Student guide Facoltą di Economia A.A. 2004/05 Lauree Triennali

Comparative economics
Lesson timetable, Notice board, Additional material
Lecturers
PANT DIPAK RAJ
LIEBOW EDWARD
Collaborators
Fausto Lanfranco, Mark Brusati, Luca Rebola, Pier Davide Montonati, Davide Cerutti, Walter Osti
Aim of the course
The course has following objectives:
·         to introduce an inter-disciplinary approach (economics with other social/human sciences)
·         to provide a global and cross-cultural understanding of the economic realities
·         to enhance strategic thinking.
Syllabus
1.         Introduction: overview, theories and method
1.1 The economic systems: habitats, cultures, market alignments, security spheres (Prof. D.R. Pant)
1.2 Comparative Economics: what to compare, how to compare (Prof. Pant)
 
2.         Selected trends/issues survey
2.1   Development and under-development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Prof.Pant)
2.2   Natural resources management in Latin America (Prof. Pant)
2.3   Socio-economic realities of the Islamic world (Prof. Pant)
2.4   Transition in Russia and the ex-Soviet lands (Prof. Pant)
2.5   European Union’s enlargement and emerging economic issues (Prof. Pant)
 
3.          Systems survey: selected case/area studies
3.1   China: a survey of policies, business and society (Prof. Pant)
3.2   India: a survey of policies, business and society (Prof. Pant)
3.3   USA: a survey of policies, business and society (Prof. Edward Liebow)
 
4.          Policy survey: selected thematic comparison
4.1   USA and EU: urban policies (Prof. Liebow)
4.2   USA and EU: environmental policies (Prof. Liebow)
4.3   USA and EU: human development (Prof. Liebow)
4.4   USA and EU: international development co-operation (Prof. Liebow)
 
5.          Next economy: strategic foresight exercise (Prof. Pant)
Examinations
Written work (home assignment) during the course and an oral exam at the end.
Reading list
Gregory, P.R. & Stuart, R.C., Comparative Economic Systems, Houghton Mifflin, Boston/New York, 1999.
Pant, D.R., Armenia, the Next Economy: an Inter-disciplinary Future-view, LIUC/Crespi, 2002.
Pant, D. R., Two decades of international investments in the People's Republic of China, LIUC Paper, n° 62, Castellanza, 1999.
Seligson, M.A. & Passé-Smith, J.T., Development and Under-development: The Political Economy of Global Inequality, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder (Colorado, USA) & London, 1998.
Sen, A.K., Development as Freedom, New York Knopf, 1999.
Reports of UNDP, UNEP, World Bank, IMF, OECD, EBRD, Worldwatch Institute etc..
Miscellaneous hand-outs in the classroom and on the university website.