1 July 2018 Curriculum Vitae PETER A. SWENSON Department of Political Science Yale University New Haven CT 06520-8301 peter.swenson@yale.edu 203-432-5677 EDUCATION Ph.D., December 1986, Yale University, Department of Political Science, New Haven, Connecticut B.A., June 1977, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2003-present C. M. Saden Professor, Department of Political Science Yale University, New Haven, CT (Chairman, July 2005 to July 2008; Director of Undergraduate Studies, July 2009 to June 2011) 2003-present Senior Research Fellow Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University 2001-2003 Professor, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, (Chairman, 2002-2003) 1994-2001 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2 (Director of Graduate Studies, 1996-1999) 1992-1994 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA1986-1992 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA PUBLICATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS In progress The Political Transformation of American Medicine: Doctors, Democracy, and Disease in the Progressive Era, book manuscript under revision for resubmission to Cambridge University Press. Books Capitalists against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002). Awarded honorable mention for 2004 American Political Science/Luebbert Prize for best book in comparative politics. Fair Shares: Unions, Pay, and Politics in Sweden and West Germany (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989). Articles Misrepresented Interests: Organized Business, Medicare, and the American Health Care State, forthcoming in Studies in American Political Development (May 2018), [with a response to special feature commentaries on the article by a historian, a sociologist, and a political scientist.] Business and the Politics of the Welfare State, chapter in Business and the Welfare State, eds. Dennie Oude-Nijhius and Pierre Eichenberger, forthcoming, Routledge (2018). Essay for Review Symposium: Teachers Unions and Public Education in America, Perspectives on Politics, (March 2012). On Business, Government, and Social Welfare: How Ideology Blocks our View of the Past, Present, and Future, Gulen Institute Analysis (March 2, 2012),
3 http://www.guleninstitute.org/publications/analyses/250-on-business-government-andsocial-welfare-how-ideology-blocks-our-view-of-the-past-present-and-future Solidaritet mellan klasserna--arbetgivarna, lockouter, och Saltsjöbadsandan (Inter- Class Solidarity: Employers, Lockouts, and the Spirit of Saltsjöbaden), in Christer Lundh, ed., Nya perspektiv på Saltsjöbadsavtalet (Stockholm: SNS, 2009). Good Distribution, Bad Delivery, and Ugly Politics: The Traumatic Origins of Germany s Health Care System, in Ian Shapiro, Peter Swenson, and Daniella Donna eds., Divide and Deal: The Politics of Distribution in Democracies (New York: New York University Press, 2008). B is for Byrnes, and Business: An Untold Story about Medicare, Clio: Newsletter of Politics and History 16:2 (Spring/Summer 2006). Sweden, in W. Phillips Shively, ed., Comparative Governance (New York: McGraw Hill, 2005), co-authored with Johannes Lindvall. Varieties of Capitalist Interests: Power, Institutions, and Welfare State Formation in Sweden and the United States, Studies in American Political Development 18 (Spring 2004). Winner of 2005 American Political Science/Mary Parker Follett prize for best article in politics and history. Foul Weather Friends: Big Business and Health Care Reform in the 1990s in Historical Perspective (with Scott Greer), Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law 27:4 (August 2002). "The Swedish Employer Offensive against Centralized Bargaining," (with Jonas Pontusson), in T. Iversen, J. Pontusson, and D. Soskice, eds., Unions, Employers and Central Banks: Macroeconomic Coordination and Institutional Change in Social Market Economies (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001). Bad Manors and the Good Welfare State: A Nordic Perspective on Jacoby s Modern Manors and American Welfare Capitalism, (review symposium essay), in Industrial Relations 38:2 (April 1999), pp. 145-53. "Arranged Alliance: Business Interests in the New Deal," Politics and Society 25:1 (March 1997). "Labor Markets, Production Strategies, and Wage Bargaining Institutions: The Swedish Employer Offensive in Comparative Perspective," Comparative Political Studies 29:2 (April 1996) (with Jonas Pontusson). "Varför har arbetsgivarna övergivit den svenska modellen?," Arkiv för studier i
4 arbetarrörelsens historia 53-54 (1994) (with Jonas Pontusson) "Managing the Managers: The Swedish Employers' Confederation, Labor Scarcity, and the Suppression of Labor Market Segmentation," Scandinavian Journal of History 16 (1992). "The End of the Swedish Model in Light of Its Beginnings: On the Role of Engineering Employers and Their Leaders," Working Paper, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (1992). "Bringing Capital Back In, or Social Democracy Reconsidered: Employer Power, Cross- Class Alliances, and Centralization of Industrial Relations in Denmark and Sweden," World Politics 43:4 (July 1991), pp. 479-512. "Labor and the Limits of the Welfare State: Intraclass Conflict and Cross-Class Alliances in Sweden and West Germany," Comparative Politics 23:4 (July 1991), pp. 379-400. Reprinted as "Union Politics, the Welfare State, and Intraclass Conflict in Sweden and Germany," in Jonas Pontusson and Miriam Golden eds., Bargaining for Change: Union Politics in North America and Europe (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992). "The Influence of Recruitment on the Structure of Power in the U.S. House, 1870-1940", Legislative Studies Quarterly 7:1 (February, 1982). Reprinted in Joel Silbey ed., The Congress of the United States 1789-1989 (New York: Carlson, 1991). PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS Honorable mention for 2004 American Political Science/Luebbert Prize for best book in comparative politics, for Capitalists against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002). Winner of 2005 American Political Science/Mary Parker Follett prize for best article in politics and history for Varieties of Capitalist Interests: Power, Institutions, and Welfare State Formation in Sweden and the United States, Studies in American Political Development 18 (Spring 2004). PAPERS AND TALKS The Politics of Climate Action in the American Institutional Landscape, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo, Norway, June 15, 2017. Misrepresented Interests: Business and the Politics of Health Care and the Environment, presentation at Conference on Business and the Modern Welfare State,
5 University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, May 4, 2017. Business, Governments, and Welfare States, presentation to Yale School of Organization and Management seminar, Business and Government after Communism, December 1, 2015. Medical Politics in the Progressive Era, presentation to the American Political Development Workshop, Department of Political Science, Yale University, October 27, 2015. Business Interests and the Healthcare State: Medicare and Obamacare in Historical and Comparative Perspective, Macmillan Comparative Politics Workshop, Luce Hall, Yale University, April 7, 2015. The American Welfare State, lecture delivered to delegates from the All- China Youth Federation, Yale Senior Government Leadership Program, Betts House, Yale University, October 15, 2014. License or Liberty: The Revival of Medical Practice Legislation in the 1870s, Program in the History of Medicine, Yale University, November 26, 2012. Studying Business Power, 18th International Conference of Europeanists Barcelona, Spain, June 20, 2011. The American Medical Disorder, Davenport College Fellows, Yale University, April 20, 2011. Quality, Equality, Economy: The Politics of Reform, Seminar in Health Policy and Delivery, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, October 29, 2009 "Labor Markets and Welfare States, Past and Present", Keynote address at NordWel Conference on Labor Markets and Welfare States, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, May 13, 2009. "American Medical Politics in Comparative Perspective," lecture at Department of History, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, May 8, 2009. The Current Reform Efforts in Historical Perspective, presentation at symposium on Health Care Reform: The State of the Debate, Yale University/Hastings Center, Joint Program in Ethics and Health Policy, April 28, 2009. Solidaritet mellan klasser: Lagstiftningshotet, sympatilockouten och Saltsjöbadsandan for Workshop on Saltsjöbadsavtalet i ny samhällsvetenskaplig belysning, September 13
6 and 14, 2007, Grand Hotell, Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm, Sweden. Capital, Labor, and Medicine, and Power, Class, and the Welfare State, October 16 and 17, 2006. Department of Industrial Relations and Labor Studies Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden. Capital Labor and Medicine in Germany, Department of Economic History, Gothenburg University School of Business, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 18, 2006. The Origins and Current Reform of the German Health Care System, paper presented at the Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA., September 31, 2006. The Political Transformation of Health Care: Capital, Labor, and Medicine in Germany, Max-Planck Institute für Gesellschaftsforschung, Cologne, German, April 2005. Varieties of Capitalist Interests and Welfare State Formation, Juan March Institute, Madrid, Spain, April 2005. Class Power and Distribution, Undergraduate Workshop on Democracy and Distribution, Yale University Department of Political Science, November 12, 2002. Capitalists against Markets, Comparative Politics Workshop, University of Chicago, May 8, 2002. Comparing Welfare Capitalism: Current Research in the Tradition of Karl Polanyi, talk at Workshop on Comparing Welfare Capitalism, October 12, 2001, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison. The Development of Production Regimes and Welfare States, talk at Workshop on Business Interests and Varieties of Capitalism: Historical Origins and Future Possibilities, November 2-4, 2001, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Historical and Political Overview, for Management and Policy Studies Domain Dinner on Health Policy: Public vs. Market Provision, College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University, June 8, 2000. Comparative Welfare State Development in the United States and Sweden, Twelfth International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, IL, March 30-April 1, 2000. Varieties of Capitalist Interests and the Illusory Power of Labor, paper prepared for presentation at the Conference on Democracy and Distribution, Department of Political
7 Science, Yale University, November 12-14, 1999. From Solidarism to Social Insurance: Labor Markets and Welfare State Development in Sweden, Economic History Workshop, Northwestern University, 1 October, 1998. Efficiency Wages, Welfare Capitalists, and Welfare States: Employers and Welfare State Development in the United States and Sweden, presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, panel on Comparative Political Economy of Labor Markets, Boston, 4 September 1998. The Politics of Managed Care and Patients Rights, presentation to the College Democrats, Northwestern University, 26 May 1998. "History of the American Welfare States", for the series "Rethinking the American Welfare State," Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, January 26, 1996. "Capital and the Welfare State: The Political Economy of the Development of the Welfare State in Sweden and the U.S.", presented at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 20 November, 1997. "The Origins of the Swedish Model: Shared Interests of Capital and Labor in Active Labor Market Policy," presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 29-September 1, 1996, San Francisco, CA. "Swedish Employers Wanted the Social Democratic Welfare State: The Cross-Class Alliance for Universalistic Social Policy in Sweden," Tenth International Conference of Europeanists, March 14-16, 1996, Chicago, IL. "Arranged Alliance: Business Power, Market Security, and the New Deal," for the Business and Government Working Group, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, October 30, 1995. "Arranged Alliance: Business and the New Deal's Cross-Class Coalition," presented at the meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 31, 1995. "Employers Unite: The Political Economy of Labor Markets and Social Policy in Sweden and the United States," Workshop on European Political Economy and Institutional Analysis, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany, June 19, 1995. "Distribution and Control: Terms of Capital-Labor Settlements and Their Breakdown in Sweden and the United States," prepared for Conference on Work and Workers' Movements since World War II: Settlements and Insurgencies, Department of History, Duke University, February 18-20, 1994.
8 "Employers Progressive and Reactionary: Business and Social Policy in the U.S. and Sweden," colloquium presentation, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE, September 16, 1993. "Labor Unions and Democracy". Paper presented at the Conference on Liberalism and the Preconditions for Democracy, The Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow, Russia, May 23-30, 1992. "Solidarity or Segmentation: Employer Strategies and Labor Supply in Sweden and the United States." Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association, New Orleans, January 3-5, 1992. "Managing the Managers: Swedish Employers and the Building of the Swedish Model," Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Uppsala, 23 May 1991. "Employers and Politics in a Comparative Perspective," Historiska Institutionen, Stockholm University, 28 November, 1990. "Bringing Capital Back in, Or Social Democracy Reconsidered: Employer Power and Cross-Class Alliances in Denmark and Sweden." Lecture at the Center for International Studies, Duke University, April 1990. "Employer Strategies, World Market Integration, and National Labor Movement Formation: Historical Lessons, Present Trends, and Future Prospects." Presented at the VII International Conference of Europeanists, Washington, D.C., March 1990. "Bringing Capital Back in, Or Corporatism Reconsidered: Employer Power in Denmark, Sweden, and Italy," Lecture at Center for European Studies, Harvard University, October 1989. "Employer Power and Labor Movement Formation in Western Europe before World War I." Guest lecture at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, December 1988. "Employer Power and the Shape of the Unions in Sweden: The 1980s in Analytic and Historical Perspective." Delivered at the Conference on Union Policy, Labor Militancy, and Capital Accumulation, Cornell University, April 2-5, 1987. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2004 Yale Center for International and Area Studies. Faculty Fellowship for field research in Cologne, Germany
9 2000-2003 Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. Faculty Fellow appointment. 1999-2000 American Philosophical Society. Leave for sabbatical year research on history and political economy of health care, September 1999-August 2000 1996 American-Scandinavian Foundation. For archive research at the Swedish Employers' Confederation in Stockholm, Sweden, August 1-21, 1996 1993 Summer, Grant-in-Aid, Hagley Museum and Library, for archival research on American business associations, Wilmington DE 1992 Guest Fellow at Wissenschaftszentrum (Science Center) Berlin, Germany (month of July) 1990-1991 German Marshall Fund of the United States, Research Fellowship for field research in Sweden 1990-1991 Research Foundation of the University of Pennsylvania, Fellowship for field research in Sweden 1989 University of Pennsylvania Public Policy Research Initiatives Fellowship, for summer research on U.S. economy and industrial relations 1988 University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation Fellowship, for summer field research on European employers 1987 University of Pennsylvania Faculty Fellowship, for summer field research on employers' associations in Germany 1982 Research Fellow, Swedish Center for Working Life Research (Arbetslivscentrum), Stockholm, Sweden 1981-1982 Social Science Research Council, for dissertation field research in Sweden 1980-1981 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), for dissertation field research in West Germany 1979-81 Edward H. Butler Fellowship for graduate studies in Political Science at Yale University 1977-78 Sweden-America Foundation Grant for one year post-undergraduate study in Sweden
10 DISSERTATION TEACHING LANGUAGES Beyond the Wage Struggle: The Egalitarian Dilemmas of Social Democratic Trade Unionism in Germany and Sweden (Passed with Distinction, Yale University, December 1986; Nominated for APSA Gabriel Almond Prize, 1987). (Undergraduate) Politics of the Environment Political Economy of Health Care Politics and Markets The Rise and Fall of Democracies Introduction to Comparative Politics Comparative West European Politics Social Democracy and Organized Labor Business and the Welfare State Political Economy of Western Europe Politics of the Welfare State (Graduate) Introduction to Comparative Political Analysis European Socialism and Labor Movements Comparative Business-State Relations Political Economy of Industrial Societies Swedish (fluent) German (fluent) Danish, Norwegian (reading fluency) French, Spanish (limited proficiency)