SE-113 International Political Economy
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- School of Business and Law
- Course Leader:
- Stina Torjesen
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn
- Teaching language:
- English.
- Duration:
- 1 term
Teaching language
English.Course contents
This course looks at the interplay between politics and markets. It assesses how economic patterns may help explain and account for political phenomena and looks at central political arrangements that govern and shape the world economy. It introduces students to key theories of the International Political Economy (IPE) discipline and exposes them to the origins and evolution of our current global political and economic system. Topics covered in the course include:
- Theories of global political economy
- Evolution of the world economy in the context of key political developments
- International trade: political disputes, frameworks and agreements
- Transnational production
- Global division of labour
- The global financial system and associated political challenges
- Governance in the global political economy
- Global environmental change: political and business implications
- Global technological development: political and business implications
- Global markets and domestic politics implications: inequality and populism
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course the student should be able to:
- Be able to describe and explain key features of global politics and the global economy
- Be able to account for the historical emergence of our current global economic system
- Be familiar with the most central IPE theories and be able to apply them to key phenomena in global politics and the global economy
- Have an in-depth understanding of the politics of financial markets, trade and global production
- Be able to account for how global environmental change challenges global economic activity and global politics
- Understand how specific global economic trends shape domestic politics
- Be able to analyse the political phenomenon populism in light of key economic and technological trends
Examination requirements
Completion of two obligatory individual essays and participation in two obligatory feedback sessions for the essays. More information will be given in Canvas at the start of the semester.
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussions. Students complete two obligatory written assignments. One assignment will be a short essay that will not be graded. The other will be a longer written paper, which allows the students to focus on one key theme in in a more in-depth manner. This longer paper will be graded. Estimated workload is about 270 hours.
Evaluation
The study programme manager decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.
Admission for external candidates
No.
Assessment methods and criteria
5 hour individual written exam (counts for 80 % of the grade) and one term paper (counts for 20 % of the grade). Letter grades.
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| SE-111 – International Political Economy | 7.5 |