ECON204 - International Political Economy

3 credits
The important conceptual frameworks for considering the international political economy starting with mercantilism and ending with issues of international financial governance regime theories. Questions of property rights, state-market tensions, global public goods and bads, foreign direct investment and debt, structural adjustment programs and the creation of new financial architecture along with an examination of global economic governance institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization will be considered in the light of different approaches to the international political economy.
Sample Syllabus, Prerequisites: Economics 101 or 103