COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5125 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET NACI SEVKAL

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

This course aims to review recent literature in international political economy. It examines recent discussions in selected topics such as development, north south divide and the impact of international financial organizations on national policies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to develop arguments.
2   Being able to develop a critical attitude towards literature.
3   Being able to compare the different periods of international political economy
4   Being able to build links between national and global processes
5   Being able to analyse current international political economy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Political Economy International Political Economy
2 Historical Background
3 Historical Background
4 Theoretical Perspectives
5 Theoretical Perspectives
6 World Economy
7 Mid-term exam
8 World Economy
9 Institutions
10 Institutions
11 Development
12 Development
13 Recent Discussions
14 Recent Discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Chang, Ha-Joon and Grabel, Ilene (2005). Reclaiming Development from the Washington Consensus, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 27(2): 273 291.
Lebowitz, Michael A. (2004). Ideology and Economic Development, Monthly Review, May: 14 24.
Makki, F. (2004). The Empire of Capital and the Remaking of Centre-Periphery Relations, Third World Quarterly, 25(1): 149 168.
Öniş, Ziya and Bayram, Ismail Emre (2008). Temporary Star or Emerging Tiger Turkey s Recent Economic Performance in a Global Setting. New Perspectives on Turkey, 39: 47-84.
Randall, Vicky (2004). Using And Abusing the Concept of The Third World: Geopolitics and the Comparative Political Study of Development and Underdevelopment, Third World Quarterly, 25(1): 41 53.
Sindzingre, Alice (2004). `Truth , `Efficiency and Multilateral Institutions: A Political Economy of Development Economics, New Political Economy 9(2): 233 249.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

A general overview of the subject
Lectures
Case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

naci.sevkal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 131

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1545454
LO.2545454
LO.3545454
LO.4545454
LO.5545454