The Institute of European Studies invites you to a lecture on January 12, starting at 12 noon (CET):
Dr. Francesco Stolfi
Border Clashes: The Distributive Politics of Professional Liberalisation in Greece, 2010–2018
Dr. Francesco Stolfi is a lecturer in public policy in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations. He received Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh (2006). Before he joined Macquarie in July 2017, he taught in the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Malaysia. He has published on the politics of administrative reform in Italy and Europe, on fiscal federalism and on the political economy of banking.
In the lecture we will talk about the political conflict surrounding the implementation of the European Union’s Services Directive in Greece between 2010 and 2018, the period in which the country was subject to external conditionality by external institutions. Focusing on the opening of jurisdictional boundaries for four professions (tourist guides, taxi owners, lawyers and engineers) that differ in terms of power and of organisational structure, we find that power differences, including control of the professions’ institutions of interest aggregation and representation, explain the liberalisation outcomes across the four professions. This lecture thus puts the spotlight on the role of domestic interest groups in the implementation of EU legislation and directs researchers’ attention to the broader issue of bias in interest intermediation, a classic, but lately understudied, issue in the study of politics.
The audience can follow the lecture live, as well as via the Zoom link, with prior registration at the following address:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_co6dCrBhS6SYZCLZQR0G0w
