Global Political Economy II: Issues and Problems Since 1945
Political Science 3275 3.0

This course builds on the theoretical apparatus in AS/POLS 3270 3.0 to focus on problems and issues relating to the post-1945 GPE, for example, the globalization of production and associated migration of labour; global money and finance, underdevelopment and the debt crisis, the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s, and prospects for the 1990s and beyond; contemporary transformations such as the changes in Eastern Europe and the implications of the collapse of the USSR; longer-term problems such as ecology and economics, perennial issues such as global conflict and cooperation, e.g. involving the Group of Seven. (Also see POLS3270 3.0)

Prerequisites: AS/POLS 2210 6.0 and AS/POLS 3270 3.0 or permission of the instructor. Degree credit exclusion: AS/POLS 3270 6.0.