PO 232 - International Political Economy

A practical inquiry into the global framework for international economic relations and its regulation; considers the interactions of states, cultures, institutions and markets in transforming international relations. It offers theoretical analysis of the politics and principles governing global relations in trade, finance, monetary affairs, foreign investment, development, as well as the impacts of all these activities on the world food supplies and the environment. This course provides students with familiarity with the major ideological perspectives of the actors on the world political-economic state as well as skills in analyzing and resolving conflicts thereon. (Formerly PO 330)

Four credits.