Academic Catalog

PSIR305 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

Course Code:	3540305
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	6.0
Department:	Political Science And International Relations
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. HANDE SÖZER
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

This course is intended to provide an introduction to the different methodological approaches in the field of international political economy and to the basic concepts and issues in international politics and economics. It will also 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 east Asia, Africa and the newly emerging market economies of the former centrally-planned economies.