NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 全球體系結構變遷之政經分析(8052)
	(Eng.) Political Economy of Global System Transformation
Offering Dept	Graduate Institute of International Politics
Course Type	Elective	Credits	3	Teacher	LIAO,SHUN-YO ect.
Department	Graduate Institute of International PoliticsPh.D	Language	English	Semester	2026-SPRING
Course Description	This is advanced course on international political economy, which examines the interaction between political and economic phenomena on an international and global scale. The term “international political economy” has been successively associated with the international economics, the international relation theories, and comparative politics.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
This course is designed to help students to gain knowledge and understanding on how international political economy works, how political relations between states affect domestic and international economics, and how the economic relations between states affect domestic and international politics. The course is designed not just to familiarize you with the literature, but also to stimulate students' curiosity to pursue new questions. An important goal of the course is also to equip you with the analytical tools.			topic Discussion/Production Networking/Distance Education Discussion Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Session 1: The idea of development (2/25) Modernization theory, Corporatism, Dependency Theory, and World Systems Week 2 Session 2: The role of institutions (3/4) Theda Skocpol, Stephan Krasner, Paul Krugman Week 3 The case of Japan (3/11) Week 4 China (3/18) Week 5 India (3/25) Week 6 Perspectives of IPE : Liberalism and Mercantilism I Week 7 Perspectives of IPE : Liberalism and Mercantilism II Week 8 Perspectives of IPE : Structuralism and Constructivism I Week 9 Perspectives of IPE : Structuralism and Constructivism II Week 10 Approaches to Global South I Week 11 Current issues discussion in classroom with Professor Mumin Chen Week 12 Approaches to Global South II Week 13 Approaches to MNCs and TNCs I Week 14 Approaches to MNCs and TNCs II Week 15 Global challenges for IPE I Week 16 Global challenges for IPE II self-directed learning    01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.
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Textbook & other References
WW Rostow, The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto Tony Smith, The Underdevelopment of Development Literature: The Case of Dependency Theory (1979) Wallerstein, I. (1974). The modern world-system: Capitalist agriculture and the origins of the European world-economy in the sixteenth century. Academic Press. Theda Skocpol, Bringing the State Back in: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research Bull, Benedicte & Banik, Dan. The Rebirth of the Global South: Geopolitics, Imageries and Developmental Realities, Forum for Development Studies, Volume 52, 2025. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08039410.2025.2490696#abstract Paul Krugman, Myth of Asia’s Miracle Chalmers Johnson, MITI and Japanese Miracle (1982) Yasheng Huang, Debating China’s Economic Growth: The Beijing Consensus or The Washington Consensus (2010) Shaun Breslin, The ’China model’ and the global crisis: from Friedrich List to a Chinese mode of governance? (2011) Suisheng Zhao, Whither the China Model: revisiting the debate, Journal of Contemporary China, 2017, Vol. 26, no. 103, 1–17
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Office Hours
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
01.No Poverty   09.Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure   10.Reduced Inequalities   16.Peace and Justice include experience courses：N

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