Comparative Political Economy: The Politics of Growth and Redistribution Fall 2013 Wednesday 9:30 12:00 pm

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1 Comparative Political Economy: The Politics of Growth and Redistribution Fall 2013 Wednesday 9:30 12:00 pm 대학원 307 Prof. Yi Dae Jin Dept. of Political Science Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Office: Prof. Bd Homepage: COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers an introduction to comparative political economy. We will discuss core theoretical perspectives as well as a variety of topics and debates in the field of comparative political economy. This course does not explore comprehensively all of the issues and debates related to this field; instead, it focuses on those core debates and issues that will enable you to develop a sufficient understanding of this subject matter and prepare you for further study and specialization in the field. This course is divided into two parts. The first part explores the theoretical and empirical bases of arguments relating to the political economy of economic growth. This is followed by a discussion of the politics of redistribution: the (re)distributive effects of political institutions and the varieties of welfare states. COURSE MATERIALS King, Gary, Robert Keohane, and Sidney Verba Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Baglione, Lisa A Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods, 2 nd Edition. CQ Press College. Here are some suggestions on how to conduct research and write papers from other professors of political science: King, Gary Publication, Publication. PS: Political Science and Politics 39:1 (January): Evera, Stephen Van Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science. Cornell University Press. Hall, Peter A Helpful Hints for Writing Dissertations in Comparative Politics. PS: Political Science and Politics 23, 4 (December):

2 Most, B.A Getting Started on Political Research. PS: Political Science and Politics 23:4: Przeworski, Adam, and F. Salomon, The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions. online at: GRADING AND ASSIGNMENTS All students are expected to do all the readings for the week, to read the review papers and to come prepared for participation. In doing the readings it may be useful to keep the following questions in mind as you write these review papers: What are the central issues at stake in this literature? What are the principal arguments of the works under study? How does each relate to the debates in the field? What are the main theoretical or empirical strengths or weaknesses of these studies? How valuable and viable is the theory that each proposes? How effectively does it marshal empirical evidence in support of the argument? How well have the scholarly disputes been resolved? What further work might still be done to resolve remaining scholarly disputes? Grades in the class will be based on the following items: Research Paper (40%) You will submit a page paper displaying original research and related to one of the themes of the course. These research papers will contain (1) a theoretical argument, engaging with one of the key themes of the course and (2) an empirical test of that argument. The empirical may be quantitative or qualitative. The main requirement is that the analysis has the potential to falsify your argument. A paper proposal describing a literature review, the hypothesis to be tested and the dataset to be used is due November 13. Final paper is due December 18. Further paper guidelines will be handed out later. Short Review Papers (40%) Three or five short review papers of approximately 2 pages each. Each paper should be a discussion of issues in the readings for one week, and should be distributed to all participants by 4 pm. on Tuesday before class. Papers should not summarize readings, but should present the major theoretical debates and the contribution of readings to that debate, discuss conflicts or inconsistencies, and consider how the literature could be extended. In order to stimulate class discussion, I will ask that you list your first four preferences for the week on which you would like to write. I will then assign students to weeks, so that at least two people in the seminar have reviewed the material under study. Participation (20%) Participation will be factored into your final grade. 2

3 CLASS SCHEDULE I. Methodology Week 1 (September 4) Introduction Week 2 (September 11) The Science in Social Science King, Gary, Robert Keohane, and Sidney Verba Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Chapters 1-2. Lijphart, Arendt Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method. American Political Science Review 65: Kohli, Atul et al The Role of Theory in Comparative Politics. World Politics 48, 1: Munck, Gerardo L., Richard Snyder, James Mahoney, and Erik Wibbels A Symposium on Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics. Comparative Political Studies 40, 1: Przeworski, Adam, and Henry Teune The Logic of Comparative Social Inquiry. NewYork: Wiley, Chapters 1-3. Week 3 (September 18) No Class Week 4 (September 25) Causality and Endogeneity King, Keohane, and Verba Chapters 3 and 5. Fearon, James Counterfactuals and Hypothesis Testing in Political Science. World Politics 43, 2 (January): Gerring, John Causal Mechanisms: Yes, But Comparative Political Studies 43, 11 (November): Przeworski, Adam Is the Science of Comparative Politics Possible? In Carles Boix and Susan Stokes (eds.) Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Dion, Douglas Evidence and Inference in the Comparative Case Study. Comparative Politics 30, 2: Week 5 (October 2) Selection Bias King, Keohane, and Verba Chapters 4 and 6. Collier, David, and James Mahoney Insights and Pitfalls: Selection Bias in Qualitative Research. World Politics 49, 1: Geddes, Barbara How the Cases You Choose Affect the Answers You Get: Selection Bias in Comparative Politics. Political Analysis 2:

4 Mahoney, James After KKV: The New Methodology of Qualitative Research. World Politics 62, 1 (January): Week 6 (October 9) No Class II. Political Economy of Growth Week 7 (October 16) How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor? Olson, Mancur Big Bills on the Sidewalk: Why Some Nations are Rich, and Others Poor. Journal of Economic Perspectives10, 2: Glaeser, Edward L., Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-De-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer Do Institutions Cause Growth? Journal of Economic Growth 9: Przeworski, Adam Institutions Matter? Government and Opposition 39, 4: Cypher, James M., and James L. Dietz The Process of Economic Development. Routledge. Chs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8. Reinert, Erik S How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor? PublicAffairs. Douglass, North, and Robert Paul Thomas The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History, CUP, pp Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper no (May). North, Douglas Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Catching-Up Haggard, Stephan Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. pp Wade, Robert Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of Government in East Asian Industrialization. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 3-51, Wade, Robert East Asia s Economic Success: Conflicting Perspective, Partial Insights, Shaky Evidence. World Politics 44, 2 (January): Wade, Robert Wheels within Wheels: Rethinking the Asian Crisis and the Asian Model. Annual Review of Political Science 3: World Bank The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy New York: Oxford University Press. 1-59, Paul Krugman The Myth of Asia s Miracle. Foreign Affairs 73, 6 (March/April): Kang, David Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 4

5 Doner, Richard F., Bryan K. Ritchie, and Dan Slater Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective. International Organization 59 (Spring): Haggard, Stefan Institutions and Growth in East Asia. Studies in Comparative International Development 38, 4: Cumings, Bruce Political Consequences of Industrial Change: The Origins and Development of the Northeast Asian Political Economy: Industrial Sectors, Product Cycles, and Political Consequences. International Organization 38, 1 (Winter): Kohli, Atul Where do High Growth Political Economies Come from? The Japanese Lineage of Korea s Developmental State. World Development 22, 9: Week 8 (October 23) Literature Review Due Baglione, Lisa A Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods, 2 nd Edition. CQ Press College. Chapters 1-3. Week 9 (October 30) Regime Type and Economic Growth: Is Democracy Good for Growth? Olson, Macur Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development. American Political Science Review 87, 3 (September): Przeworski, Adam, and Fernando Limongi Political Regimes and Economic Growth. Journal of Economic Perspectives 7, 3 (Summer): Baum, Matthew A., and David A. Lake The Political Economy of Growth: Democracy and Human Capital. American Journal of Political Science 47, 2 (April): Gerring, John, Philip Bond, William T. Barndt, and Carola Moreno Democracy and Economic Growth: A Historical Perspective. World Politics 57 (April): Sen, Amartya Freedom Favors Development. New Perspectives Quarterly 13, 4 (Fall). Sirowy, Larry, and Alex Inkeles The Effects of Democracy on Economic Growth and Inequality: A Review. Studies in Comparative International Development 25, 1 (Spring): Doucouliagos, Hristos, and Mehmet Ali Ulubasoglu Democracy and Economic Growth: A Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Political Science 52, 1 (January): Krieckhaus, Jonathan Democracy and Economic Growth: How Regional Context Influences Regime Effects. British Journal of Political Science 36, 2 (April): III. Comparative Political Economy Week 10 (November 6) Perspectives on the Welfare State 5

6 Huber, Evelyne, Charles Ragin, and John Stephens Social Democracy, Christian Democracy, Constitutional Structure, and the Welfare States. American Journal of Sociology 3 (November): Alesina, Alberto, and Edward L. Glaeser Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapters 2-4. Esping-Andersen, Gosta The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 26, 1 (February): Alesina, Alberto, Edward Glaeser, and Bruce Sacerdote Why Doesn t the United States Have a European-Style Welfare State? Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2001, 2: Esping-Andersen, Gosta The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Princeton Univ. Press. Huber, Evelyne, and John D. Stephens Development and Crisis of the Welfare State. Univ. of Chicago Press. Hicks, Alexander, and Lane Kenworthy Varieties of Welfare Capitalism. Socio- Economic Review 1, 1: Myles, John, and Jill Quadagno Political Theories of the Welfare State. Social Service Review (March): Inequality and Redistribution Iversen, Torben, and David Soskice An Asset Theory of Social Policy Preferences, American Political Science Review 95: Moene, Karl O., and Michael Wallerstein Earnings Inequality and Welfare Spending: A Disaggregated Analysis. World Politics 55: Lupu, Noam, and Jonas Pontusson The Structure of Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution. American Political Science Review 105, 2: Finseraas, Henning Income Inequality and Demand for Redistribution: A Multilevel Analysis of European Public Opinion. Scandinavian Political Studies 32, 1: Kenworthy, Lane, and Jonas Pontusson Rising Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Affluent Countries. Perspectives on Politics 3, 3 (September): Shayo, Moses A Model of Social Identity with an Application to Political Economy: Nation, Class, and Redistribution. American Political Science Review 103, 2 (May): Alesina, Alberto, and Edward L. Glaeser Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapters 6-8. Week 11 (November 13) Paper Proposal Baglione Chapters 4-8. Week 12 (November 20) Regime Type and Redistribution: Why do not the Poor Soak the Rich? 6

7 Ross, Michael Is Democracy Good for the Poor? American Journal of Political Science 50, 4 (October): Yi, Dae Jin, and Jun Hee Woo Democracy, Policy, and Income Inequality: Efforts and Consequences in the Developing World. International Political Science Review. Forthcoming. Przeworski, Adam Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality. Brazilian Political Science Review 6, 1: Meltzer, Allan, and Scott Richard A Rational Theory of the Size of Government. Journal of Political Economy 89: Boix, Carles Democracy and Redistribution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Milanovic, Branco The Median-Voter Hypothesis, Income Inequality, and Income Redistribution: An Empirical Test with the Required Data. European Journal of Political Economy 16: Boadway, Robin, and Michael Keen 2000: Redistribution in Atkinson and Bourguinon Handbook of Income Distribution. Elsevier. Week 13 (November 27) Political Institutions and Redistribution Bradley, David et al Distribution and Redistribution in Post-Industrial Democracies. World Politics 55, 2: Iversen, Torben, and David Soskice Electoral Institutions and the Politics of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Redistribute More than Others. American Political Science Review 100, 2: Rueda, David Left Government, Policy, and Corporatism: Explaining the Influence of Partisanship on Inequality. World Politics 60 (April): Yi, Dae Jin Politics and Income Inequality: Does Politics Still Matter in New Democracies? New Political Economy. Forthcoming. Iversen, Torben, and David Soskice Distribution and Redistribution: The Shadow of the Nineteenth Century. World Politics 61, 3 (July): Scheve, Kenneth, and David Stasavage Institutions, Partisanship, and Inequality in the Long Run. World Politics 62, 2 (April): Week 14 (December 4) Globalization and Redistribution Cameron, David The Expansion of the Public Economy: A Comparative Analysis. American Political Science Review 72, 4: Rodrik, Dani Why do More Open Economies Have Bigger Governments? Journal of Political Economy 106, 5: Adserà, Alicia, and Carles Boix Trade, Democracy, and the Size of the Public Sector: The Political Underpinnings of Openness. International Organization 56, 2: Hellwig, Timothy, and David Samuels Voting in Open Economies: The Electoral Consequences of Globalization. Comparative Political Studies 40, 3:

8 Bates, Robert, Philip Brock, and Jill Tiefenhalter , Risk and Trade Regimes: Another Exploration. International Organization 45: Garrett, Geoffrey Partisan Politics in the Global Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Swank, Duane Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States. New York: Cambridge University Press. Rodrik, Dani Has Globalization Gone too Far? Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics. Krugman, Paul Growing World Trade: Causes and Consequences. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1: The Developing World Yi, Dae Jin Globalization, Democracy, and the Public Sector in Asia. Asian Survey 51, 3 (May/June): Rudra, Nita Globalization and the Decline of the Welfare State in Less- Developed Countries. International Organization 56, 2 (Spring): Rudra, Nita Openness, Welfare Spending, and Inequality in the Developing World. International Studies Quarterly 48: Wibbels, Erik Dependency Revisited: International Markets, Business Cycles, and Social Spending in the Developing World. International Organization 60 (Spring): Week 15 (December 11) The Consequences of Inequality Inequality and Democratization Ansell, Ben, and David Samuels Inequality and Democratization: A Contraction Approach. Comparative Political Studies 43, 12 (December): Houle, Christian Inequality and Democracy: Why Inequality Harms Consolidation but Does Not Affect Democratization. World Politics 61 (October): Yi, Dae Jin No Taxation, No Democracy? Democracy, Taxation, and Income Inequality. Journal of Economic Policy Reform15, 2 (May): Boix, Carles Democracy and Redistribution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Acemoglu, Daron, and James A. Robinson Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press. Inequality and Political Behavior Pontusson, Jonas, and David Rueda The Politics of Inequality: Voter Mobilization and Left Parties in Advanced Industrial States. Comparative Political Studies 43, 6 (June):

9 Anderson, Christopher J., and Pablo Beramendi Left Parties, Poor Voters, and Electoral Participation in Advanced Industrial Societies Comparative Political Studies 45, 6 (June): Kelly, Nathan J., Peter K. Enns Inequality and the Dynamics of Public Opinion: The Self-Reinforcing Link between Economic Inequality and Mass Preferences. American Journal of Political Science 54, 4 (October): Kenworthy, Lane, and Leslie McCall Inequality, Public Opinion, and Redistribution. Socio-Economic Review 6, 1: Bartels, Larry Economic Inequality and Political Representation (a chapter in Unequal Democracy, Princeton University Press. Gelman, Andrew Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do. Princeton University Press. McCarty, Nolan, Keith Poole, and Howard Rosenthal Polarized America. MIT Press. Chapters 1-3. Anderson, Christopher, and Pablo Beramendi Democracy, Inequality, and Representation. New York: Russell Sage. Week 16 (December 18) Mock Conference: Paper Presentation 9