Date: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: Thai Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Cathie Jo Martin
Chair: Jonathan Hopkin

The lecture will draw on the book The Political Construction of Corporate Interests (co-authored with Duane Swank), which addresses the puzzle when and why businesses cooperate. Prof. Martin will investigate how politicians' attempts to evade labour radicalism and preempt parliamentary democratization led to the creation of strong business associations with the capacity to coordinate business behaviour.

Cathie Jo Martin is professor of Political Science at Boston University and former chair of the Council for European Studies. Professor Martin specializes in the relationship between business and social policy and other issues in comparative public policy.

For a video interview outlining some of Professor Martin’s arguments, please click here.

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