 35:4 (September 1945),pp.519-30.(Olin E-Reserve) E.Morse,"Transnational Economic Processes,in R.Keohane and J.Nye,eds., Transnational Relations and World Politics,pp.23-47.Also issued as a special issue of International Organization 25:3 (1971).(Olin Room 405) .Moravcsik,"A Liberal Theory of International Politics,"1O,51,4 (Autumn 1997): 513-553.(Olin Room405) E.Morse,"The Transformation of Foreign Policies,World Politics 22:3(1970), 371-392. .R.Cooper,The Economics of Interdependence,pp.148-173. R.Keohane and J.Nye,Power and Interdependence,pp.3-60
Reserve Box) R. Grant, “Ethics and Incentives: A Political Approach,” American Political Science Review 100, 1 (February 2006): 29-39. (Olin Room 405) Week 3: Three Structural Paradigms: Realism, Liberalism, Marxism 3.1 Power M.Barnett and R.Duvall, “Power in International Politics,” International Organization 59, 1 (Winter): 39-75. (Olin Room 405) 3.2 Varieties of Realism R. Gilpin, U.S. Power and the Multinational Corporation, pp. 20-78, 138-162. (Olin Room 405 Book Reserve) R. Abdelal, National Purpose in the World Economy, chps. 1-2,7. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) S. Krasner, Structural Conflict: The Third World Against Global Liberalism, pp.112-24, 267-71, 294-314. 3.3 Varieties of Marxism Baran and Sweezy, Monopoly Capital, chps. 1, 7. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) F. H. Cardoso and E. Faletto, Dependency and Development in Latin America, pp. vii-xxv, 177-216. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) Grabel, "Creating ‘Credible’ Economic Policy in Developing and Transitional Economics", Review of Radical Political Economics 29:3 (Summer 1997), pp. 70-78. (Uris E-Reserve) F. H. Cardoso, "North-South Relations in the Present Context," in M. Carnoy et al., The New Global Economy in the Information Age, pp.149-64. S. Gill and D. Law, "Global Hegemony and the Structural Power of Capital", in Gill, Gramsci, Historical Materialism, and International Relations, pp. 93-124. 3.4 Varieties of Liberalism F. Hayek, "The Use of Knowledge in Society", The American Economic Review 35:4 (September 1945), pp. 519-30. (Olin E-Reserve) E. Morse, "Transnational Economic Processes," in R. Keohane and J. Nye, eds., Transnational Relations and World Politics, pp. 23-47. Also issued as a special issue of International Organization 25:3 (1971). (Olin Room 405) Moravcsik, "A Liberal Theory of International Politics," IO, 51,4 (Autumn 1997): 513-553. (Olin Room 405) E. Morse, "The Transformation of Foreign Policies," World Politics 22:3 (1970), 371-392. R. Cooper, The Economics of Interdependence, pp. 148-173. R. Keohane and J. Nye, Power and Interdependence, pp. 3-60
Michael W.Doyle,"Liberalism and World Politics,"APSR,(December 1986): 1151-1169. 3.5 New Perspectives and Recapitulation(Read two of the first four items) .W.J.Booth,"On the Idea of the Moral Economy,American Political Science Review 88,3 (September 1994):653-67.(Olin Room 405)and W.J.Booth,"A Note on the Idea of the Moral Economy,American Political Science Review 87,4 (December 1993):949-54.(Olin Room 405) .J.M.Hobson and L.Seabrooke,"Introducing Everyday IPE:Decentering the Discipline-Revitalising the Margins."(Olin 405 Reserve Box) N.Inayatullah and D.L.Blaney,International Relations and the Problem of Difference,Introduction,chps.4-5.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) R.M.Abrami and D.M.Woodroff,"Toward a Manifesto:Interpretivist Materialist Political Economy,"2004 APSA paper.(Olin 405 Reserve Box) M Berezin,"Emotions and the Economy,Center for the Study of Economy and Society,Working Paper #12 (2004).(Olin 405 Reserve Box) .R.Swedberg,"The New Battle of Methods",Challenge 33:1 (Jan/Feb 1990),pp.33- 38.(Olin E-Reserve) R.Gilpin,War and Change in World Politics,pp.ix-xiv.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) PART II:INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Week 4:Political Economy of International Trade(1):Domestic Influences [Paper Version I due] R.Keohane and H.V.Milner,eds.,Internationalization and Domestic Politics.3- 24,243-58.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) .G.Garrett and P.Lange,"Internationalization,institutions,and Political Change, in Keohane and Milner,eds.,Internationalization and Domestic Politics.pp.48- 75.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) J.Frieden and R.Rogowski,"The Impact of the International Economy on National Policies:An Analytical Overview",in Keohane and Milner,pp.25-47. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) .C.Woll,The Politics of Trade Preferences,chps 1-2.(Olin 405 Reserve Box) Judith Goldstein,Ideas,Interests and American Trade Policy,chps.1,6.(Olin 405 Book Reserve) P.Gourevitch,"Breaking with Orthodoxy:The Politics of Economic Policy Responses to the Depression of the 1930s,"International Organization 38:1 (Winter1984),pp.95-129. R.Rogowski,Commerce and Coalitions,pp.3-21,88-128,163-174. M.J.Hiscox,International Trade and Political Conflict:Commerce,Coalitions, and Mobility. Week 5:Political Economy of International Trade(2):International Influences
Michael W. Doyle, “Liberalism and World Politics,” APSR, (December 1986): 1151-1169. 3.5 New Perspectives and Recapitulation (Read two of the first four items) W.J. Booth, “On the Idea of the Moral Economy,” American Political Science Review 88, 3 (September 1994): 653-67. (Olin Room 405) and W. J.Booth, “A Note on the Idea of the Moral Economy,” American Political Science Review 87, 4 (December 1993): 949-54. (Olin Room 405) J.M. Hobson and L. Seabrooke, “Introducing Everyday IPE: Decentering the Discipline – Revitalising the Margins.” (Olin 405 Reserve Box) N. Inayatullah and D.L. Blaney, International Relations and the Problem of Dif erence, Introduction, chps. 4-5. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) R.M.Abrami and D.M.Woodrof , “Toward a Manifesto: Interpretivist Materialist Political Economy,” 2004 APSA paper. (Olin 405 Reserve Box) M Berezin, “Emotions and the Economy,” Center for the Study of Economy and Society, Working Paper #12 (2004). (Olin 405 Reserve Box) R. Swedberg, "The New Battle of Methods", Challenge 33:1 (Jan/Feb 1990), pp. 33- 38. (Olin E-Reserve) R. Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics, pp.ix-xiv. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) PART II: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Week 4: Political Economy of International Trade (1): Domestic Influences [Paper Version 1 due] R. Keohane and H.V. Milner, eds., Internationalization and Domestic Politics, 3- 24, 243-58. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) G. Garrett and P. Lange, “Internationalization, institutions, and Political Change, in Keohane and Milner, eds., Internationalization and Domestic Politics, pp. 48- 75. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) J. Frieden and R. Rogowski, “The Impact of the International Economy on National Policies: An Analytical Overview”, in Keohane and Milner, pp. 25-47. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) C. Woll, The Politics of Trade Preferences, chps 1-2. (Olin 405 Reserve Box) Judith Goldstein, Ideas, Interests and American Trade Policy, chps. 1, 6. (Olin 405 Book Reserve) P. Gourevitch, "Breaking with Orthodoxy: The Politics of Economic Policy Responses to the Depression of the 1930s," International Organization 38:1 (Winter 1984), pp. 95-129. R. Rogowski, Commerce and Coalitions, pp. 3-21, 88-128, 163-174. M.J. Hiscox, International Trade and Political Conflict: Commerce, Coalitions, and Mobility. Week 5: Political Economy of International Trade (2): International Influences