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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2022/2023

International Political Economy

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type: Compulsory course (HSE University and Kyung Hee University Double Degree Programme in Economics and Politics in Asia)
Area of studies: Foreign Regional Studies
Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When: 2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Konstantin Korneev
Language: English
ECTS credits: 4
Contact hours: 60

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

IPE is a field that explores the interaction between domestic and international factors as well as political and economic forces that shape/change international relations. The topics include IPE theoretical perspectives, international trade theories and regimes, introduction to the macroeconomic analysis, global monetary/financial regimes, cross-border investment and production, international development, and various globalization issues. Some of important contemporary IPE issues will be discussed during the class with mandatory/voluntary student presentation.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • - Understand the key topics, concepts, and issues of IPE
  • - Differentiate various theoretical perspectives of IPE
  • - Understand global/regional trade regimes and related IPE issues
  • - Examine the international monetary and financial relations and the mechanism of global financial crisis
  • - Understand the meaning of key macroeconomic indicators: national income and output, unemployment, inflation, export/import
  • - Explore the debates over globalization and its impacts
  • - Understand the causes and possible consequences of the growing global tension
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Ability to clearly understand the weight and value of different informational sources, such as scientific articles and books, corporate reports, statistical data, official press-releases and political statements
  • Ability to make a short-term forecast of the world’s economic development taking into account factors of global financial crisis and geopolitical tension, role of international organizations and value of core macroeconomic indicators
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Week 1 What is IPE?
  • Week 2 Theoretical Perspectives of IPE
  • Week 3 International collaboration and coordination (I)
  • Week 4 International collaboration and coordination (II)
  • Week 5 Domestic Politics and IPE (I)
  • Week 6 Domestic Politics and IPE (II)
  • Week 7 International Trade theory and Global Trade regimes
  • Week 8
  • Week 9 Regionalism and Regional Trade regimes
  • Week 10 International Monetary and Financial Regimes (I)
  • Week 11 International Monetary and Financial Regimes (II)
  • Week 12 Global Financial Crisis (I)
  • Week 13 Global Financial Crisis (II)
  • Week 14 Key issues of Globalization (I)
  • Week 15 Key issues of Globalization (II)
  • Week 16
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Research work
  • non-blocking Presentation
  • non-blocking Report
  • non-blocking Essay
  • non-blocking Quiz 1
  • non-blocking Quiz 2
  • non-blocking Case-study
  • non-blocking Debates
  • non-blocking Attendance
  • non-blocking Midterm exam
  • non-blocking Final exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2022/2023 1st module
    0.05 * Essay + 0.1 * Case-study + 0.05 * Research work + 0.05 * Report + 0.1 * Attendance + 0.3 * Midterm exam + 0.05 * Quiz 2 + 0.05 * Quiz 1 + 0.05 * Presentation + 0.2 * Debates
  • 2022/2023 2nd module
    0.05 * Quiz 2 + 0.05 * Report + 0.4 * Final exam + 0.1 * Case-study + 0.05 * Research work + 0.05 * Quiz 1 + 0.1 * Attendance + 0.05 * Essay + 0.05 * Presentation + 0.1 * Debates
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Frieden, J. A., & Lake, D. A. (2000). International Political Economy : Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth (Vol. 4th ed). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=83119

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Jackson, J. H. (DE-588)124404073, (DE-576)161553621. (1998). The world trade organization : constitution and jurisprudence / John H. Jackson. Royal Inst. of International Affairs.
  • Koremenos, B., Lipson, C., & Snidal, D. (2004). The Rational Design of International Institutions. Cambridge University Press.
  • North, D. C. (1990). Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=510978
  • Robert Gilpin. (1987). The Political Economy of International Relations. Princeton University Press.
  • Theodore H. Cohn. (2016). Global Political Economy : Theory and Practice: Vol. Seventh edition. Routledge.
  • United Nations. (2002). Handbook on National Accounting: Use of Macro Accounts in Policy Analysis. United Nations Publications.
  • Weingast, B. R., & Wittman, D. (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.b.oxp.obooks.9780199548477