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:


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).