Govt. 228: South Asian Politics
The course provides an introduction to the political and economic development of South Asia (including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal). It draws on South Asian examples to elaborate themes relevant to the general study of political and economic change in other developing countries.
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Govt. 459: Asian Political Economy
This course attempts to explain the origins of, the reasons for, and the policy implications of economic change in Asia. Along the way we will explore some political economy theories that may explain patterns of development, and critically examine political economy.
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Govt. 642: Finance and Political Power
This course explores the dynamics financial change in the modern world from a political perspective. Global imbalances, the 2008 US housing crisis, the rise of China, and future prospects for the US financial system, among other issues, will be set in historical and analytical context. The focus is on industrial finance and the overall character of countries’ “financial structure”. The course emphasizes comparative political analysis and the international context. The balance of state, market and social forces that determines the character of national financial systems varies across countries; that balance also varies across time within countries. How and why do these variations occur? Do ideas also play a role? How do powerful political, social and ideational forces shape finance? How do financial forces, in turn, shape ideas, institutions or political and social actors?
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