Unit of study_
USA-Europe-Japan: From Growth to Crisis - ECOP6011
This unit will examine the dynamics of capitalist growth and crisis from the end of the Second World War until the present. It will analyse the formation of a triad formed by the USA, Europe, and Japan, as well as the contradictions that beset this constellation from the 1980s. The unit will pay particular attention to the rise of new economic powers like China over the past decades, and it will explore the dynamics of the financial crisis of 2008 and its impact on the European Union.
Classes
1x2hr seminar/week
Assessment
3500wd Essay (60%) and 1500wd report (25%) and 1000wd equivalent Seminar presentation (15%)
Details
Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
Semester 1
25 Feb 2019
Department/School: Political Economy
Study Mode: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day
Census Date: 31 Mar 2019
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6.0
EFTSL: 0.125
Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes
Faculty/department permission required? No
Location
Camperdown
More details
HECS Band: 1
Courses that offer this unit
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