1. Do you agree with hegemonic stability theory’s claim that one dominant power is necessary for the international political economy to be open and stable? Discuss with reference to at least two of the following: Statism (Week 2), Liberalism (Week 3), Marxism (Week 5), Domestic Politics (Week 7)
2. Is Marxism still relevant today? Discuss with reference to at least one of the following: Marx (Week 4), Marxism (Week 5) and at least one of the following: Liberalism (Week 3), Capital as Power (Week 8), Race & Gender in Global Capitalism (Week 9)
3. Who are the winners and losers of globalisation? Discuss with reference to at least one theoretical approach from Weeks 2-5 (Statism, Liberalism, Marx, Marxism) and one theoretical approach from Weeks 7-10 (Domestic Politics, Capital as Power, Race & Gender in Global Capitalism, Ecology and the Climate Crisis)
4. In recent years there has been increasing talk about the resurgence of the state. Do you find these claims convincing? What role do you think the state should play in governing the economy? Discuss with reference to at least two theoretical approaches from Weeks 2-10 (Statism, Liberalism, Marx, Marxism, Domestic Politics, Capital as Power, Race & Gender in Global Capitalism, Ecology and the Climate Crisis).
5. What if anything can the textbook approaches to IPE (Statism, Liberalism, Marxism) tell us about the importance of race and gender? In what ways do race and gender matter in explaining the global capitalism? Illustrate your argument with at least two empirical examples.
6. What is the relative importance of state-led versus market-led solutions to the climate crisis? Illustrate your argument with at least two empirical examples.
7. Find at least two empirical examples from the past decade that discuss the recent resurgence of mercantilism and/or economic nationalism. Do you find these examples convincing? What are the similarities and differences between these recent examples and the ways the theories were originally conceived by the founding thinkers?
8. The liberal international order is in crisis and liberal political economy is to blame for this crisis. Do you agree with this statement? Discuss with reference to Liberalism (Week 3) and at least one other theoretical approach from Weeks 2-10 (Statism, Marx, Marxism, Domestic Politics, Capital as Power, Race & Gender in Global Capitalism, Ecology and the Climate Crisis).
