Rethinking American Political Economy

Professors Kathleen Thelen (MIT) and Paul Piersen ( UC Berkeley) discuss how globalisation, economic inequality and democratic erosions are reshaping American political life.

November 22, 2021 London School of Economics

cover of Thelen and Pierson's book

Rethinking American Political Economy: Two leading US political scientists discuss how globalization, economic inequality and democratic erosions are reshaping American political life.

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Speakers: Professor Paul Pierson and Professor Kathleen Thelen
Published on: 19 Nov 2021

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Drawing on their new volume, The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power, Paul Pierson and Kathleen Thelen lay out a comparatively informed framework for understanding how business power, union decline, racial inequity, government weakness and regional disparities are impacting contemporary American politics and policy.

 

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