KEY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Course outline POL512X - 2005

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1-SCOPE AND METHODS

What is IPE?
How should the field be studied?
Key concepts and theories

2-THE CHANGING NATURE OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY
The role of the state
Large and small states
The new context

3-GLOBALIZATION
Definitions
Normative issues
Empirical realities

4-TRADE ISSUES
History of trading policies and institutions
Economic theories
Barriers to trade
GATT/WTO
Emerging Issues

5-MONETARY RELATIONS
History of monetary relations
Economic theory
The IMF
The dollar and euro

6-GLOBAL TRENDS
The future of IPE
Wealth and Poverty
The US hegemon