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Govt 675. Historical Institutionalism Fall 2003 Wednesdays, 2:15-4:05, ICC 112 Course website: http://www !eor!

etown edu/"a#ulty/ban#ho""/histori#alinstitutionalis$ ht$ Professor Thomas Banchoff Office Hour: M, 1:30-3, W, 4:15-5:30, or appt., !! 501 "anchoff#$eor$eto%n.e&u http:''%%%.$eor$eto%n.e&u'facu(t)'"anchoff' te(: *+,-+03* *** This is a dynamic syllabus and subject to change. Overview O-er the past &eca&e historica( institutiona(ism has pose& a set of theoretica( an& metho&o(o$ica( cha((en$es to more esta"(ishe& po(itica( science tra&itions. .i/e "eha-ioria(ist an& rationa( choice approaches, historica( institutiona(ism is committe& to the causa( e0p(anation of po(itica( phenomena. B) contrast, ho%e-er, it emphasi1es historica( contin$enc) an& casua( comp(e0it) an& is s/eptica( of "roa& $enera(i1ations across time an& space. nterest in histor) an& its (e$acies is e-i&ent in -i"rant research pro$rams on 2merican po(itica( &e-e(opment, the ori$ins an& transformation of internationa( state s)stem, an& the rise an& reform of the %e(fare state. 3etai(e& empirica( %or/ in these an& other areas has $one han& in han& %ith the e0p(oration of core theoretica( concepts, inc(u&in$ critica( 4unctures, path &epen&ence, timin$, an& se5uences. What are the &efinin$ characteristics of historica( institutiona(ism6 What are its stren$ths an& %ea/nesses6 Ho% &oes it &iffer from other (ea&in$ approaches6 2n& ho% &oes it contri"ute to the centra( theoretica( an& metho&o(o$ica( concerns of po(itica( science6 These are the /e) 5uestions %e %i(( a&&ress this semester. Requirements Class attendance and participation: 40% %road and a#ti&e parti#ipation is #ru#ial I e'pe#t e&eryone to ta(e part in dis#ussion e&ery wee( In order to "a#ilitate dis#ussion, we will $a(e use o" an on-line #o$$entin! tool )a#h o" you will respond on line to a series o" *uestions about the readin!s "or a !i&en wee( by 10 +,, ea#h -uesday be"ore #lass .ou will send $e your answers, and I will inte!rate all o" the$ into a sin!le do#u$ent and return the$ to you -his will !i&e you an opportunity to re"le#t on points o" interest and #ontro&ersy be"ore #lass -his is a new tool whi#h we #an apply "le'ibly and e&aluate o&er the #ourse o" the se$ester Term Paper (short version): 20% -he paper, 10-12 pa!es in len!th /2500-3000 words0 should address a theoreti#al or substanti&e issue that interests you It #an #onsist, "or e'a$ple, o" a #riti*ue o" #ore histori#al institutionalist theories and $ethods 1r it #an e'plore an e$piri#al pu22le throu!h the appli#ation o" histori#al institutionalist approa#hes -he paper should in#lude: a #lear analyti#al *uestion, so$e dis#ussion o" theory and $ethod, and an ar!u$ent ba#(ed by e&iden#e Cir#ulate the paper, and so$e supportin! readin!s, se&eral days be"ore your in-#lass presentation /3o&e$ber 5, 12, 14, or 25 -- to be deter$ined0 Term paper (long version): 40% 6"ter you ha&e !otten "eedba#( "ro$ $e and your #lass$ates on the short &ersion o" the ter$ paper, we #an #onsult on the best way to pro#eed with the lon! &ersion It should be 20-25 pa!es /5000-

5000 words plus biblio!raphy0 and #an build on the short &ersion in a nu$ber o" ways For e'a$ple, it $i!ht represent an o&erall e'tension and deepenin! o" the "irst paper, a "urther elaboration o" one o" its se#tions, and/or the addition o" new the$ati# $aterial -he paper is due in both printed and ele#troni# "or$ two wee(s a"ter our last #lass, on 7e#e$ber 18 Readings There are t%o re5uire& "oo/s for the c(ass. The) are a-ai(a"(e at the "oo/store. Other materia(s %i(( "e ma&e a-ai(a"(e e(ectronica((). 7-en 7teinmo, 8ath(een The(en, 9ran/ .on$streth :e&s.; Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis ( <e% =or/: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??@; Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@; . <TBO3>!T O< August 27. Introduction e!tember ". Institutionalism in #istorical $ers!ective Responses to Questions Required: Aames C. March an& Aohan P. O(sen, DThe <e% nstitutiona(ism: Or$ani1e& 9actors of Po(itica( .ife,D AmericanPolitical Science Review ,+ :1?+4;, ,34-,4? Peter E-ans, 3ietrich, Bueschenme)er an& The&a 7/ocpo( :e&s.;, !ringing the State !ac" In :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1?+5;, intro&uction an& conc(usion Ca"rie( 2. 2(mon&, DThe Beturn to the 7tate,D #he American Political Science Review, +@:3. :7eptem"er1?++;, +53-+,4 Eric 2. <or&(in$erF Theo&ore A. .o%iF 7er$io 9a""rini, DThe Beturn to the 7tate: !riti5ues,D #he American Political Science Review, +@:3 :7eptem"er 1?++;, +,5-?01 $urther Reading: <orth, 3ou$(ass !., Institutions Institutional Change and %conomic Per&ormance :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??0; Bo$ers M. 7mith, G f Po(itics Matters: mp(ications for a H<e% nstitutiona(ism,IJ Studies in American Political 'evelopment, * :1??@;, 1-3* e!tember %&. 'e(ining #istorical Institutionalism Responses to Questions Required:

7-en 7teinmo, 8ath(een The(en, an& 9ran/ .on$streth :e&s.; Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis :<e% =or/: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??@;, preface an& intro&uction. Peter Ha(( an& Bosemar) Ta)(or, DPo(itica( 7cience an& the Three <e% nstitutiona(isms,D Political Studies 44 :1??*;, ?3*-?5, 8ath(een The(en, DHistorica( nstitutiona(ism an& !omparati-e Po(itics,D Annual Review o& Political Science, @ :1???; Pau( Pierson an& The&a 7/ocpo(, GHistorica( nstitutiona(ism in !ontemporar) Po(itica( 7cience,J in ra 8at1ne(son an& He(en Mi(ner :e&s.; Political Science: #he State o& the 'iscipline :<e% =or/: <orton, @00@;, *?3-,@1 Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er, D!omparati-e Historica( 2na()sis,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, 3-3+ $urther Reading: E((en mmer$ut, DThe Theoretica( !ore of the <e% nstitutiona(ismK, Politics and Society, @*:1 :1??+;, 5-34 3a-i& Bo"ertson. GThe Beturn of Histor) an& the <e% nstitutiona(ism in 2merican Po(itica( 7cience,J Social Science History 1,: :1??3;, 1-3* . THEOBET !2. 2<3 METHO3O.OC !2. 77>E7 e!tember %7. #istorical Institutionalism and Rational )hoice Responses to Questions Required: Bo"ert H. Bates, et a(, Analytic (arratives :Princeton: Princeton >ni-ersit) Press, 1?++;, ntro&uction an& chapter 5 Aon E(ster, DBationa( !hoice Histor): 2 !ase of E0cessi-e 2m"ition,D an& responses, American Political Science Review ?4 :@000;, *+5L,0@ Peter Ha((, D2(i$nin$ Onto(o$) an& Metho&o(o$) in !omparati-e Po(itics,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, 3,3-40* ra 8at1ne(son, DPerio&i1ation an& Preferences: Bef(ections on Purposi-e 2ction in !omparati-e-Historica( 7ocia( 7cience,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, @,0-304 The&a 7/ocpo(, D3ou"() En$a$e& 7ocia( 7cience: The Promise of !omparati-e-Historica( 2na()sis,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical

Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, 40,-@+ $urther Reading: Aames Mahone), D7trate$ies of !ausa( 2ssessment in !omparati-e-Historica( 2na()sis,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, 33,-3,@. ra 8at1ne(son, D7tructure an& !onfi$uration in !omparati-e Po(itics,D in Mar/ .ich"ach et a(. :e&s.;, Comparative Politics: Rationality Culture and Structure :<e% =or/: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press;, +1-11@. October %* #istorical Institutionalism+ #istory+ and ,arrative Required: !onsue(a !ru1, D &entit) an& Persuasion: Ho% <ations Bemem"er Their Pasts an& Ma/e Their 9utures,D )orld Politics 5@ :@000;, @,5-31@. 3e"orah 2. 7tone, G!ausa( 7tories an& the 9ormation of Po(ic) 2$en&as,J Political Science Quarterly 104: @ :1?+?;, @+1-300 Aeffre) O(ic/ an& Ao)ce Bo""ins, D7ocia( Memor) 7tu&ies: 9rom D!o((ecti-e Memor)D to the Historica( 7ocio(o$) of Mnemonic Practices,D Annual Review o& Sociology :1??+;, 105140 an .ustic/, DHistor), Historio$raph), an& Po(itica( 7cience: Mu(tip(e Historica( Becor&s an& the Pro"(em of 7e(ection Bias,D American Political Science Review ?0 :1??*;, *05-*1+ $urther Reading: .. P. Hinchman, an& an& 7.8. Hinchman :e&s.;, *emory Identity Community: #he Idea o& (arrative in the Human Sciences :2("an), 7tate >ni-ersit) of <e% =or/ Press, 1??,;, intro&uction Ha)&en White, #he Content o& the $orm: (arrative 'iscourse and Historical Representation :Ba(timore: Aohns Hop/ins >ni-ersit) Press, 1??0;, intro&uction 3ona(& Po(/in$horne, (arrative +nowing and the Human Sciences :<e% =or/: 7tate >ni-ersit) of <e% =or/ Press, 1?++; October -. )ritical .unctures and $ath 'e!endence Required: Pau( Pierson, D ncreasin$ Beturns, Path 3epen&enc), an& the 7tu&) of Po(itics,D American Political Science Review ?4 :Aune @000;, @51-@*, 7e)mour Martin .ipset an& 7tein Bo//an, G!(ea-a$e 7tructures, Part) 7)stems, an& Moter 2(i$nments: 2n ntro&uction,J in 7e)mour Martin .ipset an& 7tein Bo//an :e&s.;, Party Systems and ,oter Alignments: Cross-(ational Perspectives :<e% =or/: 9ree Press, 1?*,;

Aames Mahone), GPath 3epen&ence in Historica( 7ocio(o$),J #heory and Society, @? :@000;, 50,-4+ $urther Reading: 8ath(een The(en, DHo% nstitutions E-o(-e: nsi$hts from !omparati-e-Historica( 2na()sis,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, @0+-@40 Brian 2rthur, Increasing Returns and Path 'ependence in the %conomy :2nn 2r"or: >ni-ersit) of Michi$an Press, 1??4; 9ran/ B. Baum$artner an& Br)an 3. Aones, Agendas and Insta.ility in American Politics :!hica$o: >ni-ersit) of !hica$o Press, 1??3; October %/. equences and Timing Required: 7i&ne) Mer"a, G7e5uences an& 3e-e(opment,J in .eonar& Bin&er et a( :e&s.;, Crises and Sequences in Political 'evelopment :Princeton: Princeton >ni-ersit) Press, 1?,1;, @+331* 8aren Orren an& 7tephen 7/o%rone/, GBe)on& the cono$raph) of Or&er: <otes for a H<e% nstitutiona(ism,J in 3o&& an& Ai((son :e&s.;, #he 'ynamics o& American Politics, 31130 Pau( Pierson, G<ot Aust What, "ut When: ssues of Timin$ an& 7e5uence in Po(itica( Processes,J %ith comments ") Bo"ert Aer-is, 2m) Bri&$es, an& 8ath(een The(en an& PiersonKs rep() Studies in American Political 'evelopment , 14:1 :@000;, ,@-11? Pau( Pierson, DBi$, 7(o%-Mo-in$, an& N n-isi"(e: Macro-7ocia( Processes in the 7tu&) of !omparati-e Po(itics,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, 1,,-@0, $urther Reading: 3ietrich Buescheme)er an& Aohn 3. 7tephens, G!omparin$ Historica( 7e5uences -- 2 Po%erfu( Too( for !ausa( 2na()sis,J Comparative Social Research, 1, :1??,;, 55-,@. 7tephen 7/o%rone/, #he Politics Presidents *a"e: /eadership &rom 0ohn Adams to 1eorge !ush :!am"ri&$e: Har-ar& >ni-ersit) Press, @001; . EMP B !2. 2PP. !2T O<7 October 22. tate01uilding Omeeting 2:34-33:54 ICC 445P Required: Thomas Ertman, !irth o& the /eviathan :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??*;, intro&uction an& conc(usion

3a-i& Wa(&ner, State-!uilding and /ate 'evelopment : thaca: !orne(( >ni-ersit) Press, 1???;, intro&uction, ch. @, conc(usion $urther Reading: !har(es Ti((), e&. #he $ormation o& (ational States in )estern %urope :Princeton: Princeton >ni-ersit) Press, 1?,5;, intro&uction .ars-Eri/ !e&erman, %mergent Actors in )orld Politics: How States and (ations 'evelop and 'issolve :Princeton: Princeton >ni-ersit) Press, 1??,; Hen&ri/ 7pru)t, #he Sovereign State and Its Competitors :Princeton: Princeton >ni-ersit) Press, 1??4; October 22. 'emocrati3ation Required: Aames Mahone), D8no%(e&$e 2ccumu(ation in !omparati-e-Historica( Besearch: the !ase of 3emocrac) an& 2uthoritarianism,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, @0+-@40 Buth !o((ier an& 3a-i& !o((ier, Shaping the Political Arena: Critical 0unctures the /a.or *ovement and Regime 'ynamics in /atin America :Princeton: Princeton >ni-ersit) Press, 1??1;, intro&uction an& conc(usion Cr1e$or1 E/iert, #he State against Society: Political Crises and their A&termath in %ast Central %urope :Princeton: Princeton >ni-ersit) Press, 1??*;, intro&uction an& conc(usion $urther Reading: Cerar& 2(e0an&er, G nstitutions, Path 3epen&ence, an& 3emocratic !onso(i&ation,J 0ournal o& #heoretical Politics, 13 :@001;, @4?-,0 Aames Mahone), #he /egacies o& /i.eralism: Path 'ependence and Political Regimes in Central America :Ba(timore: Aohns Hop/ins >ni-ersit) Press, @00@; ,ovember /. The 4el(are tate Required: E&%in 2menta, DWhat We 8no% a"out the 3e-e(opment of 7ocia( Po(ic): !omparati-e an& Historica( Besearch in !omparati-e an& Historica( Perspecti-e,D in Aames Mahone) an& 3ietrich Buescheme)er :e&s.;, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, @00@;, ?1-130 Bo Bothstein, D.a"or Mar/et nstitutions an& Wor/in$ !(ass 7tren$th,D in 7-en 7teinmo, 8ath(een The(en, an& 9ran/ .on$streth :e&s.;, Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis :<e% =or/: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??@;, 33-5*

E((en mmer$ut, DThe Bu(es of the Came: the .o$ic of Hea(th Po(ic)-Ma/in$ in 9rance, 7%it1er(an&, an& 7%e&en,D in 7-en 7teinmo, 8ath(een The(en, an& 9ran/ .on$streth :e&s.;, Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis :<e% =or/: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??@;, 5,-+? Mar$aret Weir, D &eas an& the Po(itics of Boun&e& nno-ation,D in 7-en 7teinmo, 8ath(een The(en, an& 9ran/ .on$streth :e&s.;, Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis :<e% =or/: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??@;, 1++-@1* 3esmon& 7. 8in$, DThe Esta"(ishment of Wor/-We(fare Pro$rammes in the >nite& 7tates an& Britain: Po(itics, &eas, an& nstitutions,D in 7-en 7teinmo, 8ath(een The(en, an& 9ran/ .on$streth :e&s.;, Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis :<e% =or/: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??@;, @1,-@50 $urther Reading: Pau( Pierson, 'ismantling the )el&are State6 Reagan #hatcher and the Politics o& Retrenchment :!am"ri&$e: !am"ri&$e >ni-ersit) Press, 1??4; The&a 7/ocpo(, Protecting Soldiers and *others: #he Political 7rigins o& Social Policy in the 8nited States :!am"ri&$e: Har-ar& >ni-ersit) Press, 1??5;, intro&uction an& conc(usion

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