EACES Workshop at the XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, 10-11 April 2019, Moscow

The International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) at Higher School of Economics in Moscow together with the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES) in collaboration with International Journal of Public Administration (IJPA) organize the workshop: “The Rise of State Capitalism: consequences for economic and political development”.

The workshop is a part of the 20th Annual April International Conference on Economic and Social Development that will take place at Higher School of Economics in Moscow on April 9-12, 2019. The event attracts a large number of researchers from the world’s leading universities with a variety of topics being discussed. 

We welcomed submissions that adopt theoretical as well as empirical, qualitative as well as quantitative research designs and that can offer useful insights into the development of state capitalism and its consequences for economic and political development.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Varieties of capitalism and the role of the state in the economy
• History of state capitalism
• Historical development of “state” and “economy” as distinct spheres of social action
• Comparative studies of state capitalism
• Economic efficiency of public enterprises
• Economic performance under state capitalism
• Effect of state capitalism on corruption
• Effect of state capitalism on inequality and social welfare
• Trajectories of political regime development under state capitalism

Selected papers presented at the workshop will be published in a special issue of IJPA in 2020. All nominated papers are subject to a blind peer-review. The guest editors will be Miklos Szanyi from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Amanda Zadorian from the Higher School of Economics.

The Selection Committee included: Miklos Szanyi (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary), Andrei Yakovlev (Higher School of Economics, Russia & EACES), Judit Ricz (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary), Jürgen Jerger (University of Regensburg, Germany & EACES), Amanda Zadorian (Higher School of Economics, Russia), Thomas Remington (Emory University, USA), Jutta Guenter (Bremen University, Germany), Nikolay Nenovsky (Université de Picardie, France).

Workshop working language is English.

Dates: April 10-11, 2019

Place: Moscow, Higher School of Economics, Armyanskiy Pereulok 4, bldg. 2, Room 418

EACES workshop program (PDF, 248 Kb) 

International JOURNAL OF public Administration