Academic Catalog

IR321 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

Course Code: 3140321
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: International Relations
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. PINAR BEDÝRHANOÐLU TOKER
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

After a brief introduction to the different methodological approaches in the field of international political economy so as to highlight the alternative conceptualizations of the state-market relationships, the course will undertake a comparative analysis of alternative strategies of capitalist development and/or modes of integration into the world economy with special reference to Latin America, South and Asia, Africa, and the newly emerging market economies of the former centrally-planned economies.