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Bachelor 2023/2024

International Political Economy

Type: Compulsory course (HSE University and Kyung Hee University Double Degree Programme in Economics and Politics in Asia)
Area of studies: Foreign Regional Studies
Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When: 2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Печищева Людмила Александровна, Konstantin Korneev
Language: English
ECTS credits: 4
Contact hours: 60

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Abstract

The idea of International Political Economy (IPE) covers the intersection of politics and economics as goods, services, money, people, and values move across borders and/or nations. More detailed, International Political Economy is a big research field that explores the multifaceted interaction between domestic and international factors as well as different political and economic forces that shape/change global agenda. Quantitative analysis forms the background of the IPE major. In order to test hypotheses, compare theories and study main trends in political economy, students should be competent in some aspects of statistics and econometrics. The topics include IPE theoretical perspectives, international trade theories and regimes, introduction to the macroeconomic analysis, global monetary and financial systems, cross-border investment and production, international development, and various globalization issues. Some of important contemporary IPE issues will be substantively discussed during the class with mandatory/voluntary student presentation. Pre-requisites/Пререквизиты 1. Mathematics for Economics and Business 2. Introduction to Economics 3. Introduction to Political Science 4. Economic & Political Geography of Southeast Asia
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the key topics, concepts, and issues of IPE
  • Differentiate various theoretical perspectives of IPE
  • Understand global/regional trade regimes and related IPE issues
  • Examine the international monetary and financial relations and the mechanism of global financial crisis
  • Understand the meaning of key macroeconomic indicators: national income and output, unemployment, inflation, export/import
  • Explore the debates over globalization and its impacts
  • Examine the causes and possible consequences of the growing global tension
  • Understand the mutual influence of economic and political factors for decision-making by states or other entities (players)
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Able to think critically and interpret the experience (personal and of other persons), relate to professional and social activities
  • Able to solve professional problems based on synthesis and analysis
  • Improve ability to analyze key prerequisites that determine decision-making process
  • Make a forecast of the economic development taking into account factors of financial crisis and geopolitical tension
  • Train and advance skills, techniques, and capacities for constructing, presenting, and persuading arguments
  • Evaluate a role of international organizations and value of core macroeconomic indicators
  • Improve skills of cause-and-effect relationships, assessment of political and socio-economic events, identification of their links with the civilizational context
  • Determine trends and patterns of complex development at the global, regional, national-state, and local levels
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Section 1. What is IPE?
  • Section 2. Theoretical Perspectives of IPE
  • Section 3. International Collaboration and Coordination (I)
  • Section 4. International Collaboration and Coordination (II)
  • Section 5. Domestic Politics and IPE (I)
  • Section 6. Domestic Politics and IPE (II)
  • Section 7. International Trade theory and Global Trade regimes
  • Section 8. Regionalism and Regional Trade regimes
  • Section 9. International Monetary and Financial Regimes (I)
  • Section 10. International Monetary and Financial Regimes (II)
  • Section 11. Global Financial Crisis (I)
  • Section 12. Global Financial Crisis (II)
  • Section 13. Key issues of Globalization (I)
  • Section 14. Key issues of Globalization (II)
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Presentations (Part 1)
  • non-blocking Presentations (Part 2)
  • non-blocking Research work
  • non-blocking Report
  • non-blocking Case-study
  • non-blocking Debates (throughout a module)
  • non-blocking Quiz 1
  • non-blocking Quiz 2
  • non-blocking Attendance and participation
    Two absences are excused per term. In case of the student’s absence for a valid reason, the student must provide a Certificate of Illness/Medical Note to the Students’ Office in the span of 1 (one) working day since the end of their sick leave, else their absence will be graded as 0 (zero). Each additional absence beyond the allowed number will lower the final grade for the course by 0,5-point grade without compromise. Additionally, if the student has three or more absences per term without a valid reason, they receive 0 (zero) for the “Attendance” part of the final grade.
  • non-blocking Midterm exam
    Each student answer one question from a pre-proposed list; additional question are possible. The maximum achievable result is 3 points. Every student has 30 minutes to prepare.
  • non-blocking Presentations (Part 1)
  • non-blocking Presentations (Part 2)
  • non-blocking Research work
  • non-blocking Report
  • non-blocking Case-study
  • non-blocking Debates (throughout a module)
  • non-blocking Quiz 1
  • non-blocking Quiz 2
  • non-blocking Attendance and participation
    Two absences are excused per term. In case of the student’s absence for a valid reason, the student must provide a Certificate of Illness/Medical Note to the Students’ Office in the span of 1 (one) working day since the end of their sick leave, else their absence will be graded as 0 (zero). Each additional absence beyond the allowed number will lower the final grade for the course by 0,5-point grade without compromise. Additionally, if the student has three or more absences per term without a valid reason, they receive 0 (zero) for the “Attendance” part of the final grade.
  • non-blocking Final exam
    Every student answer two questions from a pre-proposed list, and the maximum possible result is 4 points for both questions. Also, each student has 40 minutes to prepare, after which it is necessary to start the answer.
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 1st module
    0.1 * Attendance and participation + 0.1 * Case-study + 0.2 * Debates (throughout a module) + 0.3 * Midterm exam + 0.05 * Presentations (Part 1) + 0.05 * Presentations (Part 2) + 0.05 * Quiz 1 + 0.05 * Quiz 2 + 0.05 * Report + 0.05 * Research work
  • 2023/2024 2nd module
    0.1 * Attendance and participation + 0.1 * Case-study + 0.1 * Debates (throughout a module) + 0.4 * Final exam + 0.05 * Presentations (Part 1) + 0.05 * Presentations (Part 2) + 0.05 * Quiz 1 + 0.05 * Quiz 2 + 0.05 * Report + 0.05 * Research work
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Global political economy ed. by John Ravenhill. (2011).
  • Oatley, T. H. (2019). International Political Economy : Sixth Edition (Vol. Sixth edition). New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1753151
  • Theodore H. Cohn. (2016). Global Political Economy : Theory and Practice: Vol. Seventh edition. Routledge.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Breslin, S., & University of Warwick. (2002). New Regionalism in the Global Political Economy : Theories and Cases. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=96454
  • Gilpin, R., & Gilpin, J. M. (2001). Global Political Economy : Understanding the International Economic Order. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=340193
  • International Political Economy : Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth Frieden, Jeffry A.; Lake, David A. Routledge 2002 ISBN: ISBN number:9780415222792, ISBN number:9780203518588
  • John Ravenhill. (2014). Global value chains and development. Review of International Political Economy, (1), 264. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2013.858366
  • Linsi, L., Metinsoy, S., Egger, C., Fuller, G., & Voelkner, N. (2020). The Covid-19 Pandemic:Continuity and Change in the International Political Economy. Globalisation Studies Groningen.
  • Palan, R. (2013). Global Political Economy : Contemporary Theories. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=573557
  • The Oxford Handbook of the Political Economy and International Trade / ed. by Lisa L. Martin, 2015 DOI: 10.1093/oxfodhh/9780199981755.001.001

Authors

  • Базарова Евгения Сергеевна
  • KORNEEV KONSTANTIN ANATOLIEVICH