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Wednesday, 30 September, 2020 - 16:00Add to Calendar
Keith Breckenridge
On Wednesday, at 4pm, the WIPES discussion will be based on Adam Tooze's Statistics and the German state, 1900-1945: the making of modern economic knowledge. Please read, at least, the Introduction and Chapters 5, 6 and 7. (The crisis more
Wednesday, 7 October, 2020 - 16:00Add to Calendar
Crispian Olver
Political settlements theory seeks to explain development outcomes according to the distribution of organisational power, institutions and resources in society. Drawing on various traditions (new institutionalism, public choice, Marxism), more
Monday, 12 October, 2020 - 16:00Add to Calendar
Karl von Holdt
Much of the literature on the political engagements of sociologists has been framed by Michael Burawoy’s concept of ‘public sociology’. The aim of this chapter is to develop a critique of this concept, drawing from the writings and more