Course title:

Methodology of Social Sciences
&

Political Economy (PE) and International Political Economy (IPE)



Course lectures
Methodology of Social Sciences: aim and literature

Methodology course lectures aim at providing students with a basic introduction to the most applied concepts, notions, and terminologies related to social science methodological issues. It is especially useful for students to familiarize the principles and methods of research and writing in overall academic areas in general and in interdisciplinary international studies in particular. Through the course students are expected to acquire the skills they need to undertake research and to apply methodological skills in project and thesis writing.

Course length: this course consists of 2 x 3hour lectures

Course literature:

Carlsnaes, Walter; Risse-Kappen, Thomas; Simmons, Beth A. (2002, 2013) Handbook of International Relations. London: Sage Publications

Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds) (2009) International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity. Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Milja Kurki and Colin Wight (2007 and 2009) “International Relations and Social Science”, in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds) (2009) International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity. Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/13/9780199548866_chapter1.pdf




Course lectures
Political Economy (PE) and International Political Economy (IPE)

The PE & IPE course lectures introduce the historical evolution of “political economy”, i.e. the emergence of capitalist mode of production in Europe and its overseas expansion. It emphasizes the importance of conceptualizing the capitalist mode of production and its logic (the power of market/capital and the power of marketization). It is the political economy of European capitalism has expanded to become the political economy of international relations. The “political economy” of the international order in the aftermath of the Second World War, and the contemporary transformations of the political economy of international relations brought about by the intensification of globalization and transnational capitalism are to be introduced.