Questions on Ravenhill (ed) (Nov 4-5)
1. Ravenhill: What are the main approaches to the study of global political economy?
2. Watson: What was Adam Smith’s argument against (a) mercantilism and (b) laissez faire?
3. Aggarwal & Dupont: How can game theory help us understand problems of collabora-tion?
4. Hiscox: What types of electoral and policy-making institutions tend to mitigate the ef-fects of
lobbying by protectionist groups when it comes to the determination of trade policy?
5. Winham: What does non-discrimination mean in international trade; and how was it put into
effect by the rules of the GATT?
6. Ravenhill: What are the economic and political motives for regional trade agreements?
7. Helleiner: To what extent has financial globalization undermined the power and policy autonomy
of national governments?
8. Pauly: What special risks are associated with cross-border finance, and how have regula-tors tried
to respond?
9. McGrew: What are the principal causes of globalization?
10. Hay: What are the key assumptions of the hyperglobalization thesis? Are they plausible?
11. Thun: What factors does a firm need to consider when deciding where to locate produc-tion?
12. Wade: What are the implications of the trends in growth, poverty and inequality for the agendas
of the multilateral organizations?
13. Phillips: What are the key differences between the main development theories that have
emerged in the period after the Second World War?
14. Dauvergne: What are the effects of trade on global environmental conditions?
Questions on Schmidt (Nov 8)
1. Have the gains in supranational autonomy and control made up for the losses in national
autonomy and control?
2. Summarize the impact of the “mediating factors” on Britain, France and Germany.
3. What were the original three models of capitalism?
4. Summarize how the three models have changed in the 1990s.
5. What is the point of analyzing national discourses?
6. How can discourses help us understand policy change?
7. How are discourses organized in the EU? Which country is most similar to the EU?
Questions on Kristensen & Lilja (Nov 18)
1. How were the Nordic welfare states reformed in the 1990s?
2. What was the old “Chandlerian” innovation system?
3. Are the Nordic countries similar enough for a reasonable comparison?
4. What are the links from the welfare state to successful firms?
5. Finland and Norway seem to be affected by the end of the cold war; how?
6. How did policies change in Denmark and what was the impact on firms?
7. Is the Swedish case of MoDo compatible with the Danish conclusions?
Questions on Djelic & Sahlin-Andersson (Nov 22)
1. What are translation and hybridization?
2. What is scientization and how does it impact on politics and policy?
3. How did the ideas of the market come to have such influence?
4. What is different about standardization, compared to earlier forms of regulation?
5. How is “the global moral order” constructed?
6. What are the pros and cons of “soft law” compared to “hard law”?
7. Why is the relevant to think of law firms as producing regulation?
8. Who are making demands on firms and how can firms respond?
9. Why is the relevant to think of central bankers as producing regulation?
10. What does it mean that states follow scripts?
11. How are the ideals of the universities changing? Is it good or bad?
12. Give some examples of non-state regulators and their impact on politics.
13. Who decides the rules of accounting and how is that important?
14. How did the perception of “trusts” change in Europe?
15. What are the effects of ranking of university (management) education?
16. How was the market for CO2-emissions created?
17. What are the pros and cons of certification as an alternative form of regulation?
18. How do the new modes of regulation/policy-making impact on democracy?
Group assignment for The Politics and Economics of International Relations (Nov 26th)
Identify what you as a group (the same three groups, but only those who take the 7,5hp course)
think are the three most important challenges for European governments and discuss ways to handle
these challenges. At least one challenge should relate to the economy and one to the political
system.
Work on this assignment on November 25th, in the three groups (only the international program).Be
prepared to discuss your answers in three new groups on November 26th.