#  CES: Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Lessons from the First Globalization 1870-1914 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 17, 2017** 

 04:15PM - 06:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Adolphus Busch Hall, Hoffmann Room, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

 ***\*\* Please note: Those planning to attend events in this series should read the paper that will be posted on the CES website before the seminar.****\*\****

 SPEAKER

 [Suzanne Berger](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000071-suzanne-berger)  
Raphael Dorman-Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate, CES, Harvard University

 DISCUSSANT

 [Patrice Higonnet](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000060-patrice-higonnet)  
Robert Walton Goelet Research Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, CES, Harvard University

###  About

 We will discuss a paper that investigates the impact of electoral competition on the willingness of political parties to recalibrate a key feature of the welfare state, namely, public pension programs. As electoral competition becomes more intense, parties of the center-left and center-right cultivate particular constituencies which drive their politics in different directions.



 

 



 

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