Trade and Economic Governance

Teacher(s)

Nouveau Patricia;

Language

English

Content

The course will address:
The Governance of the real economy since the 1970s:  changing economy, changing governance?

• The rise of global value chains and its impact on economic governance 
  •  Trade agreements
  •  Foreign direct investments
  •  Standards and interoperability
  •  Fiscal challenges 
• The shift in the balance of global economic power and its impact on economic governance 
  • Emerging economies 
  • The 2008 crisis
  • The multilateral trading system at stake 
  • Rising protectionisms and nationalisms

The governance of the financial economy

• The fall of the Bretton Woods system and the financial deregulation 
•  The 2008 financial crisis: a return to regulation? What actors? What impacts? 

The course will be underpinned by various case studies 

Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Lectures will alternate with seminar sessions 

Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Written essay/exam and/or oral exam

Online resources

All necessary documents will be posted on the student corner's platform

Bibliography

Heydon Ken, The political economy of international trade, Polity press, 2020
Blustein Paul, Schism, China, America and the fracturing of the global trading system, Cigi Press, 2019
Ravenhill John, International Political Economy, 7th edition, 2016
Dicken Peter, Global Shift 7th edition, SAGE Edition, 2015
Adda Jacques, Histoire de la Mondialisation, La découverte, 2007
Helleiner Eric, States and the reemergence of global finance, 1994

Faculty or entity

PSAD