SİBU436


Course Title Course Code Program Level
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY SİBU436 Political Science and International Relations B.A. / B.Sc.

Course Term
(Course Semester)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Credits
Theory Practice Lab Projects/Field Work Seminars/Workshops Other Total Credits ECTS Credits
08
(Spring)
42 84 126 3 5

Teaching Staff
Language of Instruction Türkçe (Turkish)
Type Of Course Compulsory
Prerequisites There is no pre-requisite for this course.
Recommended Optional Programme Component
Course Objectives Main objectives of the course: analysing relationality between economic and political actors taking place in international extent with the help of diverse perspectives; using economic and political analyses together on behalf of scrutinizing global economic relations in a holistic manner; understanding contemporary reflections of economic and political role distribution among national, regional and international organizations taking place in global level.
Course Content Basic topics that will be covered in the course: alternative conceptualizations of state-market relations; analysis of relationship between international politics and international economics; power struggle underlying the global economic systems and its consequences; North-South relations; regional inequalities; role of the state in internationbal economic processes; externa national debt crises; multi-national companies.
Learning Outcomes (LO) 1. Having capacity of understanding effects of regional, international and supra-national political economic processes on economic policies of the nation-states; 2. Having capacity of comparing main perspectives on international political economy; 3. Having capacity of analysing problems of countries and regions within the context of global political economy in a critical way; 4. Having capacity of approaching global economic phenomena within the discipline of International Relations in an analytical manner.
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Course Outline
Week Topics
1. Week Basic Concepts: The State and Market
2. Week Basic Approaches I: Merchantilism and Liberalism
3. Week Basic Approaches II: Alternative Political Economic Perspectives
4. Week Historical Development of International Economic Structures until 20th Century
5. Week Evolution of International Economic Structures Since the Beginning of the 20th Century
6. Week Role of the Nation-State in International Economic Processes
7. Week Role of the Multi-National Companies in International Economic Processes
8. Week International Economic Organizations: IMF, WTO, WB
9. Week Regional Economic Integrations
10. Week International Monetary and Financial Systems
11. Week Regional Inequalities and North-South Relations
12. Week The State and Economic Progress
13. Week Crises of Contemporary Global Political Economy
14. Week General Review and Discussion
Assessment
  Percentage(%)
Mid-term (%) 40
Quizes (%)
Homeworks/Term papers (%)
Practice (%)
Labs (%)
Projects/Field Work (%)
Seminars/Workshops (%)
Final (%) 60
Other (%)
Total(%) 100
Course Book (s) and/or References - Bradford Dillman, N. Balaam (2016) Uluslararası Ekonomi Politiğe Giriş, İstanbul: Adres Yayınları. - Robert Gilpin (2017) Uluslararası İlişkilerin Ekonomi Politiği, Ankara: Kripto Basın Yayın. - Arzu Al, Meral Balcı & İmam Bakır Kanlı (der.) (2017) Uluslararası Politik Ekonomi 1, İstanbul: Savaş Yayınları - Cohn, T. H. (2011) Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, New York: Pearson Education, Inc. - Walter, A. & G. Sen, (2009) Analyzing the Global Political Economy, Princeton University Press. - Gilpin, R., (2001) Global Political Economy, Princeton University Press.
Work Placement(s)
The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO)

 


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LO1

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5

 

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5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High