Global Political Economy (5cr)
Course unit code: C-10122-POL--KV--233
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Institution
- University of Tampere
Objectives
Students can identify the key actors, structures, and dynamics in the global political economy. They know how to examine the global political economy in connection with various phenomena. These include, for example, trade, finance, migration, labour, and health. Students understand how the global political economy can be analyzed on and across levels, from everyday practices to the world system. They recognize how different crises characterize the world economy of our time and also know how to outline alternatives for it.
Content
Basic mechanisms in international political economy; political interests of key actors; interaction between states, markets and other actors.