Contemporary Theories of Political Economy
POLECON 101 Contemporary Theories of Political Economy
Class Number: 23414
Units/Credit: 4
Time/Location: TuTh 2-3:30pm – 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Final Exam Group 5: Tuesday, 12/15/2020 – 8:00-11:00am
Instructor: Khalid Kadir
This course is designed to introduce students to modern theoretical works of central intellectual debates on 20th century international political economy. The course explores alternative explanations for inequality in economic development among nations and economic declines of of the dominate powers. It will also examine tensions between the increasing “globalization” of that economy and continued fragmentation of the international political system in nation-states.
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