Dawid Walentek
post-doc @UGent
Political Economy
Week 1 Tutorial 2
Liberalism and Critical Approach
Q&A on liberalism
- What are the differences and similarities between orthodox, interventionist and institutional liberalism?
- What is neoliberalism?
- What is the liberal approach to cooperation?
Q&A on critical perspectives
- What are the similarities and differences between Marxism and dependency theory?
- How gender issues should be addressed in IPE?
- What is the relation between environmentalism and the main perspectives in IPE?
Let's split into three groups
Complete one column of the table
| Realism | Liberalism | Historical materialism | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actors | |||
| Structure | |||
| Argument | |||
| Cooperation | |||
| Varieties | |||
| Authors |
Now let's work it out together
| Realism | Liberalism | Historical materialism | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actors | State | Many | Class, gender |
| Structure | Anarchy | Interdependence | Hierarchy |
| Argument | Competition | Cooperation | Exploitation |
| Cooperation | Strategic | Voluntary | Class-based |
| Varieties | (neo)mercantilism | Orthodox | Marxism |
| Authors | Krasner | Keohane | Cox |
Break
Case
Fire in the Amazon
Case
Fire in the Amazon
- Let's look at the relation between the Amazon and power generation in Brazil
- Let's also look at the export structure of Brazil
- And at the Amazon Fund projects, evaluations and donors
Case
Fire in the Amazon
- Identify in groups
- actors
- interactions
- constraints
- conflict
- variables
- patterns
- Round table discussion
Thank you and see you next week!
Political Economy
By Dawid Walentek
Political Economy
Week 1 Tutorial 2
