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2016/2017  KAN-CPOLO1045U  Research Seminar in International Political Economy

English Title
Research Seminar in International Political Economy

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 40
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Morten Ougaard - Department of Business and Politics (DBP)
Main academic disciplines
  • International political economy
Last updated on 12-08-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: The student should submit an independently written research paper that fulfills the following criteria with no or only a few insignificant weaknesses:
  • It poses, delimits, and justifies a clear research question within the course theme,
  • uses relevant theory, methods and data in answering the research question,
  • justifies the choice of theory, methods and data,
  • answers the research question in a coherent and clearly written analysis
  • conforms to normal academic standards at the master’s level, and
  • contains a reflection of the strengths and limitations of the analysis
Prerequisites for registering for the exam
Number of mandatory activities: 2
Requirements about active class participation (assessed approved/not approved)
Presenting a draft research paper for discussion in class. The draft paper must be submitted in writing a week before the scheduled presentation. The oral presentation in class must cover the paper's research question, theory, method, data and tentative conclusions.
Serving as oral discussant of another student's paper. The discussion must comment critically and constructively on the paper's research question, theory, method, data and tentative conclusions.
Both presentations are assessed pass/fail by the teacher.
Please refer to the section about the make up exam for information about make up opportunities.
Examination
Research Seminar in International Political Economy:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Group exam
Number of people in the group max. 3
Size of written product Max. 20 pages
3 students: max 20 pages,
2 students: max 15 pages.
Students who choose to write individually: max 10 pages.
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Students who have passed the two presentations but do not turn in the final paper are given a new due date set by the program administration.
Students who have passed the two presentations and turned in the final paper but whose paper fails the exam are given a new due date set by the program administration.
Students who fail one or both of the presentations or do not turn up for the presentation(s) must give the presentation(s) in question before the turn in of the final paper. The date for this second round of presentations is set by the program administration. Students who fail to pass this second round cannot participate in the exam and must wait until the next time the course is offered.
Description of the exam procedure

The final paper is based on the draft paper presented and discussed during the course.
Course content and structure

The course begins with a series of lectures where the course theme and relevant theories and research agendas are presented.

This is followed by a period with no classes where students work on their draft research papers.

Next, in a series of class workshops, students present their drafts papers for discussion and critique by teacher and fellow students.  

After the conclusion of the sessions, students finalize their research papers and submit them for assessment.
Teaching methods
Lectures, paper writing, class discussions based on students' draft papers with students serving as discussants.
Student workload
Lectures, including preparation time 70 hours
Workshops, including preparation time. 61 hours
preparation of own workshop presentation and discussion 7 hours
Writing draft paper 60 hours
Finalizing exam paper 10 hours
Expected literature

 

The following is indicative and preliminary:

i) On the post-crisis international economic order, selections from the following titles: 

Hale, Held & Young (2013) Gridlock. Why Global Cooperation Is Failing When We Need It Most. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Ikenberry (2011) Liberal Leviathan. The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World  Order . Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. Selections.

Ougaard (2015) "The reconfiguration of the transnational power bloc in the crisis" European Journal of International Relations doi:10.1177/1354066115589616.

 

ii) On domestic policies:

This part will mainly draw on literature already presented in the 2015 Core Course in IPE, e.g.

Acemoglu & Robinson, Why Nations Fail (2012);

Evans (1995) Embedded Autonomy

Nölke et al. (2015) "Domestic Structures, Foreign Economic Policies and Global Economic Order”

Whitfield & Buur (2014) "The politics of industrial policy”.

 

Some additional material will also be included, e.g.

Becker (2014) The BRICs and Emerging Economies in Comparative Perspective. Political Economy, liberalization and institutional change. Abingdon: Routledge.

Ebenau, Bruff &  May, eds.(2015) New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research. Critical and Global Perspectives. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

 

iii) On foreign policy analysis, selections from these titles:

Hudson (2007) Foreign Policy Analysis. Classic and Contemporary Theory. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, eds. (2012) Foreign Policy. Theories. Actors. Cases. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 
Last updated on 12-08-2016