Unit name | Global Transitions: Power, Hegemony, and the Ordering of the Global Political Economy |
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Unit code | SPAIM0044 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Jeremy Green |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
In this unit students will be introduced to some of the central theoretical debates within IPE through a historical engagement with different phases of transition and transformation in the global political economy. Ranging from the classical gold standard to the contemporary post-Bretton Woods monetary order, the module examines the way that forms of power embedded in the relationships between states, markets and nonāstate actors have shaped the development of the global political economy.
Students will learn to reflect critically and historically upon the different theoretical approaches to IPE and to explore empirical puzzles through the lens of contending theoretical interpretations.
The unit aims to help students:
• Develop a critical understanding of the contending theoretical and conceptual approaches to IPE
• Gain knowledge of the historical transformations of the international political economy and the role of dominant and subaltern actors within these processes
• Engage with contemporary themes and debates in IPE in an empirically and theoretically informed manner
• Build an interdisciplinary understanding of the relationship between politics, history and economics
On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:
1x 2 Hour Seminar per week
4,000 word essay (100% Summative Assessment) (assesses all learning outcomes)
An individual oral presentation in seminar (Formative Assessment)
Barry Eichengreen (2008) Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System, (Princeton: Princeton University Press)
Jeffrey Frieden & David Lake (2000) International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth, 4th Edition (New York: Bedford/St Martin’s)
Robert Gilpin (1987) The Political Economy of International Relations, (Princeton: Princeton University Press)
Eric Hobsbawm (1995) Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991, (London: Time Warner Books)
Robert O’Brien & Marc Williams (2013) Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics, 4th Edition (Basingstoke: Palgrave)