1. CONVENOR: CATIA GREGORATTI IPE AND DEVELOPMENT

2. COURSE CONTENT: LECTURES Intro Lecture 1: What is IPE? Why and how it matters to development? Lecture 2: Critical theories in IPE Lecture 3: Greening the Global Political Economy Lecture 4: Global Finance, Financialisation and Development Lecture 5: Global Trade and Development Lecture 6: Corporate Power, the Multinational Corporation and Development Lecture 7: The Global Division of Labour and Trade Unions Lecture 8 : IPE, Gender and Development Lecture 9: Guest week with Thomas Brambor

3. COURSE CONTENT: SEMINARS Seminar 1: Capitalism and Neoliberalism Ellen Meikins Wood, The history of Capitalism a longer view David Harvey, Neoliberalism – A short Introduction Seminar 2: Free and Fair Trade Seminar 3: Documentary on Investment and Labour Rights in Africa Seminar 4: Seminar with Thomas Brambor Seminar 5: Discussion on essay proposal Seminar 6: Examination seminar

4. ASSESSMENTS 1)Participation 2)1 assignment for each seminar – either a group assignment (2) or an individual assignment (2) 3)Final essay: you choose your own question!

5. GRADING

6. THE COURSE COMPANIONS