Global Political Economy

Master 2020/2021

Type: Elective course (Political Analysis and Public Policy)

Area of studies: Political Science

Delivered by: Public Policy Department

Where: Faculty of Social Sciences

When: 1 year, 3, 4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Instructors: Alexandra Alexandrovna Moskovskaya

Master’s programme: Political Analysis and Public Policy

Language: English

ECTS credits: 5

Contact hours: 40

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Abstract

This course is based on the following knowledge and competences: •Basic economic concepts like supply and demand, equilibrium analysis, market failure The course is a fine balance between traditional International Relations courses that focus on security and foreign policies and courses that are often titled Politics of International Economic Relations that focus on trade and monetary policies. In that, it discusses theories, research methods, globalization and its impact on national public policy substance and processes, evolving relations between states and markets, and among states. Basic political science concepts like various political theories and types of power in politics General knowledge of and interest in global affairs and how do they affect nations Students are strongly encouraged to watch the following three documentaries: “Commanding Heights” (3 episodes of 2 hour each, available at youtube.com). Following disciplines make the core of this course International Relations and Political Economy • International Development Policy • International Energy and Climate Policy • International Trade and Finance • Theory of International Policy Process

Learning Objectives

To examine at an advanced level with the contemporary issues in global political economy, theoretical frameworks and research approaches to analyze the issues of global political economy.
To comprehend -The key issue around which the course develops its subject matter is international cooperation in various policy areas
- To understand the role of international institutions in facilitating global governance of global issues such as trade, finance, development, climate change, and other social and macroeconomic policies.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Be able to discuss and reproduce these concepts and theories, be able to find links between them and analyze them
Be able to recognize important human rights problems, analyze them and suggest possible ways of solving them
Compare issues with human rights in different regions and countries -Competently define priorities in analysis of human rights policy
Work with primary data sources and literature on the unfolding dynamics of the Global political economy.
 Analyzing the various trends in the international economic debate
Developing the critical perspective and have advanced level of theoretical and academic discussion on the Global Political Economic challenges

Course Contents

Introduction to Global Political Economy- foreign and domestic economic policies of countries in the Developed and Developing Countries. Historical sociology and global transformation
New odysseys in global political economy-Fundamentalist contention and economic conflict
The Meta-geographical moments-geo-historical interpretation and globalization
Creating global hegemony- Culture and the market
Global interests: race, gender, and culture in our postcolonial order
Mergers, stagflation, and the logic of globalization
Globalization as global history Introducing a dialectical analysis
“New” trade theory, and a Keynesian reformist project
Structuring the political arena: public goods, states & governance in a globalizing world
From National Development to World Development: The Underdevelopment of Development
Globalization and theories of regulation
Balance between Soft and Hard Geopolitics, Democratic wars and International law within fragmented capitalism
GLOBALIZING DEMOCRACY IN The productive economy- material-based to information-based production
Rewriting the reproductive economy- Non-waged labour and informalization
Technologies – shaping dematerialization and deterritorialization, The informational economy
Two worlds apart? Davos’ World Economic Forum and Porto Alegre’s World Social Forum
Labour and business on a global scale
In the making of global consumer policy- consumer participation and engagement in the Global Political Economy
Global public policy – the new policy arrangements of business and countervailing groups Global dreams and local anger- From structural to acute violence in a globalizing world
Exploitation and solidarity Putting the political back into GPE

Assessment Elements

Active participation
Midterm paper
Presentation
Final paper

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (4 module)
0.1 * Active participation + 0.4 * Final paper + 0.3 * Midterm paper + 0.2 * Presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Cutler, A. C. (1999). Location “Authority” in the Global Political Economy. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.37C9BAAE
New regionalisms in the global political economy : [theories and cases] / ed. by Shaun Breslin . (2002). London [u.a.]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.105266469
Peterson, V. S. (2003). A Critical Rewriting of Global Political Economy : Integrating Reproductive, Productive and Virtual Economies. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=106078
Ten Brink, T., & Bale, J. (2014). Global Political Economy and the Modern State System. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=783319
Underhill, G. R. D. (2000). State, market, and global political economy: genealogy of an (inter-?) discipline. International Affairs, 76(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.00166

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Gnangnon, S. K. (2019). Trade Policy Space, Economic Growth, and Transitional Convergence in terms of Economic Development. Journal of Economic Integration, (1), 1. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.ris.integr.0762

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