COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECN 6029 INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Economics (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YEŞIM ÜÇDOĞRUK GÜREL

Offered to

Economics (English)

Course Objective

This course provides a broad survey of some of the major debates in comparative political economy today, focusing especially on the creation, evolution and reform of market institutions. We begin by reading some of the classic works in political economy, including those of Smith, Marx, List, and Polanyi. We review some of the most influential works from four disciplines: History, Sociology, Economics, and Political Science. We then proceed with a selective survey of literature on the political economy of Western Europe, Japan, the East Asian and Latin American newly industrializing economies, the developing countries, and the post-Communist economies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   develop an appreciation for the importance of institutions for sustainable economic development
2   demonstrate the social, political, and economic challenges associated with developing institutional background
3   evaluate the policy and institutional options facing both public and private actors to resolve these challenges
4   develop skills in analysis and critical thinking, clear and compelling writing, and persuasive oral presentation
5   shape an intellectual perspective, while, at the same time, any skills that you may gain to help you succeed in the application of that perspective to whatever career path you choose

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 COURSE INTRODUCTION
2 THE CLASSICS
3 THE CLASSICS (continued)
4 POLANYI
5 PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION
6 PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION (continued)
7 MIDTERM
8 THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
9 NATIONAL MODELS OF CAPITALISM
10 THE MICRO-INSTITUTIONS OF CAPITALISM
11 THE MICRO-INSTITUTIONS OF CAPITALISM (continued)
12 ADDITIONAL READINGS
13 ADDITIONAL READINGS (continued)
14 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Veblen, Thorstein B. (1898a). Originally published as -Why is economics not an evolutionary science , Quarterly Journal of Economics, 12(4): 373-397.
Marx, excerpt from "A Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy"
Marx, chapters. 1, 2, and 4 of The Communist Manifesto
Marx, Capital, excerpts from chapter 1 ("The Commodity"), ch. 4 ("The General Formula for Capital"),ch. 7 ("The Labour Process") and ch. 10 ("The Working Day")
Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy, "The Nature and Contradictions of Neoliberalism" in The Globalization Decade
Ayşe Buğra and Kaan Ağartan, Reading Karl Polanyi for The Twenty-First Century, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Classnotes
Book reviews and presentations
Academic Papers

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods


Assessment Criteria

Book review paper and presentation 20%
Final paper 40%
Midterm 30%

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.ucdogruk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for Final exam 1 43 43
Preparing Presentations 1 35 35
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing individual/group assignment 1 18 18
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Final exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.2554
LO.3444
LO.45
LO.5355

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