74638 - GLOBALIZATION, STATES AND MARKETS

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course explores the mutual influences between international politics and international economic dynamics. In particular, it will discuss the relationship between economic globalization, democracy, global and regional governance. At the end of the course, students will be able to analyse and discuss issues such as: What are its political pre-preconditions for globalization? What are the main economic and political ideas that have shaped current wave globalization? What are the main economic and political effects of globalization at the domestic and international level? What are the main challenges for the current global economic order?

Contenuti

This course investigates how globalization transforms the role of states, the configuration of markets, and the dynamics of political and economic power. Drawing from comparative political economy international political economy and historical political economy, students will explore key debates on capitalism, governance, inequality, and social change in a globalized world. The course blends theoretical foundations with critical discussion and contemporary case studies.

Lectures (8 sessions) provide the analytical and theoretical groundwork. Topics include:

• From Embedded Liberalism to Neoliberal Globalization: The Transformation of Capitalism After the Golden Age
  • May, C., Mertens, D., Nölke, A., Schedelik, M. (2024). Globalization, Financialization, and Neoliberalism: The Economic Order of the 1980s to 2010s. In: Political Economy. Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49665-3_14
  • May, C., Mertens, D., Nölke, A., Schedelik, M. (2024). Fordism and Embedded Liberalism: The Economic Order Between World War II and the 1970s. In: Political Economy. Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49665-3_13
  • Gygli, Savina, Haelg, Florian, Potrafke, Niklas, & Sturm, Jan-Egbert (2019). The KOF Globalisation Index – Revisited. The Review of International Organizations, 14(3), 543–574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-019-09344-2
• The Genealogy of Political Economy: From Classical Thought to CPE and IPE
• • Menz, Georg, 'A Genealogy of the Field from Adam Smith to the Mid-Twentieth Century', Comparative Political Economy (Oxford, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Nov. 2017), https://doi-org.ezproxy.unibo.it/10.1093/oso/9780199579983.003.0001
  • May, C., Mertens, D., Nölke, A., Schedelik, M. (2024). Theoretical Foundations of International Political Economy. In: Political Economy. Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49665-3_5
• From Classical Liberalism to Economic Patriotism: The State in Political Economy
• Menz, Georg, 'A Genealogy of the Field from Adam Smith to the Mid-Twentieth Century', Comparative Political Economy (Oxford, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Nov. 2017), https://doi- org.ezproxy.unibo.it/10.1093/oso/978 0199579983.003.0001 (Paragraphs:1.5.1 Adam Smith and Classical Liberalism; 1.5.2 Friedrich List, Alexander Hamilton, and Mercantilism
• Clift, B., & Woll, C. (2012). Economic patriotism: reinventing control over open markets. Journal of European Public Policy, 19(3), 307–323. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2011.638117

• Marxism and the Changing Structure of Inequality: From Industrial Capitalism to Global Migration
  
• Menz, Georg, 'A Genealogy of the Field from Adam Smith to the Mid-Twentieth Century', Comparative Political Economy (Oxford, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Nov. 2017), https://doi- org.ezproxy.unibo.it/10.1093/oso/978 0199579983.003.0001, Focus on: 1.5.3 Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Marxism, and Neo-Marxism

  Milanovic, B. (2012). Global inequality: from class to location, from proletarians to migrants. Global Policy, 3(2), 125-134. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j. 17585899.2012.00170.x? casa_token=2QVAPEQc88c AAAAA%3AVKRB5aaTMcq6PoPiu5t2lilhy3bjVgQ OHsH6VTa686-to-- XRBf3awD- 3KOzhPnDWdqdUaPfpD0J3lY

• Theoretical Foundations of Comparative Political Economy

• May, C., Mertens, D., Nölke, A., Schedelik, M. (2024). Theoretical Foundations of Comparative Political Economy. In: Political Economy. Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49665-3_2
• Menz, Georg, 'Varieties of Capitalism and the Next Steps Beyond', Comparative Political Economy (Oxford, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Nov. 2017), pp. 66-99. https://doi-org.ezproxy.unibo.it/10.1093/oso/9780199579983.003.0003

• Capitalist Diversity in High Income and Emerging Economies

• May, C., Mertens, D., Nölke, A., Schedelik, M. (2024). Capitalist Diversity in High-Income Economies. In: Political Economy. Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49665-3_3

• May, C., Mertens, D., Nölke, A., Schedelik, M. (2024). Capitalist Diversity in Emerging Economies. In: Political Economy. Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49665-3_4

A complete reading list and calendar will be distributed at the start of the course.

Seminars (12 sessions) enable active engagement, group presentations, and analytical discussion. Students will be divided into working groups.

• S1: Globalization and Economic and Social Inequalities
• S2: Globalization, Spatial Inequalities, and Populism
• S3: Globalization, Migrations, and Demographic Change
• S4: Globalization and the Future of Work
• S5: Globalization and Sustainable Develompent
• S6: Globalizarion, Global Value Chains and Digital Economy
  

 

Testi/Bibliografia

Students are required to read the assigned materials before each session. Active and informed participation during seminars is essential.

A detailed reading list for each lecture and seminar will be shared at the beginning of the course.

Core Handbooks - These texts provide essential conceptual foundations and are required throughout the course:

• May, C., Mertens, D., Nölke, A., & Schedelik, M. (2024). Political economy: Comparative, international, and historical perspectives (Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49665-3 

• Menz, Georg, Comparative Political Economy, Oxford, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Nov. 2017). chapters 1, 2, 3 7.

Supplementary Readings - These readings will complement the core handbooks and offer diverse perspectives on globalization, states, markets, and social change:

• Clift, B., & Woll, C. (2012). Economic patriotism: reinventing control over open markets. Journal of European Public Policy, 19(3), 307–323. Availabel at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2011.638117
  
• Milanovic, B. (2012). Global inequality: from class to location, from proletarians to migrants. Global Policy, 3(2), 125-134. Avalable: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1758- 5899.2012.00170.x?casa_token=2QVAPEQc88cAAAAA%3AVKRB5aaTMcq6PoPiu5t2lilhy3bjVgQ OHsH6VTa686-to--XRBf3awD-3KOzhPnDWdqdUaPfpD0J3lY

• Gygli, Savina, Haelg, Florian, Potrafke, Niklas, & Sturm, Jan-Egbert (2019). The KOF Globalisation Index – Revisited. The Review of International Organizations, 14(3), 543–574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-019-09344-2

All assigned readings will be made available through the Virtuale page of the Course or accessible via institutional databases.

Metodi didattici

Frontal lectures

Group discussions and debates in seminars

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

•Seminar Project (group organization and presentation; analytical depth; engagement with literature) – 65% •

•Active and informed participation in 8 lectures and 5 seminars – 30%

Participation will be assessed based on preparation of readings, quality and consistency of contributions to class discussions, engagement in seminar debates, and submission of discussion questions.

•Final oral examination – 5%
The final oral exam primarily serves as a confirmation of the overall performance and may slightly adjust the final grade within a limited range.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

The slides and supplementary readings will be available on https://virtuale.unibo.it/

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Rossella Bozzon