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Academic Year 2002/2003
Political International Relations, Part I
CSS 425 SP
This sequence in the junior tutorial covers some of the major issues in international political economy today: trade, direct foreign investment, monetary relations, underdevelopment, environmental relations, and
globalization.
International economic relations will be studied in light of domestic and international political forces. Political economy constructs will be subject to both critical analysis of descriptive assumptions and behavioral
postulates as well as testing against empirical data and historical case studies.
MAJOR READINGS
Joan Spero & Jeffrey Hart, THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
Peter Lindert, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Jared Diamond, GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly paper plus one long research paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Open only to CSS majors. This is a third quarter class.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
CSS414
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Gallarotti,Giulio
- Times: .....F. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC104
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)
- SR. major: Jr. major:
- SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Writing
- Permission: Permission of Instructor Required
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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