State and Society in Europe

Course content

This course is intended to familiarize the students with the major models of state-economy and state-capital-labour relations in the advanced capitalist systems of Europe, with a specific emphasis on ´Anglo-Saxon´, ´organized market economy´ and ´state-centered´ models. With this framework, the course also analyzes the key institutional structures of industrial relations, corporate governance and their relation to the welfare state, and the changes produced by globalization and European integration.