Contemporary Political Economy

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Contemporary Political Economy
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Overview

Examining Intersections of Politics and Economics: Contemporary Perspectives on Globalization, Inequality, Policy, and Power Dynamics

Duration	15 weeks
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Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
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Credential	Certificate

Contemporary Political Economy
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Highlights

Earn a certification after completion from Savitribai Phule Pune University
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Contemporary Political Economy
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Course details

Who should do this course?

Undergraduate and graduate students studying political science, economics, international relations, sociology, and related fields

What are the course deliverables?

To introduce rationale of recent changes in the Economic Policy globally
To acquaint the students with waves of globalization and liberalization
To acquaint the students with the domestic and international economic concerns

More about this course

This course provides the students a thorough understanding and deep knowledge about the basic principles that tend to govern the free flow of trade in goods and services at the global level
The contents of the Paper spread over various modules, lay stress both on theory and applied nature of the subject that have registered rapid changes during the last decade

Contemporary Political Economy
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Swayam
Curriculum

Week 01

Contemporary Political Economy - An Introduction - Definition and Contents, Trends, Theories and Debate - Part 1 and Part 2, Towards a New Political Economy

Week 02

Approaches to Political Economy, Classical Liberalism, Marxism, Welfarism

Week 03

Neo Liberalism, Contemporary Theories of International Political Economy, Concept of Welfare State, Relevance of Gandhian Tactics in Present World

Week 04

Capitalist Transformation - An Introduction, Capitalist Transformation from Imperialism to Dependency and World System, European Federalism and Transition to Capitalism, Globalisation - An Introduction

Week 05

Transnational Corporations - Part 1 and Part 2, World Trade Organization, Non - Governmental Organization - Their Role in Development - Part 1

Week 06

Non - Governmental Organization - Their Role in Development - Part 2, Issues in Development - Development and Globalization - Part 1 and Part 2, Non - Governmental Organization - Their Role in Third World

Week 07

Non - Governmental Organization and Civil Society, Issues in Development - Culture, Media and Television, Issues in Development - Enviornment, Big Dams and Environmental Concerns

Week 08

Environmental Concerns in Building Big Dams - Indian Case Study, Military - Global Arms Industry, Arms Trade, Knowledge Systems

Contemporary Political Economy
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Swayam
Faculty details

Dr. Wahida Shaikh

Currently working as a HOD at Political Science Department, Abeda Inamdar Sr. College, Pune. Her academic qualification is M.A. and Ph.D in Political Science. She has 19 years of experience into academics and 15 years into research. She has received Best Teacher Award from D.Y.Patil Deemed University in 2016. She has built strong and enduring relationships. She has been the most popular faculty among her colleagues and students. Till date she has written Nine text books for various courses under SPPU viz., B.A and M.A. She has to her credit 50 research papers published at various international national and state level.