PSIR504 GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Course Content
This course considers a number of approaches to the study of the global political economy (including Realism, liberalism, Marxism, constructivism, environmentalism, and feminism), before examining the evolution of the global political economy and its existing structures. The course analyses the global forces that have shaped the world economic system and looks at the interaction between international economic developments and domestic politics as well as the ways in which international institutions govern the global economy. In addition a number of issue areas such as globalization of trade, finance, and investment, the North-South dilemma, global development and inequality and sustainable development are examined.
