Lunch seminars in Comparative Political Economy
An inter-departmental seminar series at the University of Bergen
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Spring 2025
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Convenors: 听听听听听听 Georg Picot (Department of Comparative Politics), georg.picot@uib.no
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Location:听 听 听 听 听 听 meeting room, Christies gate 15, 2nd floor
Website: 听听听听听听听听听听听 /en/sampol/114899/lunch-seminars-comparative-political-economy
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27 January, 12:15-13:15h
Collective discussion of:
Margalit, Y. (2019) Economic Insecurity and the Causes of Populism, Reconsidered. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 33(4), 152鈥�70,
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17 February, 12:15-13:15h
Collective discussion of:
Heiret, Y. & Innset, O. (2025) 鈥淎usterity without deficits: The global political economy of Norway鈥檚 fiscal paradox鈥�, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space (online first).
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10 March, 12:15-13:15h
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Sharpe, M. (2021) 鈥淐apitalism and the Far Right Revisiting the Pollock-Neumann Debate in the Era of Authoritarian Ethnonationalism鈥�, Philosophy and Public Issues, 11(2), 173-212.
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24 March, 12:15-13:15h
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Harrington, B. (2023) The Populism of Transnational Plutocrats, in Feldmann, M. & Morgan, G. (eds), Business and Populism: The Odd Couple? Oxford: Oxford University Press, 326-342.
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28 April, 12:15-13:15h
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Bandau, F. (2022) The Electoral Crisis of Social Democracy: Postindustrial Dilemmas or Neoliberal Contamination? Political Studies Review, 20(3), 493-503.
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26 May, 12:15-13:15h
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Pieter Vanhuysse (University of Southern Denmark)
鈥淲hy do some aging democracies have elderly-oriented welfare states and others not? Evidence from 32 OECD countries, 1995-2015鈥�
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16 June, 12:15-13:15h
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Hanna Kuusela (University of Jyv盲skyl盲)
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淓conomic elites in Finland鈥� (title tbc)
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