COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY
Academic Year 2021/2022 - 2° YearCredit Value: 9
Scientific field: SPS/09 - Economic sociology and sociology of work and organisations
Taught classes: 54 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
ENGLISH VERSION
Course Structure
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The perspective of Economic Sociology The main differences in the organization of the capitalist system Notions, indicators, data sources, etc. of labour market and policies Occupational models and welfare regimes in transition |
The European Employment Strategy and “flexicurity
Detailed Course Content
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The course will examine the main features of the sociological analysis of economic phenomena and of the main differences in the organization of the capitalist system between convergence and diversity through the conceptual and analytical categories of economic sociology and in particular of comparative political economy. Moreover, the course aims at providing students with the theoretical and methodological basis for the analysis of labour policies (models, features, objectives, effects).
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Textbook Information
- Trigilia, Economic Sociology, Routledge, 2002.
- Crouch, Capitalist diversity and change, Oxford UP, 2005.
- Hancke, Debating Varieties of Capitalism, Oxford UP, 2009.
- Berton, Richiardi, Sacchi, The Political Economy of WorkSecurity and Flexibility, Chicago U.P., 2012.
- Clasen, Clegg, Regulating the Risk of Unemployment, Oxford University Press, 2013.
- De Beer, Schils, The Labour Market Triangle, Edward Elgar, 2009