IP37320 - INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: APPROACHES AND DEVELOPMENTS

Module Identifier	IP37320
Module Title	INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: APPROACHES AND DEVELOPMENTS
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Randall Germain
Semester	Intended for use in future years
Next year offered	N/A
Next semester offered	N/A
Course delivery	Seminars / Tutorials	8 Hours 8 x 2 hours
Assessment	Essay	1 x 1,500 word essay	30%
	Essay	1 x 4,000 word essay	70%

Aims

To explore in a theoretically-informed manner keydevelopments in the contemporary global political economy. The module will achieve this aim by:

exploring important theoretical attempts to understand change in International Political Economy
by considering significant issues in light of the themes raised by these theorists.

Topics:
Mainstream realism: Robert Gilpin and international economic order
Iconoclastic Realism: Susan Strange and the structure of the world economy
Historical materialism: Robert Cox and the structure of world order
The New Gramscians: Craig Murphy and international civil society
Crisis and Renewal: the contemporary period
Transnational and Multilateral Relations in the Global Political Economy
Governing Global Finance
European Monetary Union
Global Financial Crises

Objectives

Students who complete this module should be familiar with important theoretical themes in International Political Economy and be able to use these themes to apprehend recent developments in the global economy.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Craig Murphy and Roger Tooze eds. The New International Political Economy.
George T Crane and Abla Amawi. The Theoretical Evolution of International Political Economy (2nd edition).