INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY - POS510 Spring 2024
Course
Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. International/Global Political Economy (IPE/GPE): What is GPE?This lesion covers the contours of what constitutes the field of international/global political economy. |
2. Classical Liberalism and Labor Value TheoryThis lesson will introduce the bedrocks of contemporary political economy, with a focus on the international dynamics of classical liberalism and economic nationalism. |
3. Marxism and the Critique of CapitalThis lesson tackles the complexities, both in accuracy and inadequacy, of Marx’s critique of the capitalist system, and applies it to theories of globalization. |
4. Evolutionary Economics and the Politics of RationalismThis section looks at the development of post-human value theories of wealth and focuses on the construction of certain socioeconomic systems. |
5. Interactions of "International" and "Domestic" ForcesThis session engages with the nature of interactions of international and domestic forces and their consequences. |
6. International/Global Trading SystemsThis class addresses the “knots and bolts” of the global trading system and its evolution. |
7. Midterm Exam |
8. International/Global Monetary and Financial SystemsThis lesson examines the historical and contemporary intricacies of global monetary and financial structures and actors. |
9. The Handling of Global Financial CrisesThis class handles several global financial crises and the way international actors and institutions have handled and mishandled them. |
10. Backlash against GlobalizationThis course discusses how further globalization will necessarily generate political reactions, at times, in a populist manner. |
11. Contrasting Global Growth, Inequality and PovertyThis session examines the impact that the pursuit of global growth and profit have had on global inequality and poverty. |
12. International Economic DevelopmentThis section looks at the successes and failures of international economic development. |
13. Global Economy and the EnvironmentThe final lesson discusses the impact of global economy on the environment, questioning the rationale of global economic growth and examining political and technological possibilities for dealing with the climate change crisis. |
14. Final Essay |