International Political Economy 2104-GPIR-D2IPE
I. Introductory lecture: course description and organization, International PoliticaEconomy –IPE as subfield of IR, genealogy of IPE.
II. Subject Matter of IPE
1. R. Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relation, Princeton 1987, p. 8-25.
2. S. Strange, States and Markets, Pinter 1996, p. 1 – 7, 12-22, 23-24.
3. J. Grieco, J. Ikenberry, State Power and World Markets, W. Norton, 2003, p. 92-124.
4. R. Nunn, S. Shields, The Intellectual and Institutional challenges for International Political Economy in the UK., Review of International Studies 2020, no 3, p. 503 – 522.
5. L. Pauly, Darkness and Light in Global Political Economy, New Political Economy,2021,26/2/,p. 302-311.
III. Western Theories of IPE.
1. O. Young, International Regimes: Toward a New Theory of Institutions, World Politics, 1986, no. 1, p. 104 – 122.
2. J. Dicicco, J. Levy, Power Shifts and Problem Shifts: The Evolution of the Power Transition Research Program, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1999, no. 6, p. 675 – 704.
3. R. Gilpin, The Theory of Hegemonic War, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 1988, no. 4, p. 591 – 613.
4. J. Odell, Case Study Methods in International Political Economy, International Studies Perspectives 2001, no. 2, p. 121 – 176.
IV. IPE in China.
Literature:
1. G. Chin, Introduction – IPE with China’s characteristics, Review of International Political Economy/RIPE/, 2013, 6, p. 1145-1164.
2. Wang Yong, L. Pauly, Chinese IPE Debates on American Hegemony, RIPE, 2013, 6, p. 1165-1188.
3. Xin Wang, G. Chin, Turning Point: International Money and Finance in Chineses IPE, RIPE, 2013, 6, p. 1244-1257.
4. M. Mayer, Xin Zhang, Theorizing China – world integration: sociospatial reconfigurations and the modern silk roads, - RIPE, 2021, 28 (4), p. 974-1003.
V. Economic Powers in IR
Literature:
1.H.Sonmez Atesoglu, Economic Power and International Security, Insight Turkey, 2019,21/3/,p.68-90.
2.S. Benzell and others, The Future of Global Economic Power, National Bureau of Economic Research, Washington 2023,www.nber.org/papers/w30556
VI. State Power : The role of Economic Instruments
Literature:
1. J. Grieco, J. Ikenberry, op. cit.,Chapter 5 ,p. 124 – 163, Ch. 6,p. 163-204
VII. Economic Statecraft. Part I
Literature:
1.D. Baldwin, Economic Statecraft, Princeton 2020, p. 6-118.
VIII. Economic Statecraft. Part II.
1. Baldwin,Economic Statecraft……. P.302-386
2. L. Weiss,E. Thurbon ,Developmental State or Economic Statecraft? Where, Why,and How the Difference Matters. New Political,2021,26/3/,p.472-489
IX. What is Geoeconomics?
Literature:
1. E. Luttwak, From Geopolitics to Geoeconomics, The National Interest, 1990, 20, p. 17-12.
2.R.Blackwill, J. Harris, War by Other Means .Geoeconomics and Statecraft, 2016, s.19-93.
X.US and China Geoeconomics Strategies
Literature:
!.R. Blackwill, J. Harris,,,,,, s.93-204
XI.Economic Liberalism versus Nationalism.
Literature:
1.. Harlem, A Reappraisal of Classical Economic Nationalism and Economic Liberalism, International Studies Quarterly, 1999, 43, p. 733-744.
2.E. Helleiner, Economic Nationalism as a Challenge to Economic Liberalism, International Studies Quarterly, 2002, 3, p. 307-329.
3.J. Williamson, The Washington Consensus as a Policy Prescription for Development. A Lecture in the series „Practitioners of Development” delivered at the World Bank on January 13, 2004, Institute for International Economics, 2004.
XII. Hegemony in Global Political Economy
Literature:
1.M. Webb, S. Krasner, Hegemonic Stability Theory: An Empirical Assesement, Review of International Studies, 1989, no. 15, p. 183 – 198.
2.W. Winecoff, „The Persistent myth of lost Hegemony” revisited: structural power as a complex network phenomenon, European Journal of International Relations, 2020, 26, p.209-252.
3.M. Mastanduno, System Maker or Privilege Taker: US Power and the International Political Economy World Politics, 2009, 61, no. 1, p. 121-154.
XIII. Power of Money and Capital.
Literature:
1. S. Gill, D. Law, Global Hegemony and the Structural Power of Capital, International Studies Quarterly, 1989, no. 4, p. 475-490.
2. C. Noroff, Dollar Hegemony: Power Analysis, RIPE, 2014, 5, p. 1042-1070.
3. J. Green, J. Gruin, RMB transnationalization and the infrastructural power of international financial centres, RIPE 2021, 4, p. 1028-1054.
XIV. Justice and Inequality in Global Political Economy.
Literature:
1. G. Bhambra, Colonial Global Economy: towards a theoretical reorientation of political economy, RIPE, 2021, no.2, p. 323-335.
2. J. P. Singh, Race. Culture and Economics: an example from North – South Trade Relations, RIPE, 2021, no.2, p. 307-322.
3. E. Lockwood, The International Political Economy of Global inequality, RIPE, 2021, no. 2,p. 421-445.
4. Leong Liew, Human and economic security: Is there a Nexus, https://www. Researchgate, January 2000
XV.International Liberal Order in Transition.
Literature:
1. Nana de Graaf, China’s rise in a Liberal world order transition, RIPE, 2020, 1, p.191-207.
2. C. Weinhart and T. Brink, Variates of Contestation China’s rise and the liberal trade order, RIPE, 2020, 1, p.25-280
3. N. Mc Donagh, China’s socialist market economy and systemic rivarly in the multilateral trade order, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 2022, no. 6, p. 712-733.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Final grading course requirements:
I.Class presentation/two presentation in semester/ plus presence– -50%
II.Written exam-50%
Form of classes:
Lecture, student’s presentation, analysis of recommended text, discussion.
Practical placement
no
Bibliography
Required reading:
1. J. Grieco, J. Ikenberry, State Power and World Markets. The International Political Economy,W. Norton, New York 2003
2. David Baldwin, Economic Statecraft, Princeton Univ. Press,2020
3. R. Blackwill,J. Harris, War by other means. Geoeconomics and Statecraft, Harvard University Pres. Cambrigde 2016
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