Jonathan Zeitlin
Director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE)
Founding Director of the European Union Center
Editor, Socio-Economic Review
319 Ingraham
Alternate Office: 2450 Sewell Social Sciences
(608) 265-6640
jzeitlin@ssc.wisc.edu
Office Hours: T 11-12 except 2nd T of the month, 11-12, and by appt. (Fall'09)
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Publications:
Zeitlin, Jonathan, and Pochet, Philippe (eds.), 2005: The Open Method of Coordination in Action: The European Employment and Social Inclusion Strategies, Brussels: PIE-Peter Lang.
Kristensen, Peer Hull, and Zeitlin, Jonathan, 2005. Local Players in Global Games: The Strategic Constitution of a Multinational Corporation, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sabel, Charles, and Zeitlin, Jonathan, 2004. "Neither Modularity nor Relational Contracting: Interfirm Collaboration in the New Economy", Enterprise and Society 5(3): 388-403.
Whitford, Josh, and Zeitlin, Jonathan, 2004. "Governing Decentralized Production: Institutions, Public Policy, and the Prospects for Inter-Firm Cooperation in the United States", in Jonathan Zeitlin (ed.), "Supply Chain Governance and Regional Development in the Global Economy", special issue of Industry and Innovation, 11(1-2): 11-44.
Zeitlin, Jonathan, and Trubek, David M. (eds.) 2003. Governing Work and Welfare in a New Economy: European and American Experiments, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Areas of Interest:
Class Analysis and Historical Change
Comparative/Historical Sociology
Economic Sociology
Organizational and Occupational Analysis
Sociology of Economic Change and Development
Affiliations:
Center for East Asian Studies
Center for German and European Studies
Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy
Center on Wisconsin Strategy
European Union Center of Excellence
International Institute
Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs
Sociology
Research Interest Statement:
Professor Zeitlin’s research deals with the comparative and historical analysis of socio-economic governance, business organization, and employment relations. He has published widely in the fields of economic sociology, comparative political economy, industrial relations, and the sociology of work, covering issues such as flexible specialization and post-Fordism, technology and skills, industrial districts and regional development, multinational corporations, and inter-firm supplier networks. His current research focuses on new forms of experimentalist governance and the restructuring of welfare states and employment systems, with particular emphasis on the European Union and the United States.