The main objective of this course is to enable students to grasp the history, intellectual sources, basic concepts and theoretical approaches of International Political Economy and to analyze issues, problems and developments in the field of international political economy from a conceptual and theoretical perspective.

The nature, scope, historical and intellectual sources of International Political Economy; The main theoretical approaches of International Political Economy: Mercantilism/Realism, Liberalism, Marxism; Basic concepts in International Political Economy: State, market, power and authority; the world economy before the First World War; the 'Great Depression' and the new international economic order after the Second World War; the formation of the Bretton Woods system; contemporary global political economy from the 1980s to the 2000s; the international trade regime; the international monetary system; the resurgence of global finance and financial globalization; international financial crises; regions and regionalism in the contemporary world economy; the state and globalization; the rise of new economic powers and emerging markets; the problem of global governance in the contemporary world economy.