DAFF 25A07 - Introduction to International Political Economy

This course is designed to provide an overview of the main thematic areas in International Political Economy (IPE) to postgraduate students. The course combines mainstream and critical approaches to IPE, addressing topics at the state level politics to those at the economic and cultural levels. The course provides the opportunity to engage and interpret international events in light of IPE's theoretical tools. Upon completion students should: − Attain a relatively good grasp of the different approaches to ongoing events and underlying political, economic and cultural reasons for them − Identify the main issues in IPE and be able to analyse them critically − Be able to navigate between different approaches but also capable to anchor their perspective in a more in-depth knowledge of a specific area of IPE
Kambaiz RAFI
Séminaire
English
Autumn 2023-2024
− A group presentation regarding theme in the weekly session (list of topics to be shared by the lecturer in the first week) (30%) − End of semester essay – list of essay questions to be shared by the lecturer (60%) − In-class enagagement, including participation in discussions and engaging with reading material (10%)
G. T Crane and A. Amawi, The Theoretical Evolution of International Political Economy. A Reader (Oxford: OUP, 1997)
− J. Frieden and D. Lake, eds., International Political Economy. Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth (London: Routledge, 2003)
− S. Gill and D. Law, The Global Political Economy: Perspectives, Problems and Policies (Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1988)
− R. Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relations (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987)
− Amin, S., Delinking: Towards a polycentric world. (New York: Zed Books. 1990)