Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Govand Azeez
Contact via 9850 8811
Australian Hearing Hub
Thursday or by appoinment
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above or (6cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units at 200 level including 3cp in POL)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The unit offers an advanced survey of topics in the study of International Political Economy. It provides a theoretical and historical examination of economic globalisation and consideration of the role of the state and non-state actors in shaping the regional and global integration of political economies.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Class Participation | 15% | No | Week 13 |
Online Test | 35% | No | Week 7, September 12-16 |
Final Essay | 50% | No | Week 11 Friday October 25 |
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 15%
All external students are expected to do the required reading for each week in preparation for the lectures . Active and informed participation is expected. External students will have to participate in the online discussions forum.
Students are expected to draw from the lecture and from the readings. Please use referencing according to these examples:
Lecture (Azeez, Lecture 5)
Readings: (Harvey, 1997, p.23)
Due: Week 7, September 12-16
Weighting: 35%
A one-hour in-class test will be held in week 7 on the material covered in the first 6 weeks of the course.
Students will login to ilearn during the allocated time (September 12-16) to complete the one hour exam.
Due: Week 11 Friday October 25
Weighting: 50%
The major essay is due Friday 25th October. The essay length is 2500 words (10% above and below allowed- nothing more) [including footnotes and bibliography]
-Essay questions will be given to students during Week 4 lecture.
Submission of Essays
All essays are to be submitted through turn-it-in on the ilearn website. Please remember to have your name, tutorial time, page number on each journal submission.
All work submitted for this course will be graded according to the guidelines issued by the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations which are attached at the end of this course guide. Also, rubrics will be made available for the essays.
This course has 1x2hr Lecture each week on Thursday 12.00 to 2.00 pm.
External students will participate actively in the forum. They will draw the contents of their post from the lectures and the allocated readings.
The Course Reader for this Unit is O'Brien, R. and Williams, M. "Global Political Economy" 5th edition, 2014, London: Palgrave Macmillan. Available from the co-op. Both recent and previous editions of this text are also allowed.
Week 1 | August 1 | Introduction to the Course and Introducing GPE |
Week 2 | August 8 | Problem Solving Theories of GPE: Mercantilism and Liberalism |
Week 3 | August 15 | Critical Theories of GPE: Marxism, Dependency and World Systems Theory |
Week 4 | August 22 | Creating the International System Part 1: 1492-1815 |
Week 5 | August 29 | Creating the International System Part 2: 1815-1945 |
Week 6 | September 5 | Creating the International System Part 3: 1945-1970 |
Week 7 | September 12 | Neoliberalism and the Economization of Life |
Sept 16- 29 Mid Semester Break | ||
Week 8 | October 3 | The Political Economy of Globalisation |
Week 9 | October 10 |
The Political Economy of Identity |
Week 10 | October 17 | Future Challenges: Automation and the Ecological Crisis |
Week 11 | October 24 |
Reading Week (no lectures or tutorials) Friday 25 October Essay submitted via turn-it-in |
Week 12 | October 31 | The Alternatives to the Global Capitalist System |
Week 13 | November 7 | Concluding Remarks |
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