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Overview

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==============================================================================================1.In Blyth's text, he characterizes political economy by focusing on interests, institutions, and ideas. Do you believe these concepts remain relevant, or have they changed?

2.Blyth asserts that research in political economy utilizes three distinct perspectives, yet he argues that boundaries should be established for each of these perspectives. Should there be a singular approach or should we continue to use mix these approaches?

3.How do structuralist, rationalist, and culturalist perspectives contribute to our understanding of welfare state policies? Can these perspectives be reconciled in a comprehensive model or are they inherently contradictory?

4.How do North’s theories on the role of the state in economic growth and decline compare with traditional views in comparative politics regarding state intervention in the economy?

5.How does Tuong Vu challenge the traditional views that attribute the emergence of developmental states primarily to colonial legacies?

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the reading: Political Economy I: States and Markets

Overview

o Mark Blyth, “An Approach to Comparative Analysis or a Subfield Within a Subfield? Political Economy,” in Mark Irving Lichbach & Alan S. Zuckerman, eds. ComparativePolitics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure (2nd Edition) (New York: Cambridge UniversityPress, 2009), pgs. 193-219

o Isabela Mares, “The Comparative Political Economy of the Welfare State,” in Mark IrvingLichbach & Alan S. Zuckerman, eds. Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, andStructure (2nd Edition) (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pgs. 358-375.

Early Contributions

o Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation (Boston: Beacon, 2001 [1944]), pgs. 59-70, 136- 140, & 210-217.

o Douglass C. North, Structure and Change in Economic History (New York: W.W. Norton, 1981), pgs. 20-58.

Economic Development

o Tuong Vu, “State Formation and the Origins of Developmental States in South Korea and Indonesia,” Studies in Comparative International Development. 2007, Vol. 41, No. 4, pgs. 27-56.

o Andrew Beath, Fotini Christia, and Ruben Enikolopov, “Empowering Women Through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan,” American Political Science Review. 2013, Vol. 107, No. 3, pgs. 540-557.

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