BE_PH_WEP World Economic and Political Institutions

NEWTON University
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Romina Cheraghalizadeh, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Romina Cheraghalizadeh, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Leopold Tanner, Ph.D., DBA
Centre for International Programmes – NEWTON University
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course "World Economic and Political Institutions" is devoted to the historiography, political and economic significance, position and organizational structure of world economic and political groupings in the process of globalization and financialization of the world economy. Its aim is to clarify the role of world economic and political groupings in the emergence of new trends in the multipolar monetary and financial system at the beginning of the 21st century.
Syllabus
  • Main topics of the course:
  • 1. Introduction to the problems of world economic and political institutions (importance and position)
  • 2. Conceptual conception of world economic and political institutions and outline of their historical development
  • 3. General nature of world economic and political institutions, their structure and processes 4. European Union policies, their content
  • 5. International economic integration and its forms in the present
  • 6. Characteristics, position and importance of global institutions in external relations (UN, Commonwealth, OECD)
  • 7. Characteristics, position and importance of political institutions (OAJ, OAS, ONZ, Council of Europe)
  • 8. Characteristics, position and importance of economic global institutions (GATT / WTO, World Bank, IMF)
  • 9. Characteristics, position and importance of economic regional institutions (EU, APEC, ASEAN, NAFTA, CEFTA)
  • 10. Characteristics, position and importance of economic sectoral institutions (OPEC, IATA)
  • 11. Characteristics, position and importance of political institutions (NATO, OSCE, LAS, OAJ, ASEAN)
  • 12. Genesis of a new stage of world development economy - financialization of the global economy and the emergence of shadow banking
  • 13. Summary of the importance, position of world economic and political institutions at the beginning. 21st century (importance of discussion forums and think tanks (Club of Rome, Trilateral Commission, World Economic Forum)
Assessment methods
Examination (on campus and online): written form 
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2025.
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