International Business Environment

3 units

What is the relationship between the dominance of the financial interests centered in the City of London and the competitive performance of British industry? How does Britain reconcile an advanced capitalist economy alongside a traditional social and political structure? How great is the tension between domestic forces that seek closer economic and political integration with Europe and those pushing for greater engagement with Britain's former English-speaking colonies? Is British foreign policy driven more by economics than national security? This course addresses these and other important questions regarding British political economy by contextualizing current issues within the wider evolution of the country's political, economic and social systems since 1945.