COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Economics (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR EVRIM TURGUTLU

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

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

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

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes