LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY Dept of Management and Engineering Political science Advanced level 2013-09-16 733A42: The Politics and Economics of International Relations, 7,5 credits During the Fall of 2012 this course will be given jointly for students at several masters programs. This means that there will be Swedish students, who take this course as the first part of their course on Comparative Political Economy. The two groups will have separate programs for the final week (week 48), see below. The course is about how politics and economics impact on each other, in Europe as well as globally. It will have a comparative approach, where we discuss literature from different perspectives. (See the short overview of the readings below.) The course will cover main theories of capitalism and development; global economic transformation in the late twentieth century; the international politics of trade, monetary and financial relations, foreign direct investments and development aid; the role of regional and international institutions and organizations in matters related to international trade, finance and development. Teaching The course offers lectures which introduce and develop the content of the course. Guest lecturers will focus on particular elements which they work on. Lectures are complementary to the literature. Seminars are important aspects of the learning process and provide opportunities for mutual, critical discussions which develop attitudes and skills. Students are expected to be well prepared for the seminars. There will be questions provided for each of the books, which will help reading the books and will also be the basis for the seminars. The final seminar will have the character of a workshop, where students are expected to present the result of group assignments, given at the first lecture. The groups are expected to comment on the work of other groups. The course ends with a take-home exam, where students are expected to hand in an essay-like answer to an assignment which goes beyond the course contents. The idea is that it is an application of the information given in the course of a character that can be solved in less than two days. Syllabus *** PRELIMINARY For dates, times and rooms: see Time Edit. Week 44 Date Monday, October 28 Time 10-12 Activity Lecture LN Literature Contents Ravenhill, John (ed): Introduction International Political - Mercantilism and Economy (Oxford 2010) 45 Tuesday, October 29 (Wednesday, October 30) 10-12 Monday, November 4 8-10, 10-12 Tuesday, November 5 8-10 10-12 Friday, November 8 46 47 Lecture Ravenhill, continued LN Lecture (Jörg Winterberg?) Seminar 1 (group 1 - 2) Seminar 1 (group 3) Lecture LN 8-10, 10-12, 13-15 8-10, Seminar 2 (group 1-3) Thursday, November 14 Monday, November 18 10-12 Lecture Hans Sjögren 8-10, 10-12, 13-15 Seminar 3 (group 1-3) Tuesday, November 19 10-12 Lecture LN Monday, November 11 (Wednesday, 13-15 November 20) Friday, No- 8-10 vember 22 10-12 Lecture LN Lecture (Christian Berggren?) Seminar 4 (group 1) Lecture Liberalism - Global economic transformation - International politics and international economics - economic perspectives - international capitalism and development Schmidt, Vivien: The futures of European Capitalism (Oxford 2002) - three institutional models in Europe - Varieties of capitalism Kristensen, Peer Hull & Lilja, Kari: Nordic Capitalisms (Oxford 2011) - Nordic and Swedish capitalism - the role of politics and policy for the development of firms Djelic, Marie-Laure & Sahlin-Andersson, Kerstin (eds): Transnational governance (Cambridge, 2006) - the role of norms in global transformations - transnational regulation - sociological and constructivist perspectives on global transformation 48 13-15, 15-17 10-12 Tuesday, November 26 Wednesday, 09.00 November 27 Thursday, 16.00 November 28 Eva Lövbrand Seminar 4 (group 2-3) Seminar 5 MIER only Take-home exam out MIER only Take-home exam in MIER only Challenges and solu- Presentations of group tions for Europe assignments Teachers LN= Lars Niklasson, responsible for the course and examinor, lars.niklasson@liu.se, 013-282541 HS= Hans Sjögren, Economic history EL=Eva Lövbrand, Center for Climate Policy Studies JW? CB? Grading To pass the course, students have to attend the seminars and contribute to the discussions, submit and present a group assignment and submit an acceptable take-home exam. The grade will primarily be based on the take-home exam and will be related to the level of knowledge, independence and creativity. Questions for the books and the seminars Questions on the books will be provided on the course website to help focus the reading. The same questions will be the basis for the first four seminars. Readings See a separate list of mandatory readings. A short overview of the readings Ravenhill (ed): International Political Economy consists of a set of articles which give an overview of major issues in international politics and economics, as well as an overview of processes of transformation, mainly from a rationalist perspective (Economics, Realism, Rational choice). Schmidt: The futures of European Capitalism is a modern classic on the varieties of capitalism in Europe, exemplified by France, Germany and the UK. It shows how different the institutional frameworks are and how the countries reacted to globalization. It also contains a section on how political communication differs across countries. Kristensen & Lilja (eds): Nordic capitalisms and globalization looks at individual Nordic countries and how politics and policy has had an impact on businesses. An obvious question is what will happen with Nordic firms if the Nordic social models are under pressure to change. Djelic & Sahlin-Andersson (eds): Transnational governance gives an overview of an alternative perspective on drivers for change in the global economy. It highlights the role of private organizations in regulating the economy as well as the role of norms and ideas.