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Phone: 08 8313 4489 Email: timothy.doyle@adelaide.edu.au

Campus: North Terrace Room: Napier Building, room 509

Communication: Arrange appointments via email (weekdays only)

After successfully completing this course students should:

1. have gained an understanding of the range of perspectives on international political economy issues;

2. be able to identify and explain the political dimensions of economic issues, while understanding the particular historical, cultural and social contexts in which they arise;

3. be able to apply theoretical tools in the analysis of issues of political economy;

4. be able to identify and formulate effective arguments; and

5. have increased confidence in their ability to communicate, to think critically, and to participate as a member of a group.

The following textbook is essential. It will be used for the course’s entirety and be used in preparation for the class tests.

Robert O’Brien and Marc Williams, Global Political Economy, Fourth Edition, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Other readings (to be uploaded to MyUni) will also be essential reading in preparation for the tests.

There is a very useful overview of political-economy related websites published in:

Abhijit Sharma and Richard Woodward, ‘Political Economy Websites: A researcher’s Guide’, New Political Economy, 6(1), 2001, 119-130.

Additional course-related material is available through MyUni.

The following documents will be available via MyUni:
Lecture Content, Course Profile, Explanation of Assessment Tasks, additional readings.

The division of the course into three parts seeks to provide a balance of theoretical and empirical material. This material will be predominantly delivered through lecture-style presentations, as it is information intensive, reflecting the established research interests of the co-ordinator. Smaller group teaching will take place in the tutorials. Like all courses in the Politics Discipline, the teacher promotes the development of critical and analytic skills, and is built upon the need for students to communicate their ideas in both written essays, and through oral expression in these smaller tutorial groups. Apart from student presentations, these group sessions will be used to address teaching and learning problems/issues, which will potentially arise during the course; as well as providing an opportunity to relate the lecture material with international political economy issues as they emerge in the media.

Lecture attendance: 24 hours (2 per week)
Tutorial attendance: 10 hours (1 per week)
Tutorial preparation: 30 hours (3 per week)

Assignments: 80 hours
      Class test: 24 hours
      Presentation: 16 hours
      Major essay: 40 hours

Total: 144 hours (12 hours per week)

1. Welcome, logistics and outline of course. 
2. What is International Political Economy? Basic Concepts and Theoretical Perspectives
3. Forging a World Economy
4. Industrial Revolution, Pax Britannica and Free Trade
5. The End of the Old Order
6. Multiple choice test one –part one- in class (15%)

7. Transnational Production
8. International Trade and security
9. Global Division of Labour
10. The Global Financial System
11. The Green Economy
12. Multiple choice test – part two- in class (20%).

not applicable

Tutorials will include small-group activities and semi-structured discussions designed to provide students with a fulfilling 'small group discovery experience'. Students will also present small-group research projects in tutorials, assessed by the course coordinator.

Tutorial Presentation - 10%
Tutorial participation - 10%
Major Essay - 45% (2500 words)
     The word count includes a separate 250 word abstract.
Two in-class Multiple Choice Tests - 35%
    Test one is worth 15% Test two is worth 20%

The major essay must be submitted both through the Assignments link and to Turnitin (both on MyUni).

Tutorial Presentation (10%)

There will be weekly presentations on issues of political economy in the tutorials throughout semester, in pairs or small groups. The presentations will take the form of a media analysis. Each student will be assigned one newspaper, current affairs magazine, (or other suitable media source). Sources may include: the Economist, The Guardian, The Advertiser, The Age, The 最新糖心Vlogn, The Financial Review, The Green Left Weekly, the Internationalist, and others.

After being assigned a media source, students will be put in a pair or small group and given a specific international political economy theme. Each student must analyse the content and address in what way (if any) their source covers the set theme in an economic, political and cultural sense. Such themes might include production (both production processes and labour); finance, trade, economic development; war; and the environment. Students must use the three major models or theories of global political economy already investigated (economic nationalism; liberalism; critical theories), and identify if there is there any evidence of a particular political ‘line’ or ideology underlying the newspaper’s treatment of these issues. Also, in the event of non-reporting, is this, in turn, evidence of a certain kind of unspoken ideological stance. 


Tutorial Participation (10%)

Tutorials are forums for free exchange and discussion of informed opinions, that is, ideas and thoughts based on reading and reflection, as well as places for raising questions and for the exchange of relevant information. All students are expected to have read the required readings in preparation for the tutorials. Tutorials will be assessed on the basis of the depth of knowledge on the weekly topic, the quality of engagement with the weekly readings and other materials, and the attitude displayed towards the arguments and contributions of others.

Two in-class Tests (total of 35%) 

Test one is worth 15% Test two is worth 20%. These short tests, based on course textbook, additional readings (uploaded to MyUni), and lecture material, will be held in the last lecture period before mid-semester break, and the last lecture period of the semester respectively. The venue will be the same as the lecture venue. Students are expected to make themselves available for the tests on these days at the normal lecture time.

Major Essay (45%)

Word count: 2500 words - The word count includes a separate 250 word abstract.

The development of written and oral skills remains the foremost objective of the course. This is why the major research essay carries the heaviest weight regarding the students’ assessment for this course. Students are required to research thoroughly and provide a critical (i.e., theoretically informed) research essay using theories, concepts, methods and empirical information covered in the module. 

A list of essay questions will be provided on the Course Profile, located on MyUni.

A separate abstract (250 words) will be attached to the front of the major essay when handed in. Students are required to develop their own, individualised abstracts which, in turn, outline the exact questions which each student attempts; lists the order of argument and its exposition; and then provides a précis of basic premises and conclusions which are at the core of the major research paper. Writing papers which conform to an abstract allows the student to develop the skills to frame research in a way which interests them, rather than merely responding to mass, set questions. In addition, it more closely resembles professional academic and journalistic writings.

The major essay must be submitted both through the Assignments link and to Turnitin (both on MyUni).

The official procedure to apply for extensions is:

Students must apply for extensions through the official procedure unless:

1. The student is only requesting a short extension of two days or less
2. The assessment is worth 20% or less.
3. The student is registered with the Disability Office and has a Disability Access Plan.

Late essays without an extension will be penalised at the rate of 2% per day.