Fall/Winter Timetable
JRA2321H1S L5101
Topics in Comparative Politics 1
Welfare Capitalism in Western Europe
Themes
This course will examine the reciprocal relationship between business and government. We will review the ways that business can influence politics and policy making, and how politics and policy can shape business behavior. The course will discuss these topics from various theoretical angles, including a focus on diverse forms of business lobbying and corporate political activity at multiple political levels, business power, old and new forms of corporate social responsibility, and private regulation and governance. While we will mainly focus on developed countries, the course will also touch on topics related to business-state relations in developing countries. Throughout the course, we will pay close attention to the importance of research design, and to improving students’ research and writing skills
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
One two-hour seminar per week. Course requirements TBA.
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Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...