Admission requirements
Admission to the MA International Relations, track Global Political Economy
Description
What is the tension between states and markets in the history, production, and reproduction of capitalism in the global political economy (GPE)? Offering an intensive, multidisciplinary approach, this seminar offers a critical survey of GPE as a field. The seminar will address the development of the world economy and its dynamics across time and space, across multiple scales, geographies, and social, political, and institutional contexts. The course considers diverse ontological and theoretical approaches to the study of the global economy, embedding the discussion in salient debates across time. This allows the course to ground students knowledge of GPE within the the global economy’s structure, development, transformations, and consequent resistance – understanding the trajectories and legacies of global capitalism including the forms and transformations of neoliberalism. The seminar will also address a selection of themes, which may include global economic governance, commodities and energy markets, consumption, global value chains, global finance, labour and migration, gender, class, and race, trade and investment, social reproduction, the environment, among others. By looking at political economy through a global lens, the course helps students build theoretical and methodological preparedness to investigate multiple explanations, outcomes, and impacts on local, national, regional, and global levels.
Course objectives
Understand the broad theoretical debates within the field of Global Political Economy
Demonstrate competence in examining key aspects of the global economy from a variety of intellectual, analytical, geographical, and social standpoints.
Evaluate the role of local, national, transnational, and global actors in the GPE
Examine flows of capital, labour, and technology
Deepen understanding of the various economic challenges and opportunities facing various regions, considering historical and potential future trajectories
Articulate how changes in the global economic order and technological innovation impact domestic, regional, and international economic development
Analyse the impact of global, transnational, state, and non-state actors on domestic and regional development
Critically identify and assess questions and developments relevant to GPE, examine them with the scholarly rigor expected at the MA level, and formulate research questions and projects around these puzzles and problems
Apply knowledge gained to critically assess scholarship and GPE developments, and communicate their interpretations in written and verbal forms.
Develop and use digital skills to conduct research.
Work in teams on research, analysis, and critique.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminars
Assessment method
Engagement (e.g. active, informed participation; presentation; discussant duties; collaborative assignments; short, written assignments - details in syllabus): 60%
Final assessment: 40%
The final mark for this course is formed by the weighted average. In order to pass the course, students must obtain an overall mark of 5.50 (=6) or higher. The course is an integrated whole. All assessment parts must be completed in the same academic year. No partial marks can be carried over into following years.
(The paper deadline mentioned in uSis is a fictional date for administration purposes only. The actual date will be communicated by the convenor of the course.)
Weighing
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.
Resit
Students must complete the assignment on time. No paper will be accepted more than 4 days after the due date, including weekends. In order to pass the course, students must obtain an overall mark of 5.50 (=6) or higher. Only if the total weighted average is insufficient (5.49 or lower), the insufficient grade is the result of an insufficient paper and the final version of the paper was submitted on time, a re-sit of the paper is possible. The deadline for this version will be determined in consultation.
Late submissions will result in a deduction of paper grades as follows: 1-24 hs late = -0.5; 24-48 hs late = -1.0; 48-72 hs late = -1.5; 72-96 hs late = -2.0.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
Articles and book chapters can be found on the library catalogue or online. The full syllabus of required and recommended readings will be provided in Brightspace.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Huizinga
Remarks
Students with disabilities
The university is committed to supporting and accommodating students with disabilities as stated in the university protocol (especially pages 3-5). Students should contact Fenestra Disability Centre at least four weeks before the start of their courses to ensure that all necessary academic accommodations can be made in time conform the abovementioned protocol.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to be familiar with Leiden University policies on plagiarism and academic integrity. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. If you submit any work with your name affixed to it, it is assumed to be your own work with all sources used properly indicated and documented in the text (with quotations and/or citations).