PROGRAM NAUCZANIA NA ROK AKADEMICKI 2010/2011
Subject: Economic History
Type of studies: First Cycle
System of studies: full time studies
Year/Semester: 1/1
Type: lecture
Number of hours: 30
Lecturer: dr Rafał Matera
Teaching objectives:
To present students an economic history if Poland and the world, to show the origins and stages in the market economy. To present the development of the world economy from ancient times till the beginning of 21st century. To search long-term tendencies in the factors of development. To encourage students to study historical material associated with economical matters. To support critical and analytical approach to history of economic thought. The accent is put on shaping the world population, income, international trade and global processes.
Contents:
1.
Definition of the world economy. Long-distance trade in ancient times
2.
Production and international trade in the middle ages. 1000-1500
3.
Raising the world market. 1500-1800
4.
The economic development at the time of the triumph of liberalism. 1800-1870
5.
The origin of the world economy. 1870-1914
6.
Disintegration of the international labour division. 1914-1939
7.
Polish economy during the world wars and in the interwar period. 1914-1945
8.
The evolution of the world economy as a result of the WWII. 1939-1947
9.
The world economy at the beginning of the cold war. 1947-1956
10.
The world market at the time of “golden age” of capitalism. 1956-1970
11.
The changes in the world economy in the 70s and the 80s of the 20 th century
12.
Polish economy during the time of real socialism. 1945-1989
13.
New economic deal in the 90s of the 20 th century
14.
Poland at the time of transformation – the 90s
15.
Development tendencies it the world economy. A historical approach. Figures and tables
Skills:
On completion of this module a student should be able to:
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Define, and analyse main factors of development of the world economy
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Notice the evolution of the development and strong links between epochs
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Understand mutual influences of the states, regions and continents
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Differentiate many aspects of globalization and internationalization of production
 Have a distance to current changes, crisis’s and threats in the world economy.
Assessment scheme:
Oral exam or test (the choice is given to the students).
Literature:
1/compulsory:
Skodlarski J., Matera R., Gospodarka światowa. Geneza i rozwój, Warszawa 2005.
Cameron R., Neal L., A Concise Economic History of the World: From Palaeolithic Times to the Present ,
4 th edition, New York-Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
2/supplementary:
Skodlarski J., Matera R., Development Tendencies in the World Economy. A Historical Approach ,
„International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal”, 2005, no. 1, pp. 5-21.
Skodlarski J., Matera R., Inflation and Unemployment as the Significant Barriers in the World Economy –
General Trends , [in:] Emerging Markets: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges, ed. S.
Rudolf, Lodz 2004, vol. 1, pp. 19-30.
Skodlarski J., Matera R., The Rise of the World Economy. The Origins of Globalization , [in:]
Globalization, Connections and Diversity, Lisbon 2002, vol. 2, pp. 379-391.
Skodlarski J., Matera R., The World Economy at the Start of the Third Millennium , ”The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs”, 2003, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 5-36.