AMU2018 States, markets and global capitalism

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Describe the core features of the state and market as two key institutions underpinning the governance of global capitalism;

2. 2

   Analyse the key changes that have taken place in global economic governance since the mid-20th century by drawing on concepts, theories and methods from the disciplines of International Political Economy (IPE), International Relations (IR) and History;

3. 3

   Explain why liberal forms of global economic governance are both supported and contested by reference to key actors in these processes, the ideas they hold about what constitutes effective and fair global governance, and their power to advance their interests and ideas;

4. 4

   Select and justify sources from the scholarly and grey literatures to support analyses and arguments.