ACADEMIC YEAR
2009/10
MODULE OUTLINE
Certificate of Higher Education
ECONOMICS
Political Economy of Globalisation (Fast-Track)
FFEC910S4ACB
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Class Details
Enrolment
Module Description
Coursework and Assessment
Referencing
Late Submission of Coursework
Assessment Offences and Moderation
Studying at Birkbeck College
Reading Lists
Week-By-Week Breakdown
Essay Titles
Students must bring this to their first class. Please ensure you read all information
contained in this document carefully.
CLASS DETAILS
Venue
Central London (To Be Announced)
Instructions for LSE venues only
Please arrive 15 minutes early for your first class to ensure there is time
to find your classroom. On arrival of LSE, please go to the Old Building
in Houghton Street. You are advised to check the display screens
regularly as room bookings can be subject to change.
First Meeting
Wednesday 13 January 2010, 6.00-9.00pm
(11 Meetings plus 2 Saturday schools)
Term Dates
Term Two: 13 January to 24 March 2010
Saturday 9 January 10am-5pm and Saturday 13 February 10am-4pm
Module taught by
Alan Hooper
Please be aware that students should not be attending any classes until they have
formally enrolled.
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ENROLMENT
Entry Requirements
The module is open to any one with an interest and enthusiasm for the subject. The module does not
assume prior knowledge of the subject. Students will need to be able to commit 6 hours per week, in
addition to classes, to read the core texts and to complete the coursework. Students should be able to read
and write English fluently. Students whose first language is not English and who feel their language or study
skills are not quite sufficient are strongly advised to enrol on an appropriate course in the English
Department. Students successfully completing the half-module English for social science will be given credit
towards the Certificate of Higher Education (Economics) (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/ce/english/). Students who
enrol and find the level of English too difficult will not be refunded. Students cannot join the class after the
third week. All classes must be paid for in advance.
Please see our website, http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/ce2009/economics/awards/UEHECNMC.html
for more information on the Economics programme.
Refund Policy
Birkbeck College cannot undertake to make refunds when students are prevented from attending a
course due to changes in personal circumstances other than health. Requests for refunds on
medical grounds must be made within four weeks of leaving the class, and supported by a medical
certificate. All refunds for medical reasons will be subject to a £20 administrative fee per module
plus a pro-rata deduction for the meetings attended. If the College closes the class, or the class is
full, or the student cannot be accepted for some reason, any fees paid will be refunded in full.
Class Cancellations
If a tutor needs to cancel a class for any reason, students will be informed by email. Therefore,
please make sure that we have a valid email address for you. Hotmail accounts are known to
block emails from Birkbeck. Please provide either a work email address or a yahoo account
address.
Occasionally, a class may be cancelled during term time; the College reserves the right to
reschedule these classes on an alternative date which may be outside of the term time. Refunds
are not available for any classes that are rescheduled.
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MODULE DESCRIPTION
Aims
To examine critically the acceleration in global economic integration during the last quarter of a
century and the political processes shaping it, with the intention of understanding the key trends
that have developed in this period. These include the transformation of the division of labour in the
world economy, the opening up to western companies of the markets of the so-called socialist
states, the mass migrations of working people to the more successful economies, the changing
regional arrangements between states and the creation of policies to promote or resist
globalisation.
The different political arguments that have encouraged more extensive and intensive economic
relationships worldwide will be assessed. The objections to these arguments will also be
discussed. The ways this process of 'globalisation' is likely to continue will be considered.
The historical evolution of globalisation will be set out. Starting from the economic justification for
the trade in ordinary commodities, the growth of trading markets the trade in services and their
relation to the means of communication will be analysed. Next the role of the international financial
markets and their extension and liberalisation will then be looked into. This then leads to the study
of the movement in capital and the role of the international capital markets in global development.
The corresponding political arrangements which have stimulated or accommodated these
economic pressures will be examined at the same time.
The institutions that have come to regulate international trade and development will
be discussed, both in respect to their successes and to there apparent failures. Regional economic
developments such as NAFTA/AAFTA, the EU and Mercosur will be studied in relation to the
growing globalisation process and its political consequences. This will also involve understanding
any counteracting political and social processes or obstacles to greater internationalisation of all
our daily lives.
An assessment will be made of key industries which are global, their political influence and effect
on world economic development and the broader sense of globalisation as deepened
interdependence and commonality. The environmental and ecological issues arising from the
underlying economic transformations, as well as demographic phenomena, will be studied.
Student Outcomes
1)
Students understand the different notions of 'globalisation' and to understand the forces in
international politics and economics that have created the current level of global
integration.
2)
Students understand the function and purpose of the key international economic
institutions in the international economy.
3)
Ability to manage the key concepts evolved to explain the growth of international trade,
international investment and the changing role of the State.
4)
Understanding of the economic and political relationships between the poor countries of
the world , the developing and developed states.
5)
Understanding of the social and political significance of the integration of the world
economy
6)
Ability to research relevant material, present ideas and information in class, and on paper
in the form of essays/reports
Teaching Arrangements
Teaching and learning takes place by means of lectures, seminars and class presentations by
students individually or in groups
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COURSEWORK AND ASSESSMENT
Students will be expected to prepare essays for formal assessment and to undertake a compulsory
in-class assessment.
Assessment will consist of three elements:
1. Coursework amounting to 3,000 words in total to be made up of two assignments of 1,500 words
each, to be submitted by weeks 5 and 10. These assignments will account for 50% of the total
marks, the first assessment carrying 20%, the second 30%. Assignments submitted after the
deadline will not be assessed unless a mitigating circumstances form and supporting
evidence has been submitted (further information see page 6). The final deadline for
submission of coursework to the class tutor is the final class.
2. A compulsory in-class assessment will take the form of unseen questions to be answered within
1.5 hours which will carry 40 % of the possible marks. This will take place in week 11. There will be a
central re-sit date allocated for those who provide evidence that they cannot attend the unseen
assessment in week 11.
3. In-class participation, accounts for 10 % of the overall mark. Criteria include regular contributions
to class (e.g. group-work, discussions, mini-presentations or other exercises), awareness of required
reading, listening/communication skills.
All assessment must be passed to be eligible for credit. Please keep a copy of all work you
submit.
You may produce up to two trial assignments if you wish which can be used for feedback. The
course lecturer will give suggestions for improvement. These will NOT go forward for final
assessment
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REFERENCES
Please ensure that:
 you use appropriate footnoting or end noting,
 all references consulted, and all quotations reproduced, are properly cited, including where
necessary specific page references,
 you include a full Bibliography representing the actual texts consulted
 you use texts that are written in English only
It is essential that you reference sources correctly. If you fail to reference sources correctly, you
run the risk of plagiarising. If a student’s work is proven to be plagiarised, this can result in the
student automatically failing the course.
The referencing formats below are widely adhered to in International and European Studies:
BOOK-1 AUTHOR
SURNAME, INITIAL(S). YEAR. TITLE, CITY: PUBLISHER.
EXAMPLE: Denoeux, G. 1993. Urban Unrest in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Informal Networks in
Egypt, Iran and Lebanon. New York: State University of New York Press.
BOOK-2 OR 3 AUTHORS
SURNAMES, INITIALS. YEAR. TITLE, CITY: PUBLISHER.
EXAMPLE: Buzan, B., O. Wever, and J. de Wilde. 1998. Security: A New Framework for Analysis. Boulder,
CO: Lynne Rienner.
BOOK-4 OR MORE AUTHORS
SURNAME(S), INITIAL(S) ET AL., EDS. (IF RELEVANT) YEAR. TITLE, CITY: PUBLISHER.
EXAMPLE: Held, D. et al., eds. 2005. Debating Globalization. Cambridge: Polity Press.
BOOK-SECOND OR LATER EDITION
SURNAME(S), INITIAL(S). YEAR. TITLE, NUMBER EDITION, CITY: PUBLISHER.
EXAMPLE: Calvocoressi, P. 2008. World Politics since 1945. 9th edition. London: Longman.
CHAPTER IN (EDITED) BOOK
SURNAME(S) CHAPTER AUTHOR, INITIAL(S). YEAR. “TITLE OF CHAPTER,” IN SURNAME(S),
INITIAL(S), ED(S). TITLE OF BOOK. CITY: PUBLISHER, PP:.
EXAMPLE: Murphy, C. 2002. ‘‘Why Pay Attention to Global Governance?,’’ in Wilkinson, R., and S. Hughes,
eds. Global Governance: Critical Perspectives. London: Routledge, pp. xi-xvii.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
SURNAME(S), INITIAL(S). YEAR. TITLE OF ARTICLE. NAME OF THE JOURNAL VOLUME(ISSUE
NUMBER): PAGE NUMBERS.
EXAMPLE: Martin, L., and B. Simmons. 1998. Theoretical and Empirical Studies of International Institutions.
International Organization 52(4): 729–757.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
SURNAME(S), INITIAL(S). YEAR. TITLE OF ARTICLE. TITLE OF NEWSPAPER, DAY MONTH BEFORE
PAGE NUMBER AND COLUMN LINE.
EXAMPLE: Glapper, R. 2005. Transnational corporate recruitment and the welfare state: Pressing issues for
governments and lawyers. The New Times, 4 Sep. p.4b.
WEB PAGE
SURNAME(S), INITIAL(S). YEAR. TITLE. PLACE OF PUBLICATION, PUBLISHER (IF ASCERTAINABLE).
AVAILABLE FROM: INTERNET ADDRESS [ACCESSED DY/MNTH/YR].
EXAMPLE: Zuttel, F., and M. Hobland. 2002. References: Harvard systems. Powle, Burnemouth University.
Available from: http://www.burnemouth.edu/service.html [Accessed 18 November 2002].
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LATE SUBMISSION OF COURSEWORK
No individual member of staff can grant extensions for work, so please do not ask them to do so.
If you are going to face difficulties meeting a deadline for coursework please let the subject
administrator know at the earliest opportunity. This should be prior to the due submission
date. If a piece of work is submitted after the stated deadline it will be given two marks – a penalty
mark of 40% (assuming it is of pass standard) and the ‘real’ mark that would have been awarded if
the work had not been late. Both marks will be recorded on the coursework coversheet. If the
work is not of a pass standard a single mark will be given.
All students submitting work after the original due submission date are allowed to provide written
evidence (medical or otherwise) of mitigating circumstances. This should be submitted to the
subject administrator, with supporting documentation. This documentation will then be considered
by the Mitigation sub-committee of the exam board, and will be treated as confidential. If no
documentation is received prior to the meeting of the Mitigation Sub-Committee the ‘real’ mark will
not be considered and the penalty mark will stand. If the evidence of mitigation is considered to be
sufficient then the ‘real’ mark will go forward to the exam board. Details of mitigating
circumstances considered by the College to be of sufficient gravity to allow the “real” mark to be
recorded
ASSESSMENT OFENCES AND MODERATION
All students MUST read the College Policy on Assessment Offences, please visit the
following link: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/reg/regs/assmtoff .
MODERATION
You will be contacted by the assessment office at the end of your module if your course has been
selected for moderation. You may be required to resubmit marked coursework to the department.
It is your responsibility to keep a copy of your marked work. Moderation is a part of our quality
assurance procedures which ensure that modules are being taught and assessed to the correct
standard.
RESULTS
Module results will be published on-line via the ‘My Studies at Birkbeck’ webpage here: {link to be
inserted}. You can use this page to access your confirmed module results as well as your
programme of study details, contact details and enrolment information. All you require are your ITS
log in details. We will write to you to confirm when the module results are available, and it is
expected that most results will be available by August 14th 2009.
After August, if you are unable to access the ‘My studies at Birkbeck’ to check your results, you
may request a written confirmation of results by e-mailing assessment@fll.bbk.ac.uk with
‘RESULTS REQUEST’ in the subject field or calling the assessment office on 020 7631 4118
MODULE EVALUATION
During the module students will be asked to complete a Module Evaluation form which gives the
opportunity to provide feedback on all aspects of their learning experience.
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STUDYING AT BIRKBECK
Contacting Us
Please contact us by email: economics@fll.bbk.ac.uk or by telephone: 020 7631 6626/6618. In
exceptional cases where you have to come in to the department you should contact us in advance
to make an appointment. If your query can be answered by email or by telephone you will not be
able to make an appointment.
Lateness
Please ensure that you arrive on time for the start of your class. A prompt start ensures maximum
learning time and minimum disruption to your classmates. If you think you are going to be late or
have troubles arriving for the start of your class please contact the Subject Administrator.
Birkbeck Library
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your student library/id card.
Please send a passport photo (with your name and 8 digit student number on the back) to:
Central Enrolment (Library Cards)
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READING LISTS
Purchase of some or all advisable (but not before the first class as we occasionally have to cancel
classes)
Books; please note the following:
Your lecturer will be able to advise you on the most useful books once your course has started.
We recommend that students do not buy books until the course has started as we occasionally
have to cancel classes.
Key Text:
Dicken P 'Global Shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy' 5th edn.
Sage, 2007
ISBN 0 7619 7150 5 This book should be bought and will be used as the key text throughout the
module
Additional general texts:
Baldwin RE,Winters LA (eds) ,Challenges to Globalization. Analyzing the Economics
(U. of Chicago P.,2004)
Gilpin, R. Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order. Princeton,
Oxford 2001.
Gowan.P. The Global Gamble Verso ,1999
Harvey, D. The New Imperialism. OUP,2003
Hoekman B M and Kostecki M M 'The Political Economy of the World Trading System' 2nd
edition OUP 2001
James H The End of Globalisation: Lessons from the Great Depression 270pp. Harvard UP.
2001
Krugman P R. Obstfeld M International Economics: Theory and Policy 5/E Addison Wesley
2000. ISBN 032107727 X
MacGilllivray A. A Brief History of Globalization, Robinson,2006
Noberg, J. In Defense of Global Capitalism Cato Institute, Washington 2003
Ravenhill J (ed) Global Political Economy (OUP,2005)
Wolf, M. Why Globalisation Works Yale University Press 2004
Woods N (ed) The Political Economy of Globalization, St.Martins, 2000
Youngs G, Global Political Economy in the Information Age Power and Inequality,
Routledge,2007.
Good bookshops include: The LSE Bookshop; Waterstones; Foyles;
Secondhand Stores: Skoob Books, Judd Books
Websites: abebooks.co.uk amazon.co.uk
‘Popular’ Literature on the topic
Freidman, Thomas: The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Harper Collins 1999 ( an optimistic view )
Gray. J. False Dawn, The Delusions of Global Capitalism Granta 1998 ( a pessimistic view)
Hertz, Noreena The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy Heinemann
2001
Klein, Naomi No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies Picador 1999
Levinson M., The Box ( Princeton UP, 2006)
Micklethwait.J, Wooldridge A. A Future Perfect: The Challenge and hidden Promise of
Globalisation Heinemann 2000
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OTHER SOURCES
Internet Sources
Journals and Newspapers
OECD Observer; Review of International Political Economy, The World Economy, International
Studies Quarterly, Journal of World Trade, New Political Economy,
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WEEK-BY-WEEK BREAKDOWN
The readings given below for each topic are in no sense comprehensive or required reading. An
indication is given of the relevant chapters in the set texts, together with an identification of some of
the better works dealing with the topics specified.
WEEK-BY-WEEK BREAKDOWN
Week I
Introduction : Political Economy of Globalisation
The meaning of 'globalisation'. The discussion over its significance and characteristics. Hyperglobalists, sceptics. and transformationalists
Dicken ch 1
Held D,McGrew A (eds),The Global Transformations Reader. An Introduction to the Globalisation
Debate, Polity,2000
Hirst P,Thompson G, Globalisation in Question, Polity,1999
Hutton W,Giddens A(eds)Global Capitalism, New Press,2000
Lechner F,,Boli J (eds), The Globalisation Reader, Blackwell,2004
Saul J, The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World, Atlantic, 2005
Scholte JA, Globalisation: A Critical Introduction , Palgrave, 2005
Waters M, Globalisation, Routledge,2007
Week 2
Globalisation : origins and patterns
Empires, states and markets.
Dicken ch, 2
Hardt M,Negri A, Empire, Harvard UP,2000
Hopkins AG (ed), Global History.Interactions between the Universal and the Local
Palgrave,2006
Kenwood AG,Lougheed AL, The growth of the International Economy,1820-2000,
Routledge, 1999
Maddison A, Contours of the World Economy. 1-2030 AD (Oxford,2007)
O’Rourke KH,Williamson J,Globalization and History,The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century
Atlantic Economy, MIT Press,1999
Spero J E The Politics of International Economic Relations Ch 2 and 3
Wood EM, Empire of Capital,Verso,2003
Day School: Understanding Globalisation
10am-5pm (lunch 12-1)
During this day school we will reflect upon the origins of globalization and theories concerning
its development and implications. Students will be expected to make a contribution to one of
these areas and the written-up version of the presentations will constitute the first assessment.
The relevant reading material should come from Dicken (pt1) and the general literature on
globalization listed above.
Week 3
Trade: comparative, competitive and regulated
Theories and strategies of international trade. Absolute and comparative advantage.New thories
of international trade.The regulatory framework: bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.
Dicken ch.5
Hocking B. ,McGuire(eds) Trade Policies, Routledge,2004
Hoekman and Kostecki op cit Ch 1 , Ch 11 and Annex 2 Economic Effects of Trade Policy –
Basic concepts
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Lang T ,Hines C, The New Protectionism. Protecting the Future against Free Trade, Earthscan
1993
Nicholls, Opal C, Fair Trade. Market-Driven Ethical Consuption. Sage,2005
Pomeranz K./Topik S, The World That Trade Created. Society, Culture and the World
Economy.1400 to the present (M.E.Sharpe,2006)
Stiglitz J, Charlton A, Fair Trade for All. How Trade can promote development(OUP,2005)
Unger R, Free Trade Reimagined (Princeton UP,2007)
For international competitiveness
http://www.imd.ch/wcy/factors/overall.html
and
http://www.weforun.org/publications/gcr
Week 4
Finance: fixed, floating and dirty
The origins of international financial regimes.National currencies and exchange rates.The
emergence of international currencies: sterling, the dollar and the euro. Global financial turbulence
and its avoidance.
Eatwell J, Taylor L, Global Finance at Risk. The Case for International Regulation,( Polity,2000)
Eichengreen B, Globalizing Capital. A History of the International Monetary System,
(Princeton UP,1995)
Eichengreen B, Capital Flows and Crises (MIT Press, 2004)
Mishkin F., The Next Great Globalization. How Disadvantaged Nations Can Harness their
Financial Systems to get Rich , Princton,2006
Porter T, Globalization and Finance, Polity, 2005
Stiglitz J.,Making Globalization Work (Penguin, 2006)
Current Account to GDP data for many states, on
http://www.datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/pwt
Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/Z1/Current/
Week 5
The role of the State in the twenty first century.
The state as a container and facilitator of economic activity.The challenge of globalization,
The pursuit of competitive advantage.
Harris N, The Return of Cosmopolitan Capitalism. Globalization, the state and war,
I.B. Tauris,2003
Helleiner E, Pickel A,( eds) Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World , Cornell UP,2005
Hutton W, The Writing on the Wall. China and the West in the Twenty-First Century,
Little, Brown,2006
Panic M, Globalization and National Economic Welfare, Palgrave,2003
Porter M, The Competitive Advantage of Nations, Macmillan,1990
Smith D, The Dragon and the Elephant. China, India and the New World Order, Profile,2007
Stopford J., Strange S., Rival States and Rival Firms. Competition for World Market Shares
(CUP, 1991)
Week 6Technology and Economic Development
Theories concerning technology’s contribution to economic development. Types of technological
utilization: accessible, appropriate and applicable. Regimes of technological development.
Castells M, The Rise of the Network Society,vol I, Blackwell,1996
Dicken, ch 3
Dunning JH (ed), Regions, Globalization and the Knowledge based-Economy (OUP,2007)
Gibbon P/Ponte S, Trading Down Africa, Value-Chains and the Global Economy
(Temple,UP,2005)
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Week 7
Transnational corporations
A review of the present position. Explanations for the activity. Nature and history. FDI and
Portfolio investment. Current trends. Banking investments. The results for home and host
country. The arguments for and against controls. The 'Washington Consensus'. Plunder or
progress?
Dicken chs 4,16
Dunning JH, Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy, Addison Wesley,1993
Hoekman and Kostecki Ch 13
US Foreign Investment ( click 'international data') on
http://www.bea.doc.gov
UN World Investment Report gives annual FDI data, as does the OECD.
For the limited Web access to the WDR see
http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir99ove.pdf
See International Investments Yearbook of OECD at
http://www.oecd.org
Week 8
Regionalism
Types of regional organisations. Trade creation and trade diversion.The development of the EU
and other regional organisations ( NAFTA, ASEAN, APEC and Mercosur) .From GATT to WTO.
Dedman MJ,The Origins and Development of the European Union 1945-95,Routldge,1996
Giordano F,Persaud S,, The Political Economy of Monetary Union. Towrds the euro,
Routledge,1998
Farrell M et al (eds), Global Politics of Regionalism. Theory and Practice, Pluto,2005
Melo de J , Panagoriya (eds) New Dimensions in Regional Integration, CUP,1992
Pomfret R, The Economics of Regional Trading Arrangements, OUP,1997
Week 9
International Organisations
The development of international organisations: governmental and non-governmental. Their
impact in shaping globalization: neo-liberalism and global civil society.
Boas M, McNeill D, Multilateral Institutions. A Critcal Introduction, Pluto,2003
Bradford CI/Flinn(eds) Global Governance Reform (Brookings Inst.,2007)
Dobson A, The Group of 7/8 , Routledge, 2007
Kahler M, Lake D.A.,(eds) Governance in a Global Economy, Princeton UP, 2000
Mallaby S,, The World’s Banker, Yale UP,2004
Narlikar A, The WTO , OUP,2005
Woods N, The Globalizers. The IMF, the World Bank and their Borrowers , Cornell Up,2006
Day School: Managing Globalisation
10am to 4pm (lunch 12-1)
During this day school we will examine key sectors of the global economy and key socio-political
issues facing the global economy, respectively parts 3 and 4 of Dicken. Students will be expected
to make presentations in one of the two areas and these will provide the basis for their second
written assessment. A guest lecturer to speak on a major global issue may be invited.
The presentations-in the day-school and in the essay- should focus upon:
1 .recent developments in the area considered ; 2.their relationship to the phenomenon of
globalization;3, their implications, with a special emphasis upon policy responses.
Two examples- with bibliographic details- of topics that might be studied from the two areas are
given below
The energy sector
The pursuit of oil: political and environmental implications. Alternatives: renewables and nuclear.
Clarke D, The Battle for Barrels. Peak Oil Myths and World Oil Futures,Profile,2007
Kaldor M et al (eds) Oil Wars, Pluto,2007
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Leggett J, Half Gone. Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis, Portobello,2005
Roberts P, The End of Oil, Bloomsbury,2004
Stern A, Who won the oil wars?, Collins & Brown,2005
The trade in services
Their nature and 'internationalisation'. Transnational service conglomerates. Tourism. The
information industry. Research and development as an industry. Financial services. Electronic
commerce. Gats. The WTO Doha round. Intellectual property.
Dicken Chs 13,14
Hoekman and Kostecki op cit Ch 7
Daniels P W Service Industries in the World Economy Blackwell 1993
Henderson D The MAI Affair, A Story and Its Lessons RIIA 1999
International Intellectual Property Association see http://www.iipa.com
For WTO see
http://www.wto.org
for UN statistics see
http://www.un.org/depts/unsd/mbsreg.htm
Migration
Causes and consequences. Migration and development. Socio-political repercussions.
Castles.S and Miller M The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern
World
Macmillan 1998 2/E
Harris N, Thinking the Unthinkable. The Immigration Myth Exposed, I.B. Tauris,2002
Koser K, International Migration, OUP, 2007
Legrain P, Immigrants. Your Country Needs Them, Little, Brown,2007
Munck R, Waterman P. (eds), Labour Worldwide in the Era of Globalisation: alternative union
models in the New World Order, Macmillan, 2002
Spellman W,The Global Community. Migration and the Making of the Modern World, Sutton,2002
US and 'foreign' labour wage rates are compiled on
http://www.bls.gov/flsdata.htm
data on immigration to US on
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm
The question of global poverty.
The Lomé Conventions. Debt and Structural adjustments. The role of NGO's and the UNO. The
causes of poverty. Health and disease. AIDS and the question of pharmaceutical production.
Resolving the issues. 'Egalité, fraternité et liberté?
International Aid. Its use, direction and purpose. State loans, guarantees, or gifts. Tied aid. The
effect on recipient States. Do international financial institutions have a future?
Reading
M.Davis, Planet of Slums, Verso,2006
Dicken pt iv
George V, Wilding P, Globalization and Human Welfare, Palgrave, 2002
Held D., Kaye A (eds), Global Inequality, Polity,2007
Kapstein E., Economic Justice in an Unfair World (Princeton UP, 2006)
Sachs J, The End of Poverty, Penguin, 2005
Todaro M Economic Development 7/E Addison Wesley 2000
Spero J E op cit Ch 2 and 6
Week 10
Prospects
Celebrants and critics of globalization: towards crisis or consolidation?
Cohen D, Globalisation and its Critics, MIT Press,2006
Commission for Africa, Our Common Interest, Penguin, 2005
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Dunning J.H., (ed) Making Globalization Good. The Moral Challenge of Global Capitalism,
OUP, 2003
Guest R, The Shackled Continent. Africa’s Past, Present and Future, Macmillan, 2004
Held D,McGrew A, Globalization/ Antiglobalization, Poliy,2002
Mason P, Live Working or Die Fighting.How the Working Class Went Global, Harvill Secker,2007
Munck R, Globalization and Contestation, Routledge, 2007
Ohmae K, The Next Global Stage. Challenges and Opportunities in Our Borderless World,
Wharton, 2005
Week II Class test- I and 1/2 hours; resume and reflection upon course
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ESSAY TITLES
Essay 1 (Deadline Week 5): Select ONE
1.Compare and contrast the hyper-globalisers’ and the sceptics’ positions on contemporary
globalisation.
2. Why do transformationalists believe that globalisation is an open process requiring appropriate
institutional adaptation?
3. Compare the contemporary era of globalisation (c.1970-) and the earlier era of globalisation
(c.1870-1930).
4. Assess the significance of the financial crisis of 2007-9 for contemporary globalisation.
Essay 2 (Deadline Week 10) Select ONE
1. Assess the significance for the global economy of increasing ‘resource nationalism’.
2. What are the prospects for ,and implications of, the liberalization of services in the global
economy?
3. Assess the case for and against labour migration on a global scale.
4. Does globalization make the end of global poverty a possibility?
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