17.148 Political Economy of Globalization, Spring 2006
Young girls in India practice their computer skills at a computer center. (Photo by Nina Minka. Courtesy of
U.S. Aid.)
Highlights of this Course
Course Description
This is a graduate seminar for students who already have some familiarity with issues in political economy and/or European politics. The objective is to examine the ways in which changes in the international economy and the regimes that regulate it interact with domestic politics, policy-making, and the institutional structures of the political economy in industrialized democracies.