Beyond France: From implicit to explicit comparison

Path dependence and chance steered towards a focus on French politics. After a doctoral thesis on the concept of solidarity in nineteenth-century political thought, my research acquired a political economy emphasis. It broadened out from France and implicit comparison to West European explicit compa...

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Published inFrench politics Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 110 - 119
Main Author Hayward, Jack
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.04.2015
Palgrave Macmillan
Subjects
Comparative Politics
Editorials
European Politics
History of ideas
Labor unions
National service
Planning
Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Politics
Public policy
Public speaking
Review Article
United Kingdom > UK
France
political economy
chance
comparison
collaboration
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Summary:Path dependence and chance steered towards a focus on French politics. After a doctoral thesis on the concept of solidarity in nineteenth-century political thought, my research acquired a political economy emphasis. It broadened out from France and implicit comparison to West European explicit comparison, culminating in a professorship at Oxford University to promote European postgraduate political studies in 1993 until my retirement in 1998, when I returned to Hull University as a Research Professor. Collaboration was a crucial part of comparative work, whose findings were tested by an in-depth knowledge of France.
ISSN:1476-3419
1476-3427
DOI:10.1057/fp.2015.2