International Political Economy
Etablissement : ESPOL European School of Political and Social Sciences
Langue : Anglais
Formation(s) dans laquelle/lesquelles le cours apparait :
- Licence de Relations Internationales [ECTS : 3,00]
Période : S4
– Introduce the global economy as a political competition that produces winners and losers
– Conceptualize and analyze the functioning of the global economy holistically
– Emphasize fundamental economic concepts as well as the interplay between interests and institutions to explain how the global economy works
– Outline and explain the development of global capitalism over the past two centuries
– Critically assess how economic policy is determined in the context of globalization
– Review and evaluate studies in various areas of research in IPE
Lecture Dates
Tuesdays 9:00-11:00 on the following dates: 12/9; 19/9; 26/9; 3/10; 10/10; 7/11; 14/11; 21/11; 28/11.
Course Description
With the expansion of globalization during the last decades, economic conflict and cooperation among states play an increasingly important role for international political affairs in the modern state system. This course offers an introduction to major concepts, theories and issue areas in international political economy. It addresses the two-way relationships between politics and economics in the historical and contemporary international system by exploring the political origins of international economic relations as well as the impact of economic factors on domestic and international politics.
The course first reviews the general historical and theoretical frameworks that guide the study of international political economy. It then applies them to the relations between states and non-state actors in a variety of issue areas including trade, development, money, exchange rates and European monetary integration. The course concludes with a discussion of the implications of globalization for political accountability and democracy.
Course Outline
I. Background: analytical frameworks
1. The international economic system
2. Historical debates
3. The political economy of ‘International Relations’
II. Politics of international trade
4. International trade cooperation
5. Domestic trade politics
6. Trade and development
III. Politics of international money and finance
7. International monetary cooperation
8. Exchange rate politics
9. European monetary integration and crisis politics
IV. Globalization and its consequences
10. Democracy in globalized economies
