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SoSe 21: China and the Global Political Economy

Johannes Petry

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This seminar analyses China’s changing role in the contemporary global political economy. China has become central for how global capitalism functions. The aim of this course is to critically analyse China’s rise and impact on the global economic system. In part 1, the course provides an overview of China’s socio-economic system, its economic transformation (reform and opening) as well as the characteristics and development of Chinese state capitalism. In part 2, the seminar explores in detail China’s integration into and changing role within the global economy. Thereby, China is placed into the center of the analysis of the global economic system, investigating China’s changing role in areas such as global finance, trade, production, consumption or digitisation. From global value chains, production networks and China’s role as factory of the world, the advent and decline of the Chimerica-constellation, China’s rise in development finance, the US-China trade war to reshaping global infrastructure and trade flows through the Belt and Road Initiative, the course aims to develop an ability to analyse, compare and critically evaluate fundamental assumptions and arguments about the ways in which the global economy functions. Thereby, the course moves away from a purely Eurocentric perspective on the global economy by building on both ‘Western’ and Chinese scholarship and perspectives (albeit all readings will be in English), enabling students to gain a more nuanced understanding of China’s changing global role and its implications. Basic knowledge in IPE is essential for this course. Schließen