Each student will complete a FIVE to SEVEN-page analysis of some contemporary issue in International Political Economy – IPE (e.g. NAFTA, trade and the WTO, trade and the environment, the EMU, the role of the IMF and the World Bank in less developed countries, the nascent anti-globalization backlash, etc.). Students will need to do original research on their particular topic, but all papers will be required to also:
(1) apply insight from IPE theory and
(2) place their topic in historical perspective.
1. Analyze a contemporary issue in international political
economy.
a. Contemporary: last 30 years or so
b. Issue must be analytical, not normative
(i) Analytical: why a policy was adopted;
consequences of a policy, such as a trade
agreement; evaluation of international financial
institutions, codes of conduct, or fair trade;
causes of land grabs; politics of tax havens….
(ii) Normative: what should be done? This is not the
purpose of this assignment.
c. Paper must use International Political Economy
(IPE) theory to analyze/explain the issue.
d. Some suggestions for picking a topic.
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