In memoriam Uwe Becker, 1951-2014

摘要

This special issue is dedicated to one of our authors, Professor Uwe Becker, who sadly passed away while we were going to press. The issue is therefore dedicated to his memory. Uwe was Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, and belonged to the Research Group on Political Economy and Transnational Governance. He worked mainly in the fields of comparative politics and political economy, with particular reference to Europe and to the study of varieties of capitalism; recently he had extended his research also to the 'BRICS' economies. During his career he worked as a Visiting Scholar at the European University Institute in Florence, the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, Uppsala University, the University of New South Wales and the State University of Rio de Janeiro. His recent works include Open Varieties of Capitalism: Continuity, Change and Performance (Palgrave 2009) and (as editor) The Changing Political Economies of Small West European Countries (Amsterdam University Press 2011).