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Bachelor 2024/2025

International Political Economy

Area of studies: International Relations
When: 3 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Maxim Bratersky
Language: English
ECTS credits: 4

Course Syllabus

Abstract

International Political Economy (IPE) is a field that explores the interaction between domestic and international factors as well as political and economic forces that shape/change international relations. The topics include IPE theoretical perspectives, international trade theories and regimes, introduction to the macroeconomic analysis, global monetary/financial regimes, 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:1. Introduction to International Relations2. Introduction to Economics3. Comparative Area Studies4. Economic & Political Geography of Southeast Asia
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • At the end of this course, and having completed the Essential reading and activities, you should be able to: • demonstrate an understanding of the processes of global integration and fragmentation in international politics and economics • show what the sources are of continuity and change in international political economy • demonstrate an appreciation of the history of thought in international political economy • distinguish between, and critically evaluate, different theoretical approaches to international political economy • explain the different roles of states, international organisations and non- state actors in the politics of international economic relations • show an understanding of the economic challenges facing states in their foreign policy.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • demonstrate an appreciation of the history of thought in international political economy
  • demonstrate an understanding of the processes of global integration and fragmentation in international politics and economics
  • distinguish between, and critically evaluate, different theoretical approaches to international political economy
  • explain the different roles of states, international organizations and non- state actors in the politics of international economic relations
  • show an understanding of the economic challenges facing states in their foreign policy
  • show what the sources are of continuity and change in the international political economy
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Globalization in international political economy
  • Mercantilism and economic nationalism
  • Classical liberalism and neo-liberalism
  • Imperialism, dependency and neo-Marxism
  • The international trade system
  • The global financial and monetary order
  • Economic development
  • Multinational corporation
  • Environmental protection
  • Regionalism in a global economy
  • Conclusion: the political economy of international relations
  • Theories of international political economy. Wrap up
  • Structures, issues and actors. Wrap up
  • Exam preparations session
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • blocking Final Exam
  • non-blocking MOCK exam 2
  • non-blocking Attendance
  • non-blocking Presentations
  • non-blocking MOCK Exam 1
  • non-blocking Seminar activity
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 4th module
    0.2 * Attendance + 0.4 * Final Exam + 0.1 * MOCK Exam 1 + 0.1 * MOCK exam 2 + 0 * Presentations + 0.2 * Seminar activity
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • The Emergence of the Global Political Economy. William Thompson and Jeremy Black
  • Thompson, John. Europe's Crises, edited by Manuel Castells, et al., Polity Press, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5188194.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Frieden, J. A., & Lake, D. A. (2000). International Political Economy : Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth (Vol. 4th ed). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=83119

Authors

  • Braterskii Maksim VLADIMIROVICH
  • STROKOV IVAN DENISOVICH