The global financial crisis. Trade wars. World poverty. Social resistance. Environmental degradation. All these complex issues are tied in some way to how the capitalist system is politically organised. This course offers you the toolkit to better understand the politics of the world economy and question who gains and who loses. Based on literature from the cross-disciplinary field of International Political Economy (IPE), the course examines important structures, processes, and outcomes in the recent history of capitalism. Debates are organised into three areas: (1) conceptual frameworks designed to illuminate major topical debates; (2) the post-war history of governing the world economy, including attention to finance, trade, and development; and (3) contemporary crises afflicting the capitalist order, including an examination of the ongoing financial crisis, social inequalities and activism, the political economy of the environment, and consideration of alternatives to our current predicament. You are asked to think critically about how capitalism is conceived and governed, in particular through evaluating issues of power and equity. There are two main questions addressed throughout the course: (1) why and how does global capitalism take its current form?; and (2) how does global capitalism impact on particular actors, including governments; businesses and other producers; civil society groups and other people?

Period
30-06-2014 - 18-07-2014 (3 weeks)

Target group
Further education students.

Course aim
On successful completion of the course, a student should achieve: understanding of major themes in the study of international political economy understanding of theoretical traditions through which international political economy has been studied understanding of the application of conceptual and theoretical material to empirical analysis



Credits
7.5 ECTS creditsStudents are usually able to obtain credits from their home institution and generally our courses receive 3 credits in the US system and 7.5 ECTS in the European system. However the summer courses remain non-accredited by SOAS. If you intend to claim credits from your home institution, please check the requirements with them before you enrol.

Course fee
GBP 1250[Convert to USD]Tuition fees.GBP 800[Convert to USD]Accommodation fees.-

Course leader
Matthew Eagleton-Pierce

Scholarships
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