POL 231 Western European Politics Midterm Study Guide PDF

LESSON 1 ======== READINGS -------- *[Urwin: Problems of Reconstruction]* - 1. 2. 3. 4. *[Maier: Postwar Eras and Conditions For Stability]* 1. - - - - - - - - *[Heilbroner: Sick World Of John Maynard Keyes]* - - - [*Shonfield: Modern Capitalism Chapters...

LESSON 1 ======== READINGS -------- *[Urwin: Problems of Reconstruction]* - 1. 2. 3. 4. *[Maier: Postwar Eras and Conditions For Stability]* 1. - - - - - - - - *[Heilbroner: Sick World Of John Maynard Keyes]* - - - [*Shonfield: Modern Capitalism Chapters 1-4* ] - - - - - - - - - ### VOCABULARY - - - - - LESSON 2 ======== ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LESSON 3 ======== READINGS -------- *[Gerschenkron: Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective]* - - - - - - - - *[Lipset + Rokkan: Cleavage Structures, Party Systems + Voter Alignments]* - - - - - - - *[T.H. Marshall: Citizenship + Social Class]* - - - - - ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LESSON 4 ======== ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - LESSON 5 ======== READINGS -------- *[Just: Postwar (292-302)]* - - - *[Beer: Parties and Pressure Groups pp.69-102, 352-385]* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *[Glennerster: British Social Policy Since 1945 ]* - - - - 6 Basic Principles of 1940s Welfare State; 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. POST WWII: - - - - - ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LESSON 6 ======== ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - LESSON 7 ======== READINGS -------- *[Judt: Postwar: pp. 282-292: Lost Illusions]* - - - - - - *[Hall: Governing the Economy, Ch. 6]* - - - - - - - - - - - 1. 2. 3. 4. *[Shonfield: Modern Capitalism, Ch. 5 + 7]* - - - - - - *Development of State Planning in France:* - - - - - - - - - - - - *[Hoffman: "Institutions of the 5th Republic"]* I. A. - - - - - - - - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. B. C. III. D. Drawbacks: - - - - ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LESSON 8 ======== ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LESSON 9 ======== READINGS -------- *[Shonfield: Modern Capitalism, Ch. 11]* - - - - - - - - - - - - - *[Hall: Governing the Economy, Ch. 9 ]* - - - I. II. III. IV. V. *[Streeck: Institutional Conditions of Diversified Quality Production]* - - I. II. III. - A. B. ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NO CLASS SEPTEMBER 26th \*\* LESSON 10 ========= ### READINGS *[Shonfield: Modern Capitalism pp. 176-92, 196-98]* - - - - - - *[Spotts + Wieser, Italy: A Diff. Democracy ]* - - - - - - - - - - - - ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - LESSON 11 ========= ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - LESSON 12 ========= READINGS -------- *[Moravcsik: Preference & Power, A Liberal Intergovernmental Approach]* - - - - *[Patel: Project Europe]* - - - - - *[Gilbert: European Integration]* - - - - - - - - ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - LESSON 13 ========= ### VOCABULARY - - - - - - - - - - - - GENERAL CHARACTERIZATIONS ========================= +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | | BRITAIN | FRANCE | GERMANY | ITALY | +=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+ | PRE WAR | Internation | Internation | Extremely | Corrupt | | | al | al | unstable | patronage | | | leader / | leader but | post WW1: | system | | | empires | political | weak Weimar | brought on | | | | institution | republic → | by Catholic | | | | s | 3rd Reich → | Church + | | | | were weak | Nazism | Risorgiment | | | | (3rd | | o | | | | republic) + | | (unificatio | | | | militarily | | n | | | | embarrassin | | but | | | | g | | splitting | | | | | | of North + | | | | | | South) | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | WAR | Internation | Quick | Nazism | Facism | | | al | surrender | | | | | Leader -- | to Nazism | | | | | less | | | | | | damaged | | | | | | than others | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | POST WAR | World's | Rise of De | At first, | Still | | | center for | Gaulle/rede | very little | corrupt → | | | trade so | mption | military | Christian | | | radical | | capabilitie | Democratic | | | policies | Efforts to | s | party and | | | (like | collaborate | | revolving | | | devaluation | (with | Efforts to | centrism, | | | ) | EU/Germany) | collaborate | highly | | | are not | to appear | wherever | specialized | | | possible | more | possible/re | Piedmont | | | | internation | demption | region, | | | Concerns of | ally | | mass | | | British | legitimate | Agriculture | emigration | | | Tripartism | | striped → | from the | | | complacency | Turns to | industry/ex | South | | | (rise of | agriculture | ports | | | | Margaret | once | facing | | | | Thatcher) | Germany | | | | | | agrees to | | | | | Keynsianist | subsidize | | | | | stop-go | | | | | | policies | Devalued | | | | | | currency → | | | | | | priority | | | | | | was | | | | | | internation | | | | | | al | | | | | | over | | | | | | national | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ CHEAT SHEET FOR READINGS ======================== - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *[Andrew Shonfield: Modern Capatalism]* - - - - *[Tony Judt: Postwar]* - - *[Peter Hall: Governing the Economy]* - -