scholarly journals Investigating the Political Economy of Social Protection Expansion in Africa: At the Intersection of Transnational Ideas and Domestic Politics

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Lavers ◽  
Sam Hickey
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
The Political

The Political Economy of Work and Welfare

2021 ◽  
pp. 422-444
Author(s):  
Micheál L. Collins ◽  
Mary P. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Welfare Regime ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sectoral Composition ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Institutional Architecture

The political economy of Irish work and welfare has dramatically changed over recent decades. Since the 1980s, Ireland has experienced two periods of high unemployment followed by two periods of full employment. Alongside this, we see considerable shifts in both the sectoral composition of the workforce and in the institutional architecture underpinning the labour market. Focusing on the last decade, this chapter contextualizes the Irish labour market in the Irish growth model, highlighting issues including occupational upgrading, low pay, gender composition, and migration. The chapter then explores links between this employment structure and Ireland’s changing welfare regime. It considers recent institutional changes, as the welfare regime shifted to a work-first form of activation, and the long-term sustainability of the social protection system. The chapter concludes by highlighting what we see as the core challenges for the political economy of work and welfare in Ireland.

scholarly journals The Political Economy of Bilateral Bailouts

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina J. Schneider ◽  
Jennifer L. Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
The Political ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Trade Offs

AbstractIMF loans during times of financial crisis often occur in conjunction with bilateral financial rescues. These bilateral bailouts are substantial in size and a central component of international cooperation during financial crises. We analyze the political economy of bilateral bailouts and study the trade-offs that potential creditor governments experience when other countries find themselves in financial distress. Creditor governments want to stabilize crisis countries by providing additional liquidity, particularly if the crisis country is economically or politically important to them, but they are constrained by domestic politics. Politicians aim to balance these countervailing pressures. They provide bailouts when their own economy is exposed to negative spillover effects and when the crisis country is important for geostrategic, military, or political reasons. Domestic economic and political constraints, on the other hand, limit their ability to bail out other countries. We test our hypotheses using an original data set on bilateral bailouts by the G7 countries to countries that experienced financial crises between 1975 and 2010. The findings of our statistical analysis support our theoretical argument and contribute to a deeper understanding of international cooperation's complex structure during financial crises.

scholarly journals The political economy of social protection adoption

2021 ◽  
pp. 520-535
Author(s):  
Miguel Niño-Zarazúa ◽  
Alma Santillán Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
The Political

The Dynamics of Industrial Development in a Resource-Rich Developing Society: A Political Economy Analysis

2018 ◽  
pp. 004908571878613
Author(s):  
Keston K. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Public Investments ◽  
Industrial Performance ◽  
Political Settlement

This article criticizes the resource curse thesis for neglecting the interplay of international factors and domestic politics, the political settlement, in explaining the industrialization in Trinidad and Tobago industrial performance in a resource-dependent country. Using political settlement analysis secondary as well as interview data, it examines the dynamics at the macro and sectoral levels in iron and steel and telecommunications in Trinidad and Tobago. The historical evidence reveals that anti-colonial mobilizations spurred critical public investments in developmental institutions and industrial projects responsible for improving the country’s productive base and technological capability in the post- Black Power period. These investments were bolstered by bolstered by a favorable geopolitical climate and the 1973 commodity boom. Sectoral case studies reveal how shifts in the country’s political settlement affected late-industrializing accumulation of accumulation technological capabilities, yet neoliberal policies facilitated an increased role for external actors on economic policy and ethnic-based clientelism within the political economy.

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