PL22029: International political economy
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 60%, EXCB 40% |
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Students successfully completing this unit will be able to demonstrate:
1. knowledge of different theoretical approaches to International Political Economy;
2. knowledge and understanding of debates surrounding globalisation in the international economy, its problems, and implications;
3. understanding of the different roles of states, international organisations, and non-state actors in the make-up and development of the global economic system;
4. ability to identify key drivers of global integration and regionalisation and their effects on states and national politics.
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| Synopsis: | Draw upon key theoretical approaches to the study of International Political Economy and explore issues concerning the changing interrelationship between political and economic actors and activity in the context of globalisation. These include the global financial and monetary systems, international trade and trade wars, digitisation and the rise of Big Tech, climate change and sustainability, economic crises, and the paradox of regionalisation within globalisation. |
| Content: | How to grasp a world that is changing with baffling speed, a world of financial crises, global imbalances, environmental risk, changing trade relationships, new technologies, and global food supplies threatened by political developments? Focusing on the international dimension, this course will aim to demonstrate that a political economic approach is particularly useful for making sense of our contemporary predicaments. Looking at how states and markets are intertwined and mutually constructed, the unit will initially cover the grand theoretical traditions of International Political Economy, moving on to central actors in the global economy like firms, labour, states, and finally to structures and issues like the rise of Big Tech, the political economic impact of climate change, economic crises, and changing global supply chains. |
| Course availability: |
PL22029 is Compulsory on the following courses:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
PL22029 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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