JK17003Research 1~3-Seminar (SEG)(Lecture)
| Numbering Code | G-LET36 6JK17 LE36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | special lecture | |
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| Language | English | Day/Period | Tue.4 | |
| Instructor name |
HISANO SHUJI (Graduate School of Economics Professor) HISANO AI (Part-time Lecturer) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
1. Rationale/Introduction More than ever, the world has experienced major upheaval in recent decades. Phenomena such as power vacuum in Western democracies, the fourth industrial revolution, vulnerability in the digital world, the rise of nationalism, to name but a few examples, undermine the world economic order. In addition, tensions between Great powers continue to escalate, particularly in the case of China, Russia and the United States against the backdrop of political gerrymandering, currency and industrial wars. Across the way, the poor countries are puzzled to find which way the wind is blowing to keep track of their development agenda. In an increasingly integrated world, these events have an impact on the global economy and politics. In its broadest definition, international political economy (IPE) refers to the interactions between the economic sphere and the political sphere and between the national and the international. While the IPE discipline emphasises the national and international, it is above all a multidisciplinary academic field of International Relations that is informed by international politics, international economics, cultural studies and history. 2. The aim of the course Building on recent global issues, this course aims to familiarise students with the theoretical tools of the IPE. These include dynamic links between markets, States, institutions and civil society in the regional and global context. The course thus covers the main theories, concepts and thematic issues, including international institutions, international trade, international finance, international development and the consequences and controversies of globalisation. As an approach, the themes examined focus on the main issues and actors that shape global economic policy. By so doing as well as by questioning power and politics, apolitical and functional understandings of the concept of “global governance”, i.e. multi-actor and multi-level political decision-making and implementation, will be challenged. Throughout the course, agriculture and food issues are often referred to so that students can easily bridge the theories and concepts to the realities. This is not only because the two instructors have their own expertise in IPE of agricultural development and food security, but also because agriculture and food are a nexus of politics, economy, society and culture, a nexus of global, regional, national and local, and therefore critical to grasping the international political economy at work. |
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| Course Goals |
At the end of this course, students will be able: 1) To reflect upon and deploy in a thoughtful and analytical manner the key theoretical theories of international political economy. 2) To identify and explain the role of actors and institutions in international political economy. 3) To understand and explain how the actions and operations of actors and institutions influence order and change in the international political economy. 4) As a whole, to develop a critical perspective to global governance by questioning power and politics behind policy: who decides, how, in whose interest, with what consequences. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Part I --- Theories and concepts Week 1: Introduction to International Political Economy and global reordering Week 2: Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Debates in IPE 1 (Realist approach, Liberalist approach) Week 3: Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Debates in IPE 2 (Marxian approach, Constructivist approach, Post-structuralist approach) Part II --- Actors in the Global Political Economy Week 4: Actors in the Global Political Economy: State Actors Week 5: Actors in the Global Political Economy: International Organizations Week 6: Actors in the Global Political Economy: Club Forums Week 7: Actors in the Global Political Economy: Market Actors Week 8: Actors in the Global Political Economy: Non-Governmental Organizations Part III --- Thematic issues in IPE (bridging to agriculture maybe) Week 9: Global Food Security and Food Sovereignty Week 10: Cross-Border Trade (TTIP, CETA, TiSA, JEFTA and EU-MERCOSUR) Week 11: Transnational Corporations, Transnational Production and the Global Division of Labour Week 12: The Beijing Consensus vs. the Washington Consensus Consensus Week 13: Resource Competition and Energy Week 14: The Environment and Climate Change Week 15: Global Inequality and Economic Development |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Grading will be done on the basis of class participation (30%), student presentations (30%) and final assignment evaluation (40%). | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) |
Students are required to read chapters of the textbook and other reading materials for each class so that they will be able to actively participate in discussions. Students are also assigned to submit an analytical summary of the assigned readings for several classes. Analytical summary of one or two assigned readings for each class must be 400-500 words (one-page A4) consisting of three parts: summary, integration, and questions/reactions. The detail will be instructed at the first introduction class. |
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| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Issues and Actors in the Global Political Economy, Andre Broome, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), ISBN:9780230289161 | ||
| References, etc. | Other reading materials will be announced and made available through a Cloud system (e.g. GoogleDrive) before the course starts. | |||
