Winter 2023 GLOBALST 774
This graduate course familiarizes students with key concepts and debates in the field of international or global political economy. The focus will be on concepts that help us think about the global economy’s structure and evolution over the long term. Readings will cover some classics of the field mixed with the recent incarnation of older debates. A number of readings will use China as a case study of the concepts highlighted in the course. China’s industrialization and reemergence as a major economic power is one of the most significant developments in the global economy in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Key debates the course addresses are: the nature of IPE, imperialism; hegemony and structural power; varieties of capitalism; state theory; class, gender and race; inequality; development; and global governance. The course will conclude by examining two environmental developments that have immense implications for the operation of the global political economy – the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
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Winter 2023 GLOBALST 774
This graduate course familiarizes students with key concepts and debates in the field of international or global political economy. The focus will be on concepts that help us think about the global economy’s structure and evolution over the long term. Readings will cover some classics of the field mixed with the recent incarnation of older debates. A number of readings will use China as a case study of the concepts highlighted in the course. China’s industrialization and reemergence as a major economic power is one of the most significant developments in the global economy in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Key debates the course addresses are: the nature of IPE, imperialism; hegemony and structural power; varieties of capitalism; state theory; class, gender and race; inequality; development; and global governance. The course will conclude by examining two environmental developments that have immense implications for the operation of the global political economy – the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.