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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:CES: Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Lessons from the First Globalization 1870-1914
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SUMMARY:CES: Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Lessons from the First Globalization 1870-1914
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<em><strong>** 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.</strong></em><em><strong>**</strong></em></p><p>	 </p><p>	SPEAKER</p><p>	<a href="https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000071-suzanne-berger">Suzanne Berger</a><br>Raphael Dorman-Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate, CES, Harvard University</p><p>	 </p><p>	DISCUSSANT</p><p>	<a href="https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000060-patrice-higonnet">Patrice Higonnet</a><br>Robert Walton Goelet Research Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, CES, Harvard University</p><p>	 </p><p>	 </p><h3>	About</h3><p>	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.</p>
LOCATION:Adolphus Busch Hall, Hoffmann Room, Cambridge, MA
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