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POLI 4615

Global Political Economy

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Günter Walzenbach, A. What is the Global Political Economy? Global Political
  • Economy (e-ir.info)
  • Theories and Methods
  • Leander, A. Why we need multiple stories about the global political
  • economy. Review of International Political Economy Vol 16:2
  • Creating the First GPE: Asia, Africa, and European Expansionism
  • Muhammad Dan Suleiman
  • and Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba
  • The Nation as Corporation: British Colonialism and the Pitfalls of Postcolonial
  • Nationhood in Nigeria. Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 25: No
  • Falola T. Africa and the World Before the Second World War. In: Oloruntoba
  • S.O., Falola T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Africa and the Changing Global
  • The Second GPE: Industrial Revolution, Pax Brittanica
  • and War
  • Steinsson, J. 2021. How Did Growth Begin? The Industrial Revolution and its
  • Antecedents. University of California, Berkeley
  • org.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10377-4_8
  • The Accelerating Global Economy
  • John Mearsheimer, 2019. Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal
  • International Order. International Security 43
  • Trade, Production and Finance – Documentary Analysis

Readings

  • Required: This course uses the following textbook as the primary material.
  • Required: Robert O’Brien, R & Williams, M. (2025). Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics, 7th Edition. New York: Palgrave. Price: on Amazon
  • Required: Required textbook Ch1&2
  • Required: Leander, A. (2009) Why we need multiple stories about the global political economy. Review of International Political Economy Vol 16:2, 321-328.
  • Required: Renée Marlin-Bennett, 2010. International Political Economy: Overview and Conceptualization.
  • Required: Maiangwa, Benjamin; Muhammad Dan Suleiman; and Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba (2018) The Nation as Corporation: British Colonialism and the Pitfalls of Postcolonial Nationhood in Nigeria. Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 25: No. 1.
  • Required: Falola T. (2022) Africa and the World Before the Second World War. In: Oloruntoba S.O., Falola T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Africa and the Changing Global Order. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 030-77481-3_3
  • Required: Steinsson, J. 2021. How Did Growth Begin? The Industrial Revolution and its Antecedents. University of California, Berkeley October 5, 2021.
  • Required: Ardalan K. (2019) Global Political Economy and War: Four Paradigmatic Views. In: Global Political Economy. Springer, Cham. org.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10377-4_8
  • Required: The Accelerating Global Economy
  • Required: John Mearsheimer, 2019. Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order. International Security 43(4): 7-50.
  • Required: Trade, Production and Finance – Documentary Analysis
  • Required: Amusan T. (2022) Sub-Saharan Africa in the International Trading System: Understanding the Recent Trends. In: Oloruntoba S.O., Falola T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Africa and the Changing Global Order. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
  • Required: Helleiner E. A. 2010. Bretton Woods moment? The 2007-2008 crisis and the future of global finance. International Affairs 86(3):619-36.
  • Required: Global Credit and Monetary System
  • Required: Ch 8 & 9
  • Required: Murau, Steffen and Jens Van t’ Klooster. 2022. Rethinking Monetary Sovereignty: The Global Credit Money System and the State.” Perspectives on Politics: 1-18.
  • Busumtwi-Sam J. (2019) International Migrations, Diasporas, and Remittances. In: Shaw T., Mahrenbach L., Modi R., Yi-chong X. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary International Political Economy. Palgrave Handbooks in IPE. Palgrave
  • The Paradox(es) of Diasporic Identity, Race, and Belonging, edited by Benjamin Maiangwa. Palgrave MacMillan (Chapters 5, 6, 9, 10)
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