Undergraduate Course: International Politics of Money (PLIT10095)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Politics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces students to the international political economy and comparative political economy of international money and finance. The recent financial crisis will be considered as well as the international, EU and national level regulatory, monetary and fiscal policy responses to the crisis. The course finishes with a simulation focused on the Euro Areas Sovereign Debt Crisis. The course builds on the growing teaching capacity in political economy in the School of Social and Political Science and provides an opportunity to the minority of IR / Politics students who have an interest in political economy to specialise beyond the more broadly focused (and effectively introductory) International Political Economy (IPE) course |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 4 Politics/International Relations courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 45 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| The number of students, both within PIR and elsewhere, who have developed an interest in financial and monetary topics has increased considerably since the outbreak of the international financial crisis in 2008, but until now we have lacked the teaching capacity to meet that interest. Students should see the honours IPE course as a strongly recommended (but not required) pre-requisite. The new course seeks to build on the expertise gained from IPE, including the basic familiarity with economic concepts (although all effort will be made to explain the economic and financial concepts used in the course). The majority of the readings are not drawn from the economics literature on these subjects, although several readings are written by economists and academics based in business schools. |
Assessment Information
2 x 1500 word essay (35% each); 1000 word simulation position piece (20%); Performance in the simulation (10%).
The essays constitute a formative feedback event. |
Special Arrangements
| The course consists of 10 x 50 minute lectures and 10 x 50 minute tutorials, with the exception of week 10, which will use the whole time for the simulation. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
Lecture & Seminar Programme
1. Introduction: IPE and CPE approaches to ¿money¿
2. Organising international financial relations
3. The role of the key currency and the future of the dollar
4. Monetary power and financial globalisation
5. The success of international capital liberalisation and the failure of international financial regulation
6. The financial crisis: what went wrong?
7. The financial crisis: from US to European crisis
8. The financial crisis in comparative national perspective
9. The international response to the crisis
10. The EUs Sovereign Debt Crisis (simulation)
11. Conclusion & revision
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Helleiner, E. et al. (2010) Global Finance in Crisis, Abingdon: Routledge.
Underhill, G.R.D, Blom, J. and Mügge, D. (eds) (2010) Global Financial Integration Thirty Years On, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hardie, I. and Howarth, D. (2012) Market Based-Banking and the Financial Crisis, Oxford: OUP.
Multiple copies of the first two books are available in the library (more can be ordered if necessary). The second book will be available electronically. Some additional copies of the third book will be necessary.
Some of the seminar discussions will also be centred around individual journal articles that are available electronically.
Useful background reading on international money and finance can be found in chapters found in several IPE textbooks. They can be used as supplementary reading.
John Ravenhill, ed. (2014) Global Political Economy 4th edition.
Raymond C. Miller (2008), International Political Economy.
Robert OBrien and Marc Williams (2013) Global Political Economy 4th edition.
Theodore H. Cohn (2012) Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, 6th edition.
Thomas Oatley (2012), International Political Economy, 5th edition.
Jeffry Frieden and David Lake eds. (2000), International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth, 4th edition.
Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey Underhill (eds.), Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (2nd edition 2000)
Robert Gilpin, Global Political Economy, Princeton, 2001.
Resources
Among the best sources for contemporary information about the financial crisis and global political economy more generally are the Financial Times, The Economist and The Wall Street Journal. These are available on-line through the university. Other newspapers, including The Times, New York Times and (for French readers) Le Monde and Le Monde Dipomatique (monthly), also have useful material and are available on-line free of charge (some require registration).
Online Resources
A wealth of information is available on the web. This ranges from the web sites of companies, governments, international organizations, and NGOs to journals and newspapers. The following are some of the more useful sites:
International Organizations
Bank for International Settlements: the central banks central bank and heavily involved in publishing crisis-related research: http://www.bis.org/
International Monetary Fund: data on debt, balance of payments, international reserves; analysis of structural adjustment programs; staff working papers are online as are the Fund¿s fortnightly newsletter, IMF Survey and its biannual World Economic Outlook: http://www.imf.org/
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development: data on foreign investment, economies of member states. Staff working papers and other reports online: http://www.oecd.org/
World Bank: Data on development; major reports online (including annual World Development Report); staff working papers online: http://www.worldbank.org/
European Union, especially Directorates-General on Economic and Financials Affairs (on EMU, fiscal policy, etc.) and Internal Market (financial market regulation): http://www.europa.eu.int/
Group of Twenty: http://g20.nic.in/indexe.html
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Iain Hardie
Tel: (0131 6)50 4249
Email: Iain.Hardie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Andra Roston
Tel: (0131 6)50 3932
Email: Andra.Roston@ed.ac.uk |
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