International Political Economy (IR211) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
International Political Economy	IR211		3	0	0	3	6

Pre-requisite Course(s)
None

Course Language	English
Course Type	N/A
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Problem Solving, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Faruk Yalvaç
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The course is an introduction to international political economy, as part of the international studies literature.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Students will be able to define and understand different terms and concepts relating to IPE. Students will be able to evaluate international political economy from different theoretical perspectives. Students will be able to apply these theoretical perspectives to day to day events.
Course Content	The foreign trade and the distribution of income, economic integration and its political implications and the impacts of technology on foreign trade; international economic institutions and their impact on South-North relations.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	The nature of political economy: The issues of political economy ; The importance of the market ; The economic consequences of a market ; Market effects and political responses	Gilpin, Chapter 1
2	Three ideologies of political economy: The liberal perspective ; The Nationalist perspective ; The Marxist perspective ; A critique of the perspectives ; Three challenges to a World Market economy ; Welfare capitalism in a non-welfare international capitalist world	Gilpin, Chapter 2
3	The dynamics of the international political economy: Contemporary theories of the International Political Economy ; The political economy of structural change ; The mechanisms of structural change ; Structural change and economic conflict	Gilpin, Chapter 3
4	International money matters: The era of specie money ; The era of political money ; The classical gold standard (1870-1914)	Gilpin, Chapter 4
5	The interregnum between British and American leadership (1914-1944)	Gilpin, Chapter 4
6	The Bretton Woods system (1944-1976) ; The dollar and American hegemony ; The non-system of flexible rates ; The issue of policy coordination	Gilpin, Chapter 4
7	The Reagan administration and policy coordination ; The policy for policy coordination	Gilpin, Chapter 4
8	Midterm Exam	None
9	The politics of international trade: The importance of trade ; The liberal theory of international trade ; The Nationalist theory of international trade ; Free trade versus economic protectionism ; The GATT system	Gilpin, Chapter 5
10	Emergent trade issues ; New trading patterns ; The Rapprochement of Liberal and Nationalist theories ; The prospects for the Liberal trade regime	Gilpin, Chapter 5
11	Multinational corporations and international production: The nature of the multinational ; The era of American multinationals ; The multinationals and home countries ; The multinationals and host countries ; The new multinationalism	Gilpin, Chapter 6
12	The issue of dependency and economic development: The Liberal perspective on economic development ; The classical Marxist perspective on economic development ; The underdevelopment position ; An evaluation of LDC strategies ; The process of uneven growth	Gilpin, Chapter 7
13	The political economy of international finance: Three eras of international finance ; The Eurodollar market ; The debt problem in the 1980s ; Japanese subsidization of American hegemony ; The Nichibei economy and its prospects	Gilpin, Chapter 8
14	The transformation of the global political economy: Structural changes in the international political economy ; The transition problem	Gilpin, Chapter 9
15	The emergent international economic order: The problem of political leadership ; The adjustment problem ; International norms versus domestic autonomy ; A mixed system, mercantilistic competition, economic regionalism, and sectoral protectionism	Gilpin, Chapter 10
16	Final Exam	None

Sources

Course Book	1. Gilpin, R. and Gilpin J, The Political Economy of International Relations, Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1987

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	40
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	60
Toplam	2	100

Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work	100
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Acquiring the skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts, theory and methodology of international relations					X
2	Having an interdisciplinary perspective that combines other related disciplines					X
3	Having adequate knowledge about the history of international relations and being able to examine international actors, events and historical processes	X
4	Acquiring the ability of analytical thinking, critical analysis and developing rational argument			X
5	Acquiring the ability to make analytical interpretations about the contemporary global issues; the current and future positions of regional and international actors					X
6	Being able to use professional English to transfer her/his knowledge about the international relations using verbal, written and visual communication methods effectively				X
7	Understanding the importance of several topics such as professional ethics, sustainability, environmental awareness, social responsibility, cultural, social and universal values; being able to manifest and analyze the legal results of these issues					X
8	Being able to analyze the issues by using the qualitative and quantitative research techniques of international relations					X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	20	20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	40	40
Total Workload			150