GBPGBP (Global Business Program)

Values and systems which can be considered features of the post-World War II era are faced with issues potentially placing them in jeopardy. Through discussion and exploration of written materials, students will consider democracy in crisis, division within society, the impact of immigration and changes within business and production.
　Can democracy survive the global reach of ‘populism’, with the spread of clientelism or crony capitalism? How is growing inequality and poverty, with widespread deprivation, being targeted in policy? How should social cleavage impacted by immigration be dealt with? How can the labour force adapt to changes in production and business? Can financial crises be circumvented in the era of unprecedented levels of debt? Is it possible to mitigate tensions amongst nations? Is society on the cusp of a great transformation? In the current climate, how has Covid-19 affected the momentum behind these aspects? To consider these burning questions, students will be offered access to empirical and theoretical knowledge, and insight into the features of various countries and historical development to deepen understanding of economic and political issues, essential for policy discussion and evaluation.

1. To broaden understanding of theoretical, historical and institutional aspects of policy.
2. To gain a perspective of development, trends, and features of policy.
3. To make critical analysis of economic and political issues.
4. To participate in discussions and contribute to the development of group knowledge and understanding.

This course is strongly related to the"DP1-1", "DP2-1", "DP2-2", "DP4" and "DP5" diploma policies and fairly related to the "DP3" policy.

英語 / English

This course will be conducted in a seminar format. Students will be required to participate in discussion following presentations. Students will receive verbal feedback during seminars and written feedback for the written report. My office hour will be held weekly and students should arrange an appointment if a meeting is required.

あり / Yes

なし / No

授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

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1[オンライン/online]：Introduction

Course guidance

2[対面/face to face]：Investigating Policy Issues (1)

Globalisation and economy

3[オンライン/online]：Investigating Policy Issues (2)

Globalisation and society

4[対面/face to face]：Investigating Policy Issues (3)

Democracy and its threats

5[オンライン/online]：Investigating Policy Issues (4)

Inequality, poverty and discrimination

6[対面/face to face]：Policy Discussion (1)

How to manage a sustainable economy; fiscal and monetary policy

7[オンライン/online]：Policy Discussion (2)

How can growing inequality and poverty be tackled?

8[対面/face to face]：Policy Discussion (3)

How to enhance democratic governance?

9[オンライン/online]：Presentation - policy proposal (1)

Presentation of policy proposal

10[対面/face to face]：Presentation - policy proposal (2)

Presentation of policy proposal

11[オンライン/online]：Policy Discussion (4)

How to mitigate conflict between freedom of movement and division in societies?

12[対面/face to face]：Policy Discussion (5)

How to heal frozen international relations?

13[オンライン/online]：Presentations（1）

Presentations of policy evaluation.

14[対面/face to face]：Presentations（2）

Presentations of policy evaluation.

Students will be notified of required readings prior to the seminar, and will be expected to read these in advance of attending. Preparation (reading, reviewing and independent research) for seminars is expected to take approximately four hours per week, totaling approximately 70 hours for this course.

There is no textbook required for this course.

This list provides suggested reading for those who wish to develop their knowledge around the subject.
Indicative Reading List
1. Globalisation, International/Global Political Economy
・Gilpin, Robert, The Political Economy of International Relations (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987).
・Hague, Rod, Martin Harrop and John McCormick, Comparative Government and Politics, eleventh edition (London: Red Globe Press, 2019).
・Held, David and Anthony McGrew, Globalization/Anti-Globalization: Beyond the Great Divide, second edition (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2007).
・Lijphart, Arend, Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999).
・Ravenhill, John, Global Political Economy, fifth edition (Oxford: OUP, 2017).
・Scholte, Jan Aart, Globalization: a critical introduction, second edition (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).
・Steger, B. Manfred, Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, fourth edition (Oxford: OUP, 2017).

2. ‘Welfare State’ and Social Policy
・Fraser, Derek, The Evolution of the British Welfare State, fifth edition (London: Palgrave, 2017).
・Garland, David, The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: OUP, 2016).
・Greve, Bent (ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State, second edition (London: Routledge, 2019).

3. Misc.
・Banerjee Abhijit V. and Esther Duflo, Good Economics for Hard Times (New York: Public Affairs, 2019).
・Frey, Carl Benedikt and Michael A. Osbourne, "The Future of Employment: How Susceptible are Jobs to Computerisation?", Working Paper, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Sep., 2013.
・Mazzucato, Mariana, The Entreprenuerial State: Debunking Public vs Private Sector Myths (London: Penguin Books, 2018).
・Mazzucato, Mariana, The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (London: Allen Lane, 2018).
・Piketty, Thomas, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2014).
・Stuckler, David and Sanjay Basu, The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills (New York: Basic Books, 2013).

The grade for this course will be assessed via: participation in course discussion (50%); short report of a policy proposal (20%); and evaluation of policy in a presentation format (30%).

Student feedback received during seminars and office hour will be reflected in subsequent sessions.

Not required for this seminar.

My office hour will be held weekly, and a meeting can be reserved on request.

None.