COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · RI-605

International Political Economy

Compulsory · Turkish
ECTS
8
Local Credit
3
Theory + Practice + Lab
3 + 0 + 0
Course Level
Masters Degree
Prerequisites
-
Semester
1
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Content Weekly Contents Assessment System ECTS
Course Instructor(s)
Feride Selcan SERDAROĞLU POLATAY
sserdaroglu@gsu.edu.tr

Content

Objective

To understand and to discuss essential concepts of the international political economy through an analytical reading of primary sources
To analyze current aspects of the global economy based on a conceptual framework

Course Content

See "Weekly Contents"

Course Learning Outcomes

1) To know the theoretical models of IPE
2) To know the evolution of theoretical debates and its impact on the discipline of international relations
3) To know and to discuss the primary sources
4) To understand the relationship between facts and theories
5) To have a knowledge of current global economic issues

References

Mehdi Abbas, “L’économie politique internationale entre théories et histoire », Recherches internationales, No : 88, octobre-décembre 2010, pp. 47-72

Dario Battistella, « L’économie politique internationale », Théories des relations internationales, Presses de Sciences Po, 2003, pp. 399-432

Christian Chavagneux, Economie politique internationale, Repères, La Découverte, 2010

Robert Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relations, Princeton University Press, 1987

Robert Gilpin, Global Political Economy. Understanding the International Economic Order, Princeton University Press, 2001

Gérard Kébabdjian, Les Théories de l’économie politique internationale, Le Seuil, Points, 1999

Robert O. Keohane, “The Demand for International Regimes”, International Organization, Vol. 36, No:2, (International Regimes), 1982, pp. 325-355.

Robert O. Keohane and Lisa L. Martin, “The Promise of Institutionalist Theory”, International Security, Vol. 20, No:1, Summer 1995, pp. 39-51.

Stéphane Paquin, Théories de l’économie politique internationale. Cultures scientifiques et hégémonie américaine, Presses de Sciences Po, 2013

Susan Strange, « Political Economy and International Relations », Ken Booth and Steve Smith, International Relations Theory Today, Penn State Press, 1997, pp. 154-174

Michael C. Webb and Stephen D. Krasner, “The Hegemonic Stability Theory: An Empirical Assessment”, Review of International Studies, Vol. 15, No:2, Special Issue on the Balance of Power, April 1989, pp. 183-198.

Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 How to define international political economy?
2 From realism to neorealism
3 The political economy of international relations according to Robert Gilpin
4 From liberalism to neoliberalism
5 New institutionalism of Robert Keohane
6 Convergence and divergence of neorealism and neoliberalism: the definition of gains and the theory of international regimes (Stephen Krasner and Charles Kindleberger)
7 Marxism and the internationalization of the capital- The World-Economy analysis of Immanuel Wallerstein
8 Social forces and the world order according to Robert Cox
9 Transnationalism as a hybrid wave: Susan Strange and the structural power
10 Current global economic issues 1
11 Current global economic issues 2
12 Current global economic issues 3
13 Current global economic issues 4
14 Current global economic issues 5

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 5 70
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 30
Total 6 100
In-Term Studies
Activities Number Contribution
Assignments 2 20
Presentation 2 20
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 0 0
Project 0 0
Laboratory 0 0
Other Applications 0 0
Quiz 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 1 30
Portfolio Study 0 0
Reports 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0
Seminar 0 0
Other 0 0
Total 5 70

ECTS

Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 3 42
Working Hours out of Class 14 3 42
Assignments 2 30 60
Presentation 2 8 16
Term Paper/ Project 1 20 20
Total Workload 180
Total Workload / 25 7.20
Credits ECTS 7