Syllabus

Y669 International Political  Economy

(Course No. 10674) -- Spring 2008

Class Meets Tu 12:20-2:15pm, Woodburn Hall, Room 203

Instructor: Jeffrey Hart

Office: Woodburn Hall 346

Office Hours: Wed 1-3pm and by appointment

Phone:  855-9002

Email: hartj@indiana.edu

Course web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~gradipe

 

 

The seminar will be divided into two halves.  The first half involves discussion of a common core of readings (see the list below).  The second half is organized around presentations by seminar participants on journal articles and books on topics of special interest.  A longer list of optional readings is available at http://www.indiana.edu/~ipe/bibliog.html which may be used to help define these presentations.  Each presenter will be responsible for providing one copy of important articles for classroom discussion at least two weeks before his/her presentation.

 

Grades will be based on a midterm examination (25%), a seminar presentation (25%), and a term paper based on the seminar presentation (50%).

 

The following books have been ordered for purchase and will be available at the Indiana Memorial Union bookstore:

 

Robert Gilpin, Global Political Economy, 2001.

C. Roe Goddard, Patrick Cronin, and Kishore C. Dash , eds., International Political Economy, 2nd Edition, 2003.

 

 

Reading List and Course Schedule

 

Jan. 8

No reading assignment.

Jan. 15

Gilpin, chs. 1-4; Stephen Krasner, "State Power and the Structure of International Trade," World Politics 28 (April 1976), pp. 317-347; Goddard volume, chs 2,8 and 15.

Jan. 22

Gilpin, chs. 5-6; Joseph Grieco and John Ikenberry, “The Economics of International Trade,” in Grieco and Ikenberry, State Power and Markets, ch. 2; Goddard volume, chs. 6 and 9.

Jan. 29

Gilpin, chs. 7-10; Ronald Rogowski, “Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Trade,” American Political Science Review, 81 (December 1987), pp. 1121-1137; Goddard volume, chs. 22-23.

Feb. 5

Gilpin, chs. 11-12; Goddard volume, chs. 24-25.

Feb. 12

Gilpin, ch. 13; Wayne Sandholtz and John Zysman, “1992: Recasting the European Bargain,” World Politics, 42 (October 1989), pp. 95-128; Goddard volume, ch. 18.

Feb. 19

Gilpin, chs. 14-15; Goddard volume, chs.10-14 and 19.

Feb 26

John G. Ruggie, “What Makes the World Hang Together? Neo-Utilitarianism and the Social Constructivist Challenge,” International Organization, 52 (Autumn 1998), pp. 855-885; http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~wsandhol/Sandholtz-Sweet-2004.pdf; Benjamin J. Cohen, "The Transatlantic Divide: Why Are American and British IPE So Different?," Review of International Political Economy (2007).  

Mar. 4

Midterm Examination

Mar. 11

Presentations

Mar. 18

Presentations

Apr. 1

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Apr. 8

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Apr. 15

Apr. 22

Conclusion and Seminar Papers are Due