The Nation-State in Transformation

Michael Böss (Ed.)

Description

The Nation-State in Tranformation discusses the significance of the state in a globalised economy. Focusing on Denmark and Ireland, the book analyses how small states adapt to the international market and argues that the institutional mediation of globalisation helps us explain why some states seem to possess more capacity to adjust than others. Not only must we bring the state back in,' we must also consider how history, culture and collective identities influence the performance of the nation-state in the new globalised world order. With contributions by Francis Fukuyama, Bob Jessop, David Marsh, John A Hall and John Campbell, Georg Sorensen, Bjorn Hvinden, Rory ODonnell, Peadar Kirby, Joseph Ruane, Brian Girvin, Sean ORiain, Chris McInerny, Gert and Gunnar Svendsen, Lars Bo Kaspersen and Linda Thorsager, Henrik Bang, and Michael Boss.

Sujets

• Political Science
• Globalization

Informations

• Publié par: Aarhus University Press
• Date de parution: 16 juillet 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9788779342071
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Edited byMichael Böss The NationState in Transformation Economic Globalisation, Institutional Mediation and Political Values

The NationState in Transformation

The NationState in Transformation Economic Globalisation, Institutional Mediation and Political Values

Edited by Michael Böss

A A R H U S U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Notes on contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

List of Tables and Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. Towards a New Consensus Michael Böss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART I HISTORIES AND INSTITUTIONS

2. The Political Economy of Scale and Nation, with Special Reference to Denmark John L. Campbelland John A. Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. The Historical Dimension of Ireland’s Road to Modernisation and Europeanisation Brian Girvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART II POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IMAGINARIES

4. It’s Not the Economy, Stupid – Or is It? David Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5. The Knowledge Economy as a State Project Bob Jessop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

6. Globalisation, the NationState and the Public Sector Francis Fukuyama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

PART III STATE, MARKET AND GOVERNANCE

7. Negotiated Governance and Hybridity in Small European Countries: Ireland and Denmark Rory O’Donnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

8. Addicted to Growth: State, Market and the Difficult Politics of Development in Ireland Seán Ó Riain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

9. The Competition State: Irish Lessons Peadar Kirby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

10. Ireland’s Multiple InterfacePeriphery Development Model: Achievements and Limits Joseph Ruane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

11. Globalisation and Development: Ireland and Denmark in Comparative Perspective Georg Sørensen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

PART IV DEMOCRATIC VALUES, SOCIAL COHESION AND BELONGING

12. Responding to Globalisation: Changing the State Strategy from Infrastructural Power to Authoritarian Liberal Power Lars Bo Kaspersen og Linda Thorsager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

13. Pragmatic Nationals: The Character and Roots of Danish Europragmatism Michael Böss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

14. The Nordic Welfare Model and the Challenge of Globalisation Bjørn Hvinden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

15. Social Capital and the Welfare State Gert Tinggaard Svendsen Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

16. Between Democracy and Good Governance: A NationalGlobal Quest Henrik P. Bang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

17. Social Partnership in Ireland: Diluting or Deepening Democracy? Chris McInerney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

18. General Conclusions and Perspectives Michael Böss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Preface

This book is about the significance of the nationstate in an internationalised economy. Although each contribution has its own purpose and focus, many of the chapters draw on Denmark and Ireland as empirical cases. Prior to the outbreak of the international financial and economic crisis in 2008, Denmark and Ireland were generally seen as two small European states which had adapted successfully to economic globalisation. As experts point out in this book, they did so on the basis of each their own strategies and institutions: Denmark as an example of a ‘coordinated market economy’ and Ireland as a ‘liberal market economy’ (cf. Hall and Soskice 2001).  There is a history behind the book’s comparative approach. After having been involved in Irish and political studies for many years, I came to the conclusion in 2006 that a comparative study of the economic development of Denmark and Ireland would offer general insights into the ‘differentiated globalisation’ of nationstates, i.e. how national institutions mediate external economic pressures (cf. Campbell 2004). Hence, I decided to organise a conference with the purpose of exploring this theme. The conference was held at Aarhus University in November 2007 under the title ‘The KnowledgeBased Economy, Identities and the Transforming State’. Invitations were sent to international academics, but also to policy makers and civil servants in Denmark and Ireland in order to open up for an unconventional exchange of ideas and analyses. The conference was to be the first of a series of international ‘MatchPoints Conferences’ at Aarhus University, and has now resulted in the publication of the present book.  The book consists of a selection of papers from the conference combined with a number of solicited manuscripts. During the process of writing and editing, both Denmark and Ireland were hit by the worldwide financial and economic crisis, Ireland more so than Denmark. This meant that manuscripts have had to be ad justed, revised or, in a few cases, even completely rewritten. However, as editor, I am thankful that the book did not come out prior to the crisis, of course, since the crisis has allowed us the opportunity to make a form of status assessment of what economic globalisation meant prior to the breakdown of the ideology and the largely deregulated financial system which had fuelled it.  In more personal terms, I want to express my thanks to the strong moral and economic support I have received all along from the Rector of Aarhus University,

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Dr. Lauritz B. HolmNielsen, the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Bodil Due, and the then Chair of the Department of Languages, Literature and Culture, Dr. Hans Lauge Hansen. I owe further debts to colleagues at Aarhus University who advised me in planning the conference in 2007, especially Dr. Kurt Petersen of the Aarhus School of Business and Knud Warming of the Rector’s Office. I also want to thank the team of bright and serviceminded Ph.D. students who assisted in facilitating the conference: Susan Yi Sencindiver, Marie Lauritzen, Rebecca Parbo, Sophia Frovin and Nikolaj Gandrup Buckhorst.  Special thanks also to the sponsors and partners of the conference, first of all, of course, to Ambassador Joe Hayes and his staff in Copenhagen, but also to the Irish Departments of Foreign Affairs and Enterprise, Trade and Employment; to Enterprise Ireland, Forfás, IBEC, Trinity College Dublin, the Political Studies As sociation of Ireland, Erhvervs og Byggestyrelsen, Udenrigsministeriet, Ministeriet for Videnskab, Teknologi og Udvikling, Aarhus Kommune, Region Midtjylland, VisitDenmark, Væksthus Midtjylland, Danske Bank, Dansk Erhverv, Dansk Industri, Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd, Dansk Tekstil og Beklædning and Morgenavisen JyllandsPosten. For the financial support of this book I want to thank the Research Foundation of Aarhus University. For managing the conference and for invaluable assistance in the editing of the book, I am deeply indebted to my excellent assis tant, Eva Mejnertz, and for helpful comments and suggestions regarding my own contribution I am grateful to Dr. Mette Kjær.

Michael Böss

Aarhus February 2010

Notes on contributors

Henrik Bangis Associate Professor in Comparative Politics and Coordinator of the Comparative Politics Group in the Department of Political Science at University of Copenhagen. His primary research interests are governance and political participa tion. Among his recent works are: with Anders Esmark (eds.)New Publics with/out DemocracyFrederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur Press/Nordicom), ‘Political (2007, community: The blind spot of modern democratic decisionmaking’ (2009British Politics4: 100116) and ‘“Yes we can”: identity politics and project politics for a late modern world’. (2009Urban Research & Practice, vol. 2, nr. 2: 117138).

Michael Bössis Associate Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies and Canadian Studies Centre at Aarhus University. His primary current research interests are political theory, migration history and Irish history. He takes a special interest in the theory and history of the nationstate, nationalism and nationality. He has published widely on Irish history and culture. His most recent book isForsvar for nationen: Nationalstaten under globaliseringen(In Defence of the Nation: The NationState under Globalisation) (2006). He is a media commentator on Irish and Canadian politics, culture and social issues and writes regularly for theBerlingske Tidendeon current affairs.

John L. Campbellholds the Class of 1925 Professorship in the Department of Sociol ogy at Dartmouth College. He is also Professor of Political Economy at the Inter national Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School. His recent books includeInstitutional Change and Globalization(Princeton University Press, 2004), andNational Identity and the Varieties of Capitalism: The Danish Experience (McGillQueen’s University Press, 2006).

Francis Fukuyamais Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and Director of its International Development Program. He has been a Visiting Professor at Aarhus University since 2009. He is a cofounder of the magazine and website,The American Interest,a new and independent voice devoted to the broad theme of “America in the world.” He is chair of its editorial board. Among his recent publications areAmerica at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power,

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