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CSS 425

Political International Relations, Part I CSS 425 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	15	6	Times: ....F.. 2:00PM-4:00PM;	Yes	Yes

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999 )

This sequence in the junior tutorial covers some of the major issues in international political economy today: trade, international commodity cartels, direct foreign investment, monetary relations, imperialism, global economic depression, and underdevelopment. 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. Topics in this tutorial sequence will include the emergence of free trade toward the middle of the 19th century and the devolution toward protectionism toward the end of the century. The Great Depression will be examined, along with parallels to our own time in which protectionism and debt servicing problems threaten the functioning of world financial markets. The rise of imperialism in the latter-part of the 19th century will be examined critically in terms of probable causes. The rise of the post-World War II economic regime Bretton Woods will be analyzed, with special attention to its evolution as a means of creating international economic order and stability. Considerable attention will be devoted to North-South relations. Our principal international commodity cartel example will be OPEC. We look at how OPEC finally overcame its internal and external political weaknesses to exploit its monopoly potential in the economic realm. We also analyze multinational corporations.

MAJOR READINGS

Charles Kindelberger, THE WORLD IN
DEPRESSION
Fred Bloc, THE ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DISORDER

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short papers and one long research paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Open only to CSS majors. This is a third quarter class. You have until March 5 to drop this 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: Discussion Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT

Prerequisites: CSS 414

Section 01: Gallarotti, G; Times: ....F.. 2:00PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 1, So: 0, Fr: 0; Major Preference Given; Permission of Instructor Required.

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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