International Political Economy (441-0-20)

Instructors

Stephen Nelson
847 4912589
601 University Place # 238
Office Hours: http://www.polisci.northwestern.edu/people/core-faculty/stephen-nelson.html

Meeting Info

Scott Hall 212: Mon 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This graduate seminar surveys classic and frontier research in Comparative and International Political Economy. Half of the course focuses on the main analytical traditions in the field of IPE (emphasizing interests and material incentives, power, institutions, networks, and ideational factors) and explores research on the major substantive research topics in the field (international trade, finance, foreign investment and sovereign debt, and immigration). The other half deals with CPE topics, including national varieties of capitalism, redistribution, institutions and economic performance, and economic development. The seminar will be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates specializing in International Relations and Comparative Politics, in addition to students from other disciplines (e.g. economic sociology).

Learning Objectives

The narrow purpose of the course is to prepare graduate students for their comprehensive exams in the field of International Relations and/or Comparative Politics; the broader goals are to assay the development and direction of the subfields and to develop original research ideas and plans.

Teaching Method

seminar discussion

Evaluation Method

Discussion participation (30%);
referee reports (2, 10% each);
capstone assignment (research proposal, essay examination, replication and extension exercise) (50%)

Class Materials (Required)

None

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Graduate Students.