Dr David Woodruff CON3.17

This course is available on the MSc in Comparative Politics, MSc in Development Studies, MSc in Global Politics, MSc in Political Science and Political Economy, MSc in Public Administration and Government (LSE and Peking University) and MSc in Public Policy and Administration. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Priority for MSc Comparative Politics students.

This course is capped at 3 groups. The deadline for enrolments will be noon, Monday 3 October 2016. Applications to take the course do not need to include a statement regarding motivation and background, as decisions will be made on mechanical grounds explained at the first lecture. 

To introduce politics students to basic economic theorising; to discuss the nature of markets; review contemporary discussions regarding the role of the state in the economy; provide a comparison of the relationship of states and markets in different political settings and historical contexts. Topics: The state and the institutional foundations of markets; states and markets in the Great Depression; domestic and international monetary institutions; varieties of capitalism and change in varieties of capitalism; economics and politics of market bubbles; politics and policy in the financial crisis of 2007-2009; the Eurozone crisis. 

15 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the MT.

There will be a reading week in Week 6.

All students are expected to submit one non-assessed essay.

Block, "The Roles of the State in the Economy." Polanyi, The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time. North. Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance; Gerschenkron. "Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective." Hall and Soskice, "An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism." Lazonick and O'Sullivan. "Maximizing Shareholder Value: A New Ideology for Corporate Governance."

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the LT week 0.