Course Syllabus
Athabasca University
Political Economy (POEC) 483
International Political Economy: The Politics of Globalization (Revision 2)
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Delivery mode: Individualized study with online enhancements.
Credits: 3 - Social Science
Prerequisite: None. Previous Political Economy, Political Science, or Economics course recommended.
Precluded course: POEC 483 is a cross-listed course—a course listed under 2 different disciplines—GLST 483. POEC 483 may not be taken for credit by students who have obtained credit for GLST 483.
Centre: Centre for Global and Social Analysis
POEC 483 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
Political Economy 483 International Political Economy: The Politics of Globalization is a senior undergraduate course examining the processes of globalization from within the study of Political Economy. Students will situate current global processes within the historical development of the world economy and learn to view these changes through a variety of theoretical lenses. The course materials will critically engage the structural changes occurring between world regions and among international financial institutions, such as the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Finally, students will be engaged with questions concerning the “developing world” and globalization and the “anti-globalization backlash” that appears to be growing in size and momentum.
Outline
The course consists of the following ten units.
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: “Pre-Globalization” International Power-Relations and Practices
Unit 3: Contemporary Theories of International Political Economy & Globalization
Unit 4: The New Global Context
Unit 5: Multinational Corporations and Global Production
Unit 6: Regionalism and Globalization
Unit 7: Developing Nations and Globalization
Unit 8: Developed Nations and Globalization
Unit 9: Opposing Globalization
Unit 10: Future Trends and Issues
Evaluation
To receive credit for POEC 483, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Critical Book Review | Research Essay | Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25% | 40% | 35% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbooks
Gill, Stephen, and David Law. 1988. The Global Political Economy: Perspectives, Problems, and Policies. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Miliband, Ralph, and Leo Panitch, eds. 1992. New World Order? Socialist Register 1992. London: Merlin Press.
Mitter, Swasti. 1986. Common Fate, Common Bond: Women in the Global Economy. London: Pluto Press.
The New Internationalist. Debt: A Campaign Comic, no. 243 (May 1993).
Other materials
The course materials include student manual and study guide, online enhancements, and forms.