Магистратура
2025/2026
Основы политической экономии
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Политика. Экономика. Философия / Politics. Economics. Philosophy)
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Шамс Сафи
Язык:
английский
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course is intended to introduce students to core issues in political economy from the rise of markets and basic institutions of economic governance, to various issues that explain macro dynamics in economic life. Did markets precede states? Is what we refer to as the “economy” a modern invention or has it always existed? Are economic decisions made at the company level? Individual? State? Which of these is the proper unit of analysis when we’re trying to understand economic dynamics? Why do economic crises happen? And, how do we measure success and economic progress? These are among the questions we will deal with. Students will become familiar with core approaches that address these issues among others, and with the tools used for political economic research.
Learning Objectives
- This course is intended to introduce students to core issues in political economy from the rise of markets and basic institutions of economic governance, to various issues that explain macro dynamics in economic life.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- - demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the rules and institutions of global governance, and the role of law in the global political economy, as well as the various ways the actors such as States, multilateral institutions, individuals, multinational enterprises, global standard-setting bodies, and civil society can and do seek to fulfil their interests;
- - understand the interrelations between political economy and philosophy - understand the principles of Marxian methodology - describe the relations between Marx’s theory and the classical school - explain the theory of commodity fetishism, theory of value and the concept of exploitation and theory of reproduction - analyze Marx’s view on economic dynamics - be able to critically analyze results of revolutionary experiments in the context of theory and practice of Marxism
- Defines the place of critical political economy among other political economic approaches to media.
Course Contents
- 1. Introduction: What are the “political” and the “economic” in political economy?
- 2. Value and exploitation
- 3. The myth of origin and the rise of markets
- 4. Institutionalism(s) I: the rise of markets and states
- 5. Institutionalism(s) II: The embedded economic actor
- 6. Long-term trends (I): The Bretton Woods system
- 7. Long-term trends (II): Post Bretton Woods, Post Fordism and beyond
- 8. Financialization and crises
- 9. The global economy in the 21st century
- 10. Why do some states lag behind?
Assessment Elements
- Weekly reports and participation
- In class presentations
- Midterm examination (“take home”; section 7)
- Final exam (“take home”)
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.5 * Final exam (“take home”) + 0.1 * In class presentations + 0.25 * Midterm examination (“take home”; section 7) + 0.15 * Weekly reports and participation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Capital : an abridged edition, Marx, K., 2008
- The great transformation : the political and economic origins of our time, Polanyi, K., 1971
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Predatory value extraction : how the looting of the business corporation became the U.S. norm and how sustainable prosperity can be restored, Lazonick, W., 2020