This course is designed to familiarize students with the close interconnections between the sphere of economics and politics. It will highlight how economics affect the political process and how politics affects economic redistribution. Students are expected to gain a thorough understanding of how closely economics and politics are connected.
1) The study of economics and the study of politics 2) The history of political economy 3) The great debates in political economy 4) Political power and macroeconomic policies 5) The political economy of the welfare state 6) States against Markets: Regulation theory 7) Interest groups and the economy 8) Mixed systems 9) Political economy in a globalizing world