HO819 - Tópicos Especiais de Economia Social - 2S/2025 Imprimir

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Tópicos específicos oferecidos a critério do Instituto de Economia.

Bibliografia:

Part I – Industrialization Process

I.1 Social Structures and Classes Mandatory reading

ENGELS, Friedrich [1845]. The Condition of the Working Class in England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Chapters I (The Industrial Proletariat) and VII (The Remaining Branches of Industry).

 Optional reading:

THOMPSON, Edward Palmer [1963]. The Making of the English Working Class. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1991. Preface and Part three (Chapters XIII and XIV).

Alternative materials: 1) Germinal (1993); 2) The Platform (2019)

I.2 Agrarian Structure, Migration and Urbanization Mandatory reading:

 ENGELS, Friedrich. The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Chapters IV (Irish Immigration), VIII (Labour Movements), IX (The Mining Proletariat) and X (The Agricultural Proletariat).

Optional reading:

THOMPSON, Edward Palmer [1963]. The Making of the English Working Class. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1991. Part three (Chapters XV and XVI).

Alternative materials: 1) China Blue (2005); 2) The Young Karl Marx (2017)

Mandatory readings:

WRIGHT MILLS, Charles. White Collar: The American Middle Classes. Oxford University Press, New York, 2002. Introduction chapter.

MAIA, Alexandre Gori; SAKAMOTO, Arthur. Occupational Structure and Socioeconomic Inequality: a comparative study between Brazil and the United States. Economia e Sociedade, Campinas, v. 24, n. 2 (54), p. 229-261, ago. 2015.

Optional reading:

WEBER, Max. The Theory of Social and Economic Organization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1947. Chapter 4. Alternative material: Modern Times (1936).

I.4 Poverty, Inequality and Liberalism Mandatory readings:

KUZNETS, S. Economic growth and income inequality. American Economic Review, v. 45, n. 1, p. 1-28, 1955.

GALBRAITH, J. K. Global inequality and global macroeconomics. Journal of Policy Modeling, v. 29, p. 587-607, 2007.

Optional reading:

MAIA, Alexandre Gori; SAKAMOTO, Arthur; WANG, Sherron Xuaren. How employment shapes income inequality: a comparison between Brazil and the U.S. Revista de Economia Contemporânea, v. 23, n. 3, p. 1-34, 2019.

Alternative material: Requiem for The American Dream (2016)

Part II – Post War Welfare State

II.1 Golden Age, Full Employment and the Social Question Mandatory reading:

ROSE, Richard. Public employment in Western nations. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 1987. Preface and Chapter 1

. Optional reading:

 MARGLIN, Stephen; SCHOR, Juliet B. (Eds.) The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Postwar Experience. Oxford University Press, 1991. Chapter 1. https://archive.org/details/goldenageofcapit0000unse/page/n7/mode/1up Alternative material: The Spirit of ‘45 (2013).

Mandatory reading:

 ESPING-ANDERSEN, Gosta. The Three Words of Welfare Capitalism. New Jersey: Princeton University, 1990. Part I (Unit 1) and Part II (Unit 6). Optional reading:

MARGLIN, Stephen; SCHOR, Juliet B. (Eds.) The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Postwar Experience. Oxford University Press, 1991. Chapter 2. https://archive.org/details/goldenageofcapit0000unse/page/n7/mode/1up

Alternative materials: 1) SICKO (2007); 2) Farewell to the Welfare State (2015).

II.3 Consolidation of Welfare State

Mandatory reading:

 ESPING-ANDERSEN, Gosta. The Three Words of Welfare Capitalism. New Jersey: Princeton University, 1990. Part II (Unit 8) and Conclusion (Unit 9). Optional reading:

GOUGH, Ian. Welfare regimes in development contexts: a global and regional analysis. In: Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts. GOUGH, Ian; WOOF, Geof (Org.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 15-48, 2004.

Alternative material: Stealing Africa (2012).

II.4 Transition of Welfare State Mandatory reading: ESPING-ANDERSEN, Gosta. Welfare States in Transition. National Adaptations in Global Economies. London: Sage, 1996. Chapter 1. Optional reading: SCHROEDER, Wolfgang; FUTH, Sascha Kristin; JANTZ, Bastian. Change through Convergence? Reform Measures of European Welfare States in Comparison. FES, p. 1-21, June 2015.

Alternative material: The Corporation (2003)

Part III – Contemporary Capitalism

III.1 (Neo)Liberal agenda and Social Policy Mandatory reading:

 HARVEY, David. A brief history of neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA, 2007. Chapter 3.

Optional reading:

 STIGLITZ, Joseph E. The price of inequality: how’s today divided society endangers our future? W. W. Norton & Company

Ano de Catálogo: 2025

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