THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ASIAN ECONOMIC MIRACLE (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Examine political-economy approaches in explaining the rise of the Asian Economic Miracle; Examine political-economy approaches in explaining the Asian Financial Crisis; Analyze the political consequences of the Asian Financial Crisis using political-economy frameworks; Identify key debates on political-economic transformations beyond the recent economic crises.

Topics:

1. Definitions, coverage and significance;
2. Explaining the Rise: neoclassical and historical institutionalism;
3. Explaining the Rise: critical perspectives;
4. Democracy and Economic Growth;
5. Explaining the crisis: neoliberalism;
6. Explaining the crisis: Historical institutionalism;
7. Good governance and the reconsolidation of capital;
8. Political regimes in crisis;
9. Independent research and writing;
10. From the developmental state to the regulatory state;
11. The rise of regionalism?.