At the end of this course, the students; 1) Develop an understanding of the theoretical debates and issues in international political economy literature and gain skills to use them independently.
2) Gain comprehensive knowledge about the actors, structures and processes of economic policy making at national and international levels..
3) Gain knowledge of the fact that international political and economic domains are inextricably intertwined.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION
The objective of the course is to study the historical development of the relations between economy and politics from different theoretical perspectives. Different political economy configurations like capitalism, socialism, welfare state and neoliberalism will be taken as major constituents of the international system.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction: Values, theories and issues of the international political economy
2nd Week
The Liberal perspective
3rd Week
Notions of power in international political economy: Realism and Merchantalism
4th Week
Marx and Marxist theories of imperialism
5th Week
Dependency and World-Systems approach
6th Week
Neo-Realism and Hegemonic Stability
7th Week
Theories of International Organizations
8th Week
Mid-Term Exam
9th Week
The evolution of the world economy I: Mercantilism to Laissez faire
10th Week
The evolution of the world economy II: Bretton Woods and Marshall Plan
11th Week
The evolution of the world economy III: Fiscal Crisis and the Debt problem
12th Week
Monetarism and the rise of neoliberalism
13th Week
Globalization and the internationalization of the state
14th Week
Globalization and the internationalization of the state
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
R. Stubbs and G. Underhill, Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (London: Macmillan, 1994) S. Strange, States and Markets (London: Pinter, 1994) R. W. Cox, Production, Power and World Order (New York: Columbia University Press, 1987) A. Brewer, Marxist Theories of Imperialism (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980) P. Baran, P. Sweezy and H. Magdoff, Çağdaş Kapitalizmin Bunalımı (Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi, 1975) R. Gilpin, Political Economy of International Relations (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1987) Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, S. Clarke, Keynesianism, Monetarism and the Crisis of the State, (Aldershot: Edward Elgar 1988) B. Buzan, People, States and Feaqr (Boulder: Lynne Reiner, 1991) R. O. Keohane, ed., Neo-Realism and its Critics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1986) R. O. Keohane, ed., International Institutions and State Power (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1989) C. Kindleberger, The World in Depression (University Of California Press, 1986) S. Krasner, ed., International Regimes (Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1983) C. Kindleberger, "The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe," Journal of Economic History, 35 (1975): 20-55 F. Block, The Origins of International Economic Disorder, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977). P. Cerny, Rethinking World Politics, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) J. A. Frieden, Global Capitalism, (W. W. Norton and Company, 2006)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
40
Assignment
2
60
Total(%)
100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
0
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
5
5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
7
98
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
35
35
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
2
60
120
Total Workload
300
Total Workload / 30
10
ECTS Credits of the Course
10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
