International Political Economy

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Build on empirical studies to assess alternatives in policy and practice within the realm of international political economy

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate relevant debates within the field
• Analyse and apply the main theories and concepts in the field of international political economy

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• To help students develop the skills to conduct research and dissertation projects in this field.

1.Introduction to IPE

2.Empire, capitalism, and the making of the modern world

3.From liberalism to neoliberalism

4.Marxism in IPE

5.Racial capitalism

6.Feminist IPE

7.READING WEEK

8.The return of economic nationalism

9.Work: exploitation and (re)production

10. Capital: financialisation and crisis

11. Oil and Gas: the Political Economy of Hydrocarbons

12. What next? Capitalism and the climate emergency

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching will consist of a weekly two-hour lecture-seminar session. There will be a reading week in week 7 to allow students an opportunity to catch up on any missed reading, and some additional space and time to work on their mid-term essay. Total contact time will therefore be 22 hours across the semester.

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Helleiner, E. (2020). The Diversity of Economic Nationalism', Review of International Political Economy. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2020.1841137.

Robinson, W. I. (2012). Global Capitalism Theory and the Emergence of Transnational Elites.

Bhambra, G.K. (2020). Colonial global economy: towards a theoretical reorientation of political economy. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09692290.2020.1830831.

Griffin, P. (2007). Refashioning IPE: What and How Gender Analysis Teaches International (Global) Political Economy. Review of International Political Economy.

Ngai,P. & Chan,J. (2012). Global Capital, the State, and Chinese Workers: The Foxconn Experience.

Mersha, S. (2017). Black lives and climate justice: courage and power in defending communities and Mother Earth. Third World Quarterly.

Mitchell, T. (2009). Carbon democracy.

Ostry, J.D., Loungani, P. & Furceri, D. (2016). Neoliberalism: Oversold?. International Monetary Fund https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2016/06/ostry.htm.

Virdee,S. (2019). Racialised capitalism: an account of its contested origins and consolidation. The Sociological Review.

Peck, J. & Tickell, A. (2002). Neoliberalizing Space. Antipode.

Strange, S. (1970). International Economics and International Relations: A Case of Mutual Neglect.

Assessment strategy

Assessment will consist of two essays. A mid-term essay of 2,000 words counting for 40% of the final mark due at the end of reading week, and an end of term essay of 3,000 words counting for 60% of the final mark, due two weeks after the final class. The mid-term essay will require the students to provide a comparative analysis of two key texts from the weeks on theory (weeks 3-6). The end of term essay will require them to engage in depth with the empirical subject matter covered in weeks 8-12.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.