INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

PSIR607

Course Code: PSIR607
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Nazlı Şenses Özcan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gain comprehensive knowledge about various theoretical approaches to international po-litical economy and gain skills to use this knowledge in the analysis of contemporary is-sues of political economy
Develop an understanding of the emergence and evolution of the world economy; and of its major historical turning points; and relates them to the political transformations in this process
Conceive the inner connections between the concepts of capitalism, neoliberalism, glo-balization and imperialism from a historical perspective and relate them to current theo-retical debates.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

The aim of this course is to inform students about the major theoretical debates and empirical research areas of international political economy and to develop their ability to research and critical analysis. The course consists of three parts. In the first part of the course, the different theoretical approaches to international political economy are examined. The second part deals with the formation and development process of the world economy and in this context, the internal connections of concepts such as capitalism, neoliberalism, globalization, imperialism is discussed within a historical framework. In the third part of the course, the contemporary issue areas such as the 2008 crisis, the rise of the BRIC countries, global inequalities and poverty are discussed.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: Emergence and evolution of international political economy
2^nd Week	Liberal and realist approaches
3^rd Week	Classical Marxism, imperialism and dependency theories
4^th Week	Neo-Gramscian approaches
5^th Week	Feminist approaches
6^th Week	Origins and historical development of capitalism
7^th Week	World economy from World War II to the 1970s
8^th Week	Mid-term Exam
9^th Week	1970s: From economic crisis to debt crisis
10^th Week	1980s: Neoliberalism and Washington Consensus
11^th Week	1990s: Globalization and post-Washington Consensus
12^th Week	World economy in the 2000s and the 2008 crisis
13^th Week	Rising powers in the global economy
14^th Week	BRIC countries
15^th Week	Global inequalities and poverty

Recommended or Required Reading

M. Kratke and G. R.D. Underhill (2006) Political Economy: The Revival of an Interdiscipline, in Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill (Eds.) Political Economy and the Changing Global Order, Oxford: Oxford University Press, s.24-37.
B. J. Cohen (2007) The transatlantic divide: Why are American and British IPE so different, Review of International Political Economy, 14: 2, s.197 219.
W. Robinson (2007) Theories of Globalization in (ed.) George Ritzer Blackwell Companion to Globalization, Oxford: Blackwell.
D. Harvey (2007) The Limits to Capital, London: Verso.
A. Callinicos (2009) Imperialism and Global Political Economy, Cambrdige: Polity Press.
R. Cox (1987) Production, Power and World Order, Columbia University Press.
A. Bieler et al (2006) Global Restructuring, State, Capital and Labour: Contesting Neo-Gramscian Perspectives, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
I.Bakker and S. Gill (2004) Power, Production and Social Reproduction: Human In/security in the Global Political Economy, Palgrave Mcmillan.
I.Bakker (2007) Social Reproduction and the Constitution of a Gendered Political Economy, New Political Economy,12:4, 541-556.
P. Griffin (2007) Refashioning IPE: What and how gender analysis teaches international (global) political economy, Review of International Political Economy, 14:4, 719-736.
E. M. Wood (2002) The Origin of Capitalism, London: Verso.
L. Panitch and S. Gindin (2013) The Making of Global Capitalism, London: Verso.
R. Kiely (2005) The Clash of Globalisations: Neo-liberalism, the Third Way and Anti-Globalisation, Brill: Leiden.
E. Helleiner (1996) States and the Reemergence of Global Finance ,Cornell University Press
D. Bryan, D (1995) The Chase Across the Globe: International Accumulation and the Contra-dictions for Nation-States, Westview Press.
Ş. Oğuz (2015) Rethinking Globalization as Internationalization of Capital: Implications for Understanding State Restructuring", Science and Society, Vol.79, No.3, 334-360.
D. McNally (2010) Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance, Oak-land: PM Press.
D. Harvey (2010) The Enigma of Capital: And the Crises of Capitalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
R. Kiely (2015) The BRICs, US `Decline' and Global Transformations, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
W.I. Robinson (2015) The transnational state and the BRICS: a global capitalism perspective, Third World Quarterly, 36:1, 1-21.
P. Cammack (2012) The G20, the Crisis, and the Rise of Global Developmental Liberalism, Third World Quarterly, 33:1, 1-16.
M. Castells (2010) The Rise of Network Society, Wiley-Blackwell.
G. Standing (2009) Work After Globalization: Building Occupational Citizenship, UK: Chel-tenham.
T. Piketty (2014) Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press.
W.I. Robinson and J. Harris (2000) Towards A Global Ruling Class Globalization and the Transnational Capitalist Class, Science and Society, Vol. 64, No.1.
W. Carroll (2014) Whither the transnational capitalist class, Socialist Register, Vol.50.
D. Porter and D. Craig (2004) The third way and the third world: poverty reduction and so-cial inclusion in the rise of 'inclusive' liberalism, Review of International Political Economy, 11:2, 387 423.
S. Sönmez (2005) Dünya Ekonomisinde Dönüşüm, İmge Kitabevi, 2005.
Ü. Akçay-A. R. Güngen (2014) Finansallaşma, Borç Krizi ve Çöküş: Küresel Kapitalizmin Geleceği, Nota Bene Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	50
Assignment	2	50
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	6	84
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	50	50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	2	62	124
Total Work Load			302
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.06
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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