This course will explore core questions which lie at the heart of International Political Economy (IPE), the discipline that studies the interactions between states and international markets and the governance of the global economic system. These include, among others: how do politics shape international economic relations and vice versa; who are the winners and losers of economic globalisation? Is the global economy stable and why do economic crises happen; why is regional integration so widespread today?

This course may not be running this year. For further information please check the Politics and IR Moodle page or contact the subject directly.

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Review Essay, 3000 words (60%)

Quizzes (20%)

Referee Report, 500 words (10%)

Participation (10%) 

Adjustments and/or alternative modes of assessment will be available for students with disabilities that hinder attendance and/or public speaking.

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below.

The course aims at introducing students to the discipline of IPE and equipping them with its main analytical tools in order to understand and explain the highly interactive nature of international economic and political processes. It is meant as an advanced-level introduction that will cover the theoretical and empirical terrain of the discipline, focussing on both classical works and cutting edge research conducted by key IPE scholars. The course will not only survey these scholarly debates but also relate them to the empirical events and policy discussions shaping the political landscape of our interdependent world.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Describe how the field of IPE fits within the broader discipline of IR and point at its linkages to the other fields, such as Economics, Public Choice, and Formal Theory

■ Apply a number of analytical frameworks to study the complex interactions between economic and political factors at a global and regional level

■ Assess how international economic exchanges shape policy responses within and among states

■ Assemble a holistic view of economic globalisation and its variegated impacts across developed and developing countries and across certain issue areas, such as labour rights and the environment

■ Formulate and compose reasoned and factually supported arguments

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.