CSS426 - The Politics of International Economic Relations, Part II

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Academic Year 2003/2004

The Politics of International Economic Relations, Part II
CSS 426 SP

This sequence in the junior tutorial covers some of the major issues in international political economy today: trade, monetary relations, the environment, underdevelopment, and globalization. International economic relations will be studied in light of domestic and international political forces. Political economy constructs will be subject to critical analysis primarily through competing theoretical perspectives and historical background. The principal theoretical visions that will inform the analysis will be Liberalism, Mercantilism and Marxism.

MAJOR READINGS

Spero and Hart, THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
Robert Gilpin, U.S. POWER AND THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION
Robert Gilpin, THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM
Lechers and Boli, eds., THE GLOBALIZATION READER
Crane and Amawi, THE THEORETICAL EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Martha Nussbaum, WOMEN AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Amartya Sen, DEVELOPMENT AND FREEDOM

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short papers and one long research paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Open only to CSS majors. This is a fourth quarter class. You will have five days after the start of this class to add it.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Steele,Cherie M

Times: .....F. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC104

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Writing

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004