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SUMMARY:Shaping the structure of the economy to fulfill political objectiv
 es: a constructivist and institutionalist political economy perspective on
  French institutional reforms (1958-69) - Clément de Rivas
DTSTART:20210216T131500Z
DTEND:20210216T140000Z
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CONTACT:Prof. Nebojša Radić
DESCRIPTION:The extent to which reconstructing the purposive content of na
 tional identity can set in motion and shape the dynamics of institutional 
 change is a neglected issue. To shed some light on this topic\, this paper
  develops the constructivist foundations of the institutionalist political
  economy perspective. Relying upon discourse analysis and the process-trac
 ing procedure\, it analyzes how Gaullist France (1958-69) redefined its na
 tional purpose\, which led to new objectives and policy paradigms being se
 t by the political process. This paper then seeks to elucidate how the eco
 nomic activities that would allow these objectives to be implemented were 
 identified. It also investigates how the respective roles of markets and o
 f the state were reconstructed so as to promote these economic activities.
  These roles nonetheless conflicted with one another to some extent. The c
 abinet thus had to rank its objectives in order of priority\, which shaped
  its institutional reforms. The dynamics of Gaullist institutional change 
 are analyzed more in depth through a case study on the computing industry 
 and in the context of European integration. Overall\, it is argued that th
 e so-called dirigiste Gaullist state had in fact a limited capacity to tra
 nsform the economic structure so as to implement its political objectives.
LOCATION:Online (ask organizers for link)
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