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INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY (BME-214424)

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Course Description:


Learn about growing interdependence of global economic and political problems over last 25 years. Explore why the current set of global problems cannot be understood as just international politics or international economics. Focus on a complex multidisciplinary approach provided by international political economists to study the causes and effects of globalization of markets. The topics include the nature and main theories of international political economy; the national systems of political economy; the evolution of international trade; the evolution of international financial system; the state and multinationals; the state and economic development; the political economy of regional integration; the nation-state in the global economy; the governance in the global economy.

Prerequisites: A previous course in economics or equivalent is recommended.


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Liberal Study
Upper Level
Credits: 4
Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Fall 1.

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