Postface de Robert BOYER, dans Anthropologie économique, Cours au Collège de France, 1992-1993, Pierre Bourdieu, Raison d’agir, Cours et Travaux, Seuil, Paris, p. 293-322.
Revue de la régulation, n° 21, 1er semestre, Spring 2017, Sous la direction de Robert Boyer et Sébastien Lechevalier
Maison des Sciences de l’homme
Notes de la rédaction
La Revue de la régulation fête ses dix ans ! Et encore, si l’on comptait L’Année de la régulation, son aînée, elle aussi portée par l’Association Recherche & Régulation, on fêterait aujourd’hui vingt ans de publications.
Le dossier sur l’économie politique de la Chine que nous présentons dans ce numéro est tout à fait représentatif de ces dix premières années. Il témoigne de la réussite de notre pari : faire vivre une Revue d’économie politique, nourrie des approches régulationnistes et institutionnalistes mais aussi de tous les courants qui engagent le dialogue avec elles. Il pointe aussi quelques-uns des défis auxquels il nous faut faire face.
Pour préparer ce dossier consacré à l’espèce particulière de capitalisme qui se développe aujourd’hui en Chine, Robert Boyer, co-fondateur de la Théorie de la Régulation et de la Revue du même nom, s’est associé à Sébastien Lechevalier (EHESS) (voir l’introduction au dossier). Dix ans après son lancement, un tel dossier permet de jeter un regard rétrospectif et actuel sur ce que représente notre Revue – et notre communauté de chercheurs. Sans nul doute, la construction de dossiers, souvent portés par des membres du comité de rédaction en collaboration avec un ou plusieurs chercheurs extérieurs à la Revue, est l’une des clés de la dynamique scientifique qui l’anime. Lire la suite…
Introduction au dossier « Lectures institutionnalistes de la Chine », Revue de la régulation, n° 21, Premier semestre 2017.
Entretien France Culture, Entendez-vous l’eco?, par Maylis Besserie, 26 Septembre 2017.
Deuxième jour de notre série consacrée à “l’esprit du capitalisme”.
Hier, nous nous sommes glissés dans la peau du sociologue Max Weber, auteur de l’ouvrage éponyme sur les origines de l’émergence du capitalisme et ses liens avec l’éthique protestante. Aujourd’hui, nous continuons à parler de capitalisme, mais en utilisant volontairement le mot au pluriel – pour pointer la diversité des systèmes économiques et politiques qu’il recouvre.
Nous allons parler de la théorie de la régulation et de son analyse en compagnie de l’une de ses grandes figures: Robert Boyer.
In En quête d’alternatives. L’état du monde 2018, (sous la direction de Bertrand Badie et Dominique Vidal), La Découverte, Septembre 2017, p.224-230.
Entrevue Institut des Amériques, 22 février 2017.
Robert Boyer, Économiste et membre du Conseil scientifique de l’IdA, analyse les relations Etats-Unis / Mexique depuis l’élection de Donald Trump et nous présente 5 scénarios.
in Handbook of alternative theories of Economic Development, edited by Erik S. Reinert, Jayati Ghosh and Rainer Kattel, Edward Elgar, Chettelham, September 2016, p. 352-385.
Abstract
The Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today’s mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of more than 40 specially commissioned chapters, written by the foremost authorities in their respective fields, this volume represents a landmark in the field of economic development. It elucidates the richness of the alternative and sometimes misunderstood ideas which, in different historical contexts, have proved to be vital to the improvement of the human condition. Learn More
In Policy Change Under New Democratic Capitalism Edited by Hideko Magara, Chapitre 10,Routledge, , 2017, p. 202-222.
About the Book
Democratic capitalism in developed countries has been facing an unprecedented crisis since 2008. Its political manageability is declining sharply. Both democracy and capitalism now involve crucial risks that are significantly more serious than those observed in earlier periods. The notion of policy regimes has gained new significance in analysing the possibilities for a post-neoliberal alternative. Policy innovations directed towards an economic breakthrough require both political leadership and a new economic theory. The processes of political decision making have become quite distant from the public realm, and a limited number of economic and political elites exert influence on public policy.
This book examines, from a policy regime perspective, how developed countries attempt to achieve such a breakthrough at critical junctures triggered by economic crises. It initially assesses the nature of the present crisis and identifies the actors involved. Thereafter, it provides an analytical definition of a crisis, stressing that most crises contain within them the potential to be turned into an opportunity. Finally, it presents a new analytical design in which we can incorporate today’s more globalized and fluid context.
Table of Contents
I.Introduction
1.New Models of Democratic Capitalism and Policy Regime Change (Hideko Magara)
II.Models of New Democratic Capitalism
2.Crisis, Oportunity and Democracy in Contemporary Europe (Philippe Schmitter)
3.The Rise of the European Consolidation State (Wolfgang Streeck)
4.Cost of Democracy: Changing Aspects of Modern Democracy (Hiroshi Shiratori)
5.Institutional Change and Regime Crisis: A Critical Viewpoint on Neoliberalism (Toshio Yamada)
III.Comparative analyses
6.The Political-Economic Implications of De-industrialization with Varieties of Capitalism: An EU-Japan Comparative Analysis (Hiroyasu Uemura and Shinji Tahara)
7.Growth, Employment and Social Security Governance in the EU and Japan (Koji Fukuda)
8.The Diversity of the ‘Neoliberal Policy Regime’ and Income Distribution (Yuji Harada)
IV.Regime Competition in International Rivalry and Cooperation
9.Using Neofunctionalism to Understand the Disintegration of Europe (Philippe Schmitter and Zoe Lefkofridi)
10.From the Variety of Socioeconomic Regimes to Contemporary International Relations (Robert Boyer)
11.Balance-of-Payments Constraints, Change in Income Distribution, and Economic Growth in the Era of Globalization (Hiroshi Nishi)
About the Series
Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
Subject Categories
BISAC Subject Codes/Headings:
- POL024000
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
- POL033000
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
Socio-Economic Review, Discussion Forum: « Brexit: understanding the socio-economic origins and consequences » , 2016, Vol. 14, n° 4, p. 836-845.
Abstract
Jacqueline O’Reilly, Julie Froud, Sukhdev Johal, Karel Williams, Chris Warhurst, Glenn Morgan, Christopher Grey, Geoffrey Wood, Mike Wright, Robert Boyer, Sabine Frerichs, Suvi Sankari, Akos Rona-Tas and Patrick Le Galès
The unprecedented geopolitical shift resulting from Brexit reflects deep socio-economic fault lines within and beyond the UK. In many ways foreshadowing the US presidential election of Donald Trump, Brexit brought to the surface and gave a public voice to socio-economic divisions that were deeply embedded, sometimes illogical, but until now had either been ignored or hushed out of ‘respectable’ public debate. This Discussion Forum emanates from a spontaneous seminar organized 2 days after the Brexit vote on June 25, 2016 as part of the SASE conference held in University of California–Berkeley and followed by an open call for papers by Socio-Economic Review. The papers here draw attention to the origins of the Brexit vote in deep-seated socio-economic divisions (O’Reilly), widening differences in economic performance across sectors and regions of the UK (Froud, Sukhdev and Williams) and the growth of poor quality jobs (Warhurst). Meanwhile, the political dynamics of the Brexit vote were also shaped by the fractured nature of UK business elites (Morgan), divisions between locals and cosmopolitans (Grey) and creative but muddled actions of elites that arguably generated consequences they themselves failed to fully anticipate (Wood and Wright). From the perspective of Europe, Brexit reflects a history of dysfunctional economic policy in Europe that prioritized market competition in ways that neglected and ultimately undermined solidarity (Boyer). Here, Brexit reflects a political strategy to both renationalize and recommodify solidarity in the face of fears over migration, and which are likely to have major consequences for social solidarity in Europe more generally (Frerichs and Sankari). However, Brexit is unlikely to provide a durable social and political solution to the wider tensions between globalization and democracy, which also affect all countries throughout Europe (Rona-Tas). Ultimately, the Brexit vote underlines social divisions that combine class inequalities with regional ones, not just in Britain but throughout Europe (Le Galès).