Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM105: The Politics of Global Capitalism

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

1. Introduction: Why IPE?

Part 1: Conceptual Frameworks

2. Economic Nationalism

3. The Liberal Tradition

4. Critical Perspectives

Part 2: Governing the Post-war International Political Economy

5. Finance: From Bretton Woods to the Big Bang

6. Trade: From the GATT to the WTO

7. Development and its Discontents

Part 3: Capitalism in Crisis

8. The Financial Explosion: Causes and Consequences

9. Reconfiguring World Trade: The WTO and Beyond

10. A Planetary Emergency: The Political Economy of the Environment

11. A Crisis of Ideas? Reimagining World Capitalism

12. Review Seminar

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	278	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled learning and teaching activities	22	11 x 2 hour Seminars
Guided independent study	278	Reading and writing: - Reading in preparation for class each week: c10hrs - Research and writing for three essays: c.56hrs each

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).