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The Heterogeneity of Capitalism in Crisis-ridden Europe

Abstract

The heterogeneity of European capitalisms seems to be one of the causes of the current crisis. Differences in terms of competitiveness and institutions are huge. With the crisis as point of departure I will analyse this heterogeneity. First, I describe the comparative (dis-)advantages of selected EU-member states. The differences are big, particularly in terms of econoic speci- alisation and innovation capacity. In the second part the paper concentrates on institutional development in the past decade.

Conferência ICS 2014 - 25 de Abril 40 anos depois

Em 2014 celebram-se 40 anos do 25 de Abril. Para marcar esta ocasião, o Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, o Expresso, a SIC Notícias e a Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian unem-se para apresentar aos portugueses um balanço sobre esse momento de viragem política que deu início à democratização em Portugal. Esta parceria pretende realizar um cruzamento de olhares interdisciplinares universitários com perspectivas jornalísticas sobre a transição para a democracia em Portugal.

UFSC2050 Conference 'Urban Futures-Squaring Circles: Europe, China and the World in 2050'

The Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, the Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems (ISIS), and the Institute of Future Cities of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (IfC-CUHK) - are organizing an International Conference on “Urban Futures-Squaring Circles: Europe, China and the World in 2050” [10-11 October 2014] under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme: URBACHINA (European Project on Sustainable Urbanisation in China. Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Mega-trends towards 2050).