POLI 282 - Developing Economies in the Liberal International Order

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

This course offers a critical examination of the origins of the Post-war liberal-democratic models of economic and political development and their norms and institutions. We scrutinize the roles of institutions such as the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization in shaping political and economic outcomes for developing states. The course also addresses themes such as asymmetries of power and inequities in the global distribution of wealth under this regime of development, the rise of China, the agency exercised by regional organizations like the Economic Community of West African States and rival international governmental organizations like the BRICS. We explore alternative models presented by the Bandung Conference (Asian-African Conference), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, civil society movements like the World Social Forum, and individual developing states in their efforts to shape the economic and political future of developing economies. Chibuzo Achinivu.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS