Lawrence Saez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3675170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence Saez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence |
| FAMILY NAME | Saez |
| SIGNATURE | SÁEZ L |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Winning big
Politicians winning elections with large margins of victory, beyond what is necessary to win electoral contests,what we term “winning big”, is a common, yet under-studied phenomenon across the world. Political economy models suggest that winning big is not an optimal allocation of scarce campaign resources in a SMP/FPTP electoral system. Inductive inquiry shows that incumbent politicians likely to win nevertheless campaign hard, often devoting co…
Bangladesh in 2017
Bangladesh experienced a turbulent year in 2017, largely as a result of damaging floods. Moreover, the flood of Rohingya refugees in the second half of the year added considerable strain to Bangladesh’s political economy. There are worrisome signs that the Bangladeshi state is using a range of institutional and extrajudicial mechanisms to stifle political opposition
Mapping the business systems of 61 major economies
Efforts to build a universal theory of the world's business systems require empirical grounding in an understanding of the variety that need explaining. To support such theorizing, we analyzed the institutional structures of 61 major economies, accounting for 93.5% of 2013 world GDP at purchasing power parity. We found nine main types of business systems: Highly Coordinated, Coordinated Market, Liberal Market, European Peripheral, Advanced Emergi…
New Dimensions of Politics in India
1. Introduction Lawrence Saez and Gurharpal Singh Part 1:Governance 2. Did the central government's poverty initiatives help to re-elect it? James Manor 3. The UPA and federalism: a paradigm shift? Harihar Bhattacharya 4. Educational exclusion and inclusive development in India Shailaja Fennell Part 2: Secularism 5. UPA and secularism, 2004-2009. Gurharpal Singh 6. The UPA and Muslims Steve Wilkinson 7. Beyond identity? The UPA rhetoric on social…
Bangladesh in 2016
The year 2016 was challenging for Bangladesh. Although there are promising signs of a transition toward upper lower-income status, there is sufficient political instability at the margins to warrant concern. The capstone political event was the July terrorist attack in Dhaka, which many feared might represent the first clear metastasized imprint of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Bangladesh
The Political Budget Cycle and Subnational Debt Expenditures in Federations
What political variables explain variations in subnational fiscal expenditures on interest payments on the debt? The author argues that the political budget cycle and center‐right political party ideology—rather than the effective number of parties, alternation of power, ideological proximity between the central government and constituent units, or most forms of political party ideology—can help explain the level of expenditures on interest payme…
The Business Systems of the World's Leading 61 Economies
Efforts to build a universal theory of the world's business systems require empirical grounding in an understanding of the variety that need explaining. To support such theorizing, we analyzed the institutional structures of 61 major economies, accounting for 93.5% of 2013 world GDP at purchasing power parity. We found nine main types of business systems: Highly Coordinated, Coordinated Market, Liberal Market, European Peripheral, Advanced Emergi…
India
This article provides an overview of the institutional structure of the business system of India. It explores the role of the state, the financial system, ownership and corporate governance, the internal structure of the firm (management), employment relations, education and skills formation, inter-company relations (networks), and social capital. It highlights the importance of the influence of British colonial rule and the role of the state in …
The future of South Asia
This article explains the challenges posed to developing social science and humanities research by the future of South Asia. The author argues that forecasting future trends about developments in South Asia is an activity limited by cognitive biases. The author then outlines some approaches that could generate new insights about how to study South Asia
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc)
"This work aims to examine the institutional structure, objectives, and effectiveness of the SAARC in its role as South Asia's leading regional institution"
When State Responses Fail
Why are some challenges to the territorial unity of democratic states more tractable than others? The literature has focused on numerous explanatory factors, including the impact of institutional reforms and government policies implemented in response to subnational mobilization and the ethnic identity of subnational groups. Building on the insights of a large literature on the political consequences of religious mobilization, this article analyz…
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Political Cycles, Political Institutions and Public Expenditure in India, 1980–2000
In Western democracies it is held that parties and their positions affect how politicians choose to make public expenditure and investment. This article examines the public policy choices of politicians in India, a large well-established democracy with remarkable subnational variation. Public expenditure, from education and health to agriculture and irrigation, is analysed. Counterintuitive findings – that election timing and political factors pl…
Political Studies in the UK
This article consists of a short summary of the notable historical shifts that have accompanied the emergence of political science as an academic discipline in the UK. We provide an assessment of the state of the discipline today, focussing upon curriculum developments and quality, student recruitment, the impact of the Research Assessment Exercise, and the UK Political Studies Association’s membership and activities (with particular emphasis on …
The Political Economy of Financial Services Reform in India
This article offers an explanation for disparities in the speed and level of political opposition to reform of the financial services sector in India. Focusing on the disparity of outcomes in reform of the insurance and the banking sector, the author suggests why some barriers to entry were present in India during the reform process. The author extends this argument to explain differing levels of political opposition to reform in the banking and …
The political economy of global firms from India and China
This article attempts to build a bridge between contemporary studies of global firms from emerging economies and existing theories in comparative political economy. It argues that given the primacy of the state as an economic actor in developing countries, the variety of capitalism literature could provide a theoretical foundation for firm-level analyses of emerging market multinationals. For example, the authors suggest that China and India may …
Trade and Conflict Reduction
The relationship between growing trade interdependence and the reduction of militarised inter-state conflict is one of the central theoretical tenets in neo-liberal institutionalism. This tenet, under various theoretical guises, is evaluated critically in this article. Using two illustrative examples, it is argued here that under certain specific conditions, trade interdependence is unlikely to occur and therefore the expected palliative effect o…
Response to “Diagnosing the Leaky Pipeline”
Reading the results of Lavariega-Monforti and Michelson's study of Latinas and Latinos in the profession in the January issue (“Diagnosing the Leaky Pipeline: Continuing Barriers to the Retention of Latinas and Latinos in Political Science”) made for depressing reading. Sadly, their observations are deadly accurate on the experiences of endemic institutional racism that Latino and Latina political scientists face in American academic institutions…
U.S. Policy and Energy Security in South Asia
South Asia's future energy consumption will be driven by continuing economic growth and demographic trends. The likely inability of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to meet burgeoning energy demands poses a threat to their energy security. U.S. policy in Asia constrains the ability of South Asian countries to enhance their energy security, either indigenously or through imports. This may have unintended consequences for U.S. strategic interests in…
Banking Reform in India and China
Banking in India
I n chapter 2 I described the historical and institutional developments of banking in China. In this chapter I will outline some of the key institutional features of India’s banking system. Although the focus will be upon modern banking institutions, it is important to recognize that the development of India’s modern banking system emerged during the period of British colonization. Building upon the existing network of indigenous banking houses, …
India in 2003
This article focuses on the electoral strategies adopted by the dominant national political parties in anticipation of the 2004 general election. The success of these strategies is apt to depend on the results of various state legislative assembly elections. We conclude with observations on recent realignments in India's foreign policy, particularly with respect to China and Pakistan
India in 2002
This article surveys some of the critical events that took place in India in 2002, paying particular attention to India's uneasy relationship with Pakistan. It also evaluates the significance of internal political developments, such as the significance of state assembly elections and the occurrence of riots in Gujarat. The survey concludes with a brief examination of India's economic developments
Sri Lanka in 2000 the Politics of Despair
The tragedy of Sri Lanka reached a harrowed equilibrium in the year 2000. Its prospects for bright economic growth and semblance of stable democratic rule have taken place against the backdrop of a protracted civil war, which dominates political discourse in the country. For the time being, it appears that there is a growing southern consensus favoring resolution to the civil war. At the same time, there are some indications that Tamil rebel grou…
The 1999 General Election in India
Mapping the business systems of 61 major economies
Efforts to build a universal theory of the world's business systems require empirical grounding in an understanding of the variety that need explaining. To support such theorizing, we analyzed the institutional structures of 61 major economies, accounting for 93.5% of 2013 world GDP at purchasing power parity. We found nine main types of business systems: Highly Coordinated, Coordinated Market, Liberal Market, European Peripheral, Advanced Emergi…
Political Cycles, Political Institutions and Public Expenditure in India, 1980–2000
In Western democracies it is held that parties and their positions affect how politicians choose to make public expenditure and investment. This article examines the public policy choices of politicians in India, a large well-established democracy with remarkable subnational variation. Public expenditure, from education and health to agriculture and irrigation, is analysed. Counterintuitive findings – that election timing and political factors pl…
When State Responses Fail
Why are some challenges to the territorial unity of democratic states more tractable than others? The literature has focused on numerous explanatory factors, including the impact of institutional reforms and government policies implemented in response to subnational mobilization and the ethnic identity of subnational groups. Building on the insights of a large literature on the political consequences of religious mobilization, this article analyz…
The Political Budget Cycle and Subnational Debt Expenditures in Federations
What political variables explain variations in subnational fiscal expenditures on interest payments on the debt? The author argues that the political budget cycle and center‐right political party ideology—rather than the effective number of parties, alternation of power, ideological proximity between the central government and constituent units, or most forms of political party ideology—can help explain the level of expenditures on interest payme…
The political economy of global firms from India and China
This article attempts to build a bridge between contemporary studies of global firms from emerging economies and existing theories in comparative political economy. It argues that given the primacy of the state as an economic actor in developing countries, the variety of capitalism literature could provide a theoretical foundation for firm-level analyses of emerging market multinationals. For example, the authors suggest that China and India may …
U.S. Policy and Energy Security in South Asia
South Asia's future energy consumption will be driven by continuing economic growth and demographic trends. The likely inability of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to meet burgeoning energy demands poses a threat to their energy security. U.S. policy in Asia constrains the ability of South Asian countries to enhance their energy security, either indigenously or through imports. This may have unintended consequences for U.S. strategic interests in…
The 1999 General Election in India
India's economic liberalization, interjurisdictional competition and development
This article discusses the impact that economic liberalization has had on federal relations in India. The article argues that economic liberalization has transformed federal relations in India from intergovernmental cooperation between the central government and the states towards insterjurisdictional competition among the states. The author posits that this change has resulted in an inconclusive legacy regarding economic polarization among the s…
The Business Systems of the World's Leading 61 Economies
Efforts to build a universal theory of the world's business systems require empirical grounding in an understanding of the variety that need explaining. To support such theorizing, we analyzed the institutional structures of 61 major economies, accounting for 93.5% of 2013 world GDP at purchasing power parity. We found nine main types of business systems: Highly Coordinated, Coordinated Market, Liberal Market, European Peripheral, Advanced Emergi…
Political Studies in the UK
This article consists of a short summary of the notable historical shifts that have accompanied the emergence of political science as an academic discipline in the UK. We provide an assessment of the state of the discipline today, focussing upon curriculum developments and quality, student recruitment, the impact of the Research Assessment Exercise, and the UK Political Studies Association’s membership and activities (with particular emphasis on …
India in 2002
This article surveys some of the critical events that took place in India in 2002, paying particular attention to India's uneasy relationship with Pakistan. It also evaluates the significance of internal political developments, such as the significance of state assembly elections and the occurrence of riots in Gujarat. The survey concludes with a brief examination of India's economic developments
The Sarkaria Commission and India's struggle for federalism
This article provides an overview and analysis of the 1988 Sarkaria Commission Report, the most prominent in a series of studies on Indian centre‐state relations. The article stresses the context under which the Sarkaria Commission was constituted and the reactions to it once released. The article focuses on key arguments presented by various state governments to restructure several aspects of federal relations in India. It concludes with an asse…
Octavio Paz 1915-1998
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India's economic liberalization, interjurisdictional competition and development
This article discusses the impact that economic liberalization has had on federal relations in India. The article argues that economic liberalization has transformed federal relations in India from intergovernmental cooperation between the central government and the states towards insterjurisdictional competition among the states. The author posits that this change has resulted in an inconclusive legacy regarding economic polarization among the s…
The Sarkaria Commission and India's struggle for federalism
This article provides an overview and analysis of the 1988 Sarkaria Commission Report, the most prominent in a series of studies on Indian centre‐state relations. The article stresses the context under which the Sarkaria Commission was constituted and the reactions to it once released. The article focuses on key arguments presented by various state governments to restructure several aspects of federal relations in India. It concludes with an asse…
Tocqueville’s Fragmented Encounter with India
Tocqueville’s investigation of India is one of the lesser-known contributions to his historiography
Sri Lanka in 2000 the Politics of Despair
The tragedy of Sri Lanka reached a harrowed equilibrium in the year 2000. Its prospects for bright economic growth and semblance of stable democratic rule have taken place against the backdrop of a protracted civil war, which dominates political discourse in the country. For the time being, it appears that there is a growing southern consensus favoring resolution to the civil war. At the same time, there are some indications that Tamil rebel grou…
The 1999 General Election in India
India in 2002
This article surveys some of the critical events that took place in India in 2002, paying particular attention to India's uneasy relationship with Pakistan. It also evaluates the significance of internal political developments, such as the significance of state assembly elections and the occurrence of riots in Gujarat. The survey concludes with a brief examination of India's economic developments
Banking Reform in India and China
Banking in India
I n chapter 2 I described the historical and institutional developments of banking in China. In this chapter I will outline some of the key institutional features of India’s banking system. Although the focus will be upon modern banking institutions, it is important to recognize that the development of India’s modern banking system emerged during the period of British colonization. Building upon the existing network of indigenous banking houses, …
India in 2003
This article focuses on the electoral strategies adopted by the dominant national political parties in anticipation of the 2004 general election. The success of these strategies is apt to depend on the results of various state legislative assembly elections. We conclude with observations on recent realignments in India's foreign policy, particularly with respect to China and Pakistan
U.S. Policy and Energy Security in South Asia
South Asia's future energy consumption will be driven by continuing economic growth and demographic trends. The likely inability of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to meet burgeoning energy demands poses a threat to their energy security. U.S. policy in Asia constrains the ability of South Asian countries to enhance their energy security, either indigenously or through imports. This may have unintended consequences for U.S. strategic interests in…
Trade and Conflict Reduction
The relationship between growing trade interdependence and the reduction of militarised inter-state conflict is one of the central theoretical tenets in neo-liberal institutionalism. This tenet, under various theoretical guises, is evaluated critically in this article. Using two illustrative examples, it is argued here that under certain specific conditions, trade interdependence is unlikely to occur and therefore the expected palliative effect o…
Response to “Diagnosing the Leaky Pipeline”
Reading the results of Lavariega-Monforti and Michelson's study of Latinas and Latinos in the profession in the January issue (“Diagnosing the Leaky Pipeline: Continuing Barriers to the Retention of Latinas and Latinos in Political Science”) made for depressing reading. Sadly, their observations are deadly accurate on the experiences of endemic institutional racism that Latino and Latina political scientists face in American academic institutions…
Political Studies in the UK
This article consists of a short summary of the notable historical shifts that have accompanied the emergence of political science as an academic discipline in the UK. We provide an assessment of the state of the discipline today, focussing upon curriculum developments and quality, student recruitment, the impact of the Research Assessment Exercise, and the UK Political Studies Association’s membership and activities (with particular emphasis on …
The Political Economy of Financial Services Reform in India
This article offers an explanation for disparities in the speed and level of political opposition to reform of the financial services sector in India. Focusing on the disparity of outcomes in reform of the insurance and the banking sector, the author suggests why some barriers to entry were present in India during the reform process. The author extends this argument to explain differing levels of political opposition to reform in the banking and …
The political economy of global firms from India and China
This article attempts to build a bridge between contemporary studies of global firms from emerging economies and existing theories in comparative political economy. It argues that given the primacy of the state as an economic actor in developing countries, the variety of capitalism literature could provide a theoretical foundation for firm-level analyses of emerging market multinationals. For example, the authors suggest that China and India may …
Political Cycles, Political Institutions and Public Expenditure in India, 1980–2000
In Western democracies it is held that parties and their positions affect how politicians choose to make public expenditure and investment. This article examines the public policy choices of politicians in India, a large well-established democracy with remarkable subnational variation. Public expenditure, from education and health to agriculture and irrigation, is analysed. Counterintuitive findings – that election timing and political factors pl…
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc)
"This work aims to examine the institutional structure, objectives, and effectiveness of the SAARC in its role as South Asia's leading regional institution"
When State Responses Fail
Why are some challenges to the territorial unity of democratic states more tractable than others? The literature has focused on numerous explanatory factors, including the impact of institutional reforms and government policies implemented in response to subnational mobilization and the ethnic identity of subnational groups. Building on the insights of a large literature on the political consequences of religious mobilization, this article analyz…
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
The future of South Asia
This article explains the challenges posed to developing social science and humanities research by the future of South Asia. The author argues that forecasting future trends about developments in South Asia is an activity limited by cognitive biases. The author then outlines some approaches that could generate new insights about how to study South Asia
India
This article provides an overview of the institutional structure of the business system of India. It explores the role of the state, the financial system, ownership and corporate governance, the internal structure of the firm (management), employment relations, education and skills formation, inter-company relations (networks), and social capital. It highlights the importance of the influence of British colonial rule and the role of the state in …
The Business Systems of the World's Leading 61 Economies
Efforts to build a universal theory of the world's business systems require empirical grounding in an understanding of the variety that need explaining. To support such theorizing, we analyzed the institutional structures of 61 major economies, accounting for 93.5% of 2013 world GDP at purchasing power parity. We found nine main types of business systems: Highly Coordinated, Coordinated Market, Liberal Market, European Peripheral, Advanced Emergi…
The Political Budget Cycle and Subnational Debt Expenditures in Federations
What political variables explain variations in subnational fiscal expenditures on interest payments on the debt? The author argues that the political budget cycle and center‐right political party ideology—rather than the effective number of parties, alternation of power, ideological proximity between the central government and constituent units, or most forms of political party ideology—can help explain the level of expenditures on interest payme…
New Dimensions of Politics in India
1. Introduction Lawrence Saez and Gurharpal Singh Part 1:Governance 2. Did the central government's poverty initiatives help to re-elect it? James Manor 3. The UPA and federalism: a paradigm shift? Harihar Bhattacharya 4. Educational exclusion and inclusive development in India Shailaja Fennell Part 2: Secularism 5. UPA and secularism, 2004-2009. Gurharpal Singh 6. The UPA and Muslims Steve Wilkinson 7. Beyond identity? The UPA rhetoric on social…
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