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Title GLOBALIZATION, GLOBAL-GOVERNANCE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Code ULMS543
Coordinator Dr CA Belfrage
Work, Organisation and Management
C.Belfrage@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   12

       24

6

 42
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 108
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Individual Assignment. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When): 2  -2500 words    100       

Aims

To give students a thorough understanding of recent trends and countertrends in the global economy and its governance;

To relate theories and concepts to relevant evidence, examples, and case-studies;

To examine the role played by International Civil Society institutions in global governance, including the WTO, the IMF, the World Bank and the United Nations, as well as regional supranational bodies such as the EU;

To examine the impact of the Global Financial Crisis, inequality, climate change and the global health pandemic on the organisation and governance of economic relations.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Critically evaluate debates in the organisation and governance of the global economy;

(LO2) Analyse and discuss relevant trends in the global economy, including uneven development and inequality, climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and Brexit;

(LO3) Apply concepts and theories relating to international political economy, to relevant evidence in relation to the organisation and governance of economic relations;

(S1) Adaptability and independent scholarship. Developed through seminar preparation and secondary data research for the research essay.

(S2) Problem solving skills. Students will develop their problem solving skills by secondary data research for the individual research essay.

(S3) Numeracy. Students will develop their numeracy skills through researching for the individual research essay.

(S4) Commercial awareness. This is integral to the module content.

(S5) Communication skills. Students will develop their communication skills through seminar discussions.

(S6) Organisational skills. Students will develop their organisation skills by preparing for the group work and the individual research essay.

(S7) IT skills. Developed by writing the group mini essays and the individual research essay.

(S8) International awareness. This is integral to the module content.

(S9) Lifelong learning skills. Developing research skills, ability to find, organise and analyse information and apply theory.

(S10) Ethical awareness. Developed through self-directed learning (reading of academic texts) and in seminar discussions.

(S12) Critical evaluation. Students will develop their skills of critical evaluation through debates on the organisation and governance of the global economy, the organisation and governance of the global economy, the analysis and discussion of relevant trends in the global economy, including uneven development and inequality, climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and Brexit; and, the application of concepts and theories relating to international political economy to relevant evidence in relation to the organisation and governance of economic relations.

(S13) Teamworking skills. Students will undertake group work in the form of the writing of mini-essays in response to set study questions.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Mixed, hybrid delivery, with social distancing on campus

Face-to-face seminars x 12 hours
Asynchronous learning x 24 hours
Group study x 6 hours
Self-directed learning x 108 hours

Syllabus
 

Critical Analysis and Theory;

The Governance of Transnational Production: The Multinational Firm: The Transnationalisation of Retail and Global Labour; Corporate Governance: Shareholder Value;

The Governance of Global Finance: Globalisation of Finance and the Financialization of Multinational Corporate Control; The Global Financial Crisis, Reregulation and Austerity;

Globalisation in Crises: Uneven Development and Inequality; Climate Change and the Covid Crisis;

Regionalisation: European integration; Brexit.

Recommended Texts
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