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2010/2011  BA-PGPE  Global Political Economy

English Title
Global Political Economy

Course Information

Language Danish
Point 7,5 ECTS (225 SAT)
Type Mandatory
Level Bachelor
Duration One Quarter
Course Period Third Quarter
Time Table Please see course schedule at e-Campus
Study Board
Study Board for BSc in International Business
Course Coordinator
  • Anna Leander - Department of Intercultural Communication and Management
Main Category of the Course
  • International Political Economy

Taught under Open University-Taught under open university.
Last updated on 29 maj 2012
Learning Objectives
After completing the course students should be able to
  • Describe main concepts and theories concerned with the international and global framework for business
  • Describe main sources of international and global business regulation, institutionally and in terms of regulatory content based on the curricu-lum and independent reading
  • Compare, evaluate and discuss concepts and theories based on cur-riculum and independent reading
  • Relate concepts and theories to data and suggest answers to analytical questions
Examination
24-hour individual Project exam
Exam Period May/June
Examination
Individual 24 hour written home assignment. 8 pages. The exam is graded by teacher and external censor on the 7-point scale. Re-exam: 4 hour written closed book exam in August.
Prerequisites for Attending the Exam
Course Content

The course focuses on institutions, actors and processes involved in develop-ing and shaping the international and global political, societal and institu-tional framework for business. It gives students factual knowledge about in-stitutional forms, governance principles and regulatory content of major sources of international business regulation, and it covers important contem-porary theories and approaches to this field. The approaches are discussed and compared based on their inherent theoretical strengths and weaknesses, and it also stresses evaluation of their applicability in empirical analysis.

Teaching Methods
Lectures and discussions of topics from the readings.
Literature

Morten Ougaard and Anna Leander, eds. 2010. Business and Global Gover-nance. London: Routledge. Additional readings from the CBS databases/sitescape