Political Economy (73220020FY)

In-depth notes on Political Economy based on the lectures of 2023/2024.

The document includes elaborate notes from all the political economy lectures that you need to pass your exams successfully.

This is a very descripitive summary of all lectures and readings we have had for the course on Political Economy for the second year of Political Science at the UvA (2023). Happy reading and good luck for the exam !

Piketty, T. (2014). Capital in the Twenty-first Century. Harvard University Press. Introduction. Glaeser, Edward L., “Inequality Links to an external site.”, in The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy (2008)

Stilwell, Frank. 2012. Political Economy. The Contest of Economy Ideas. 3th edition. Sydney: Oxford University Press. pp. 98-125. Download The Contest of Economy Ideas. 3th edition. Sydney: Oxford University Press. pp. 98-125. Robinson, W. I. (2019). Global capitalist crisis and twenty-first century fascism: Beyond the Trump hype Links to an external site.. Science & Society, 83(2), 155-183.

Stilwell, Frank. 2012. Political Economy. The Contest of Economy Ideas. Download The Contest of Economy Ideas. 3th edition. Sydney: Oxford University Press. pp. 51-64. Available through Canvas The Great Thinkers. Adam Smith. Kennedy, G. (2009). Adam Smith and the invisible hand: From metaphor to myth. Econ Journal Watch, 6Links to an external site.(2), 239Links to an external site. This article gives a thorough analysis of how Smith used the metaphor of ‘Invisible Hand’, guiding the reader...

Is political economy as the interaction between politics and economics or the microeconomy of politics? What is public economics? How do different disciplines view political economy and how has the study of political economy changed over time? What is the difference between International Political Economy and Comparative Political Economy?

Summary for the course Political Economy

This document covers most lectures and summaries of the course's most critical readings. This is for students who are in second-year Political Science and wish to have extra material to study for both the midterms and finals of the Political Economy (PE) course.