Institute of Political Economy
1501 Dunton Tower
613-520-7414
http://carleton.ca/politicaleconomy
- M.A. Political Economy
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M.A. Political Economy with Specialization in African Studies (Specialization requirements listed under African Studies )
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Ph.D. with Specialization in Political Economy
M.A. Political Economy
About the Program
The interdisciplinary nature of the M.A. Political Economy is designed to offer students an exposure to the core concepts of political economy and an opportunity to develop individual areas of research concentration. The program focuses on investigating the relationship between the economy and politics as they affect the social and cultural life of societies, and secondly, focuses on the historical processes whereby social change is located in the interaction of the economic, political, cultural, and ideological moments of social life. The curriculum includes courses with a political economy orientation offered by other departments, schools, and institutes.
Academic Regulations
See the General Regulations section of this Calendar.
All master's candidates must maintain B standing or better (GPA of 8.0). A candidate may, with the recommendation of the Institute and the approval of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, be allowed a grade of C+ in 0.5 credit.
Admission Requirements
The normal requirement for admission to the master's program is B.A.(Honours), with at least high honours standing, in one of the disciplines represented in the Institute. Prospective applicants without such qualifications may be considered for admission if they have both a strong academic record and relevant work experience.
Program Requirements
The Master of Arts in Political Economy is a 5.0 credit program, one of which may be at the 4000- (honours undergraduate) level. Each candidate, in consultation with the Institute, must select and follow one of two optional patterns:
Thesis | ||
Thesis equivalent to 2.0 credits | ||
and an oral examination of the thesis | ||
Research Essay | ||
Research essay equivalent to 1.0 credit | ||
and an oral examination of the research essay |
Whichever pattern is selected, all students in the Institute are required to take PECO 5000 and PECO 5001, two 0.5-credit seminars offered by the Institute.
Ph.D. with Specialization in Political Economy (Collaborative Program)
About the Program
The Collaborative Ph.D. with a Specialization in Political Economy is especially designed for doctoral students in participating programs in the Faculties of Arts and Social Science and Public Affairs and Management who wish to enrich their training in a particular discipline or area of study by developing a political economy approach through interdisciplinary dialogue.
The following units participate in the Collaborative Program in Political Economy:
- School of Canadian Studies
- Department of Geography
- Department of History
- Department of Law and Legal Studies
- Department of Political Science
- School of Public Policy and Administration
- School of Social Work
- Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Academic Regulations
See the General Regulations section of this Calendar.
Admission Requirements
Students who are enrolled in a doctoral program in one of the participating units may apply to the Institute of Political Economy for admission to the Collaborative Program. Admission to the program is determined by the Program Committee and will normally take place before the end of the first year of registration in one of the participating doctoral programs.
Admission requirements to the Collaborative Ph.D. with a Specialization in Political Economy are:
- Registration in the Ph.D. program of one of the participating units;
- Registration in, or successful completion of, at least one course or comprehensive field with political economy content. This will normally be a course offered by the student's home unit but could also be selected from appropriate courses in other units. See Selection of Courses for a list of acceptable courses;
- Selection of a thesis topic with political economy content. The Program Committee will determine, in consultation with the supervisor, if the political economy content of the thesis meets the requirements of the Collaborative Program.
Program Requirements
Students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Political Economy must meet the requirements of their respective home units as well as those of the Collaborative Program. The requirements of the Collaborative Program do not, however, add to the number of credits students are required to accumulate by their home unit and the credit value of the degree remains the same.
The requirements of the Collaborative Program are:
- 0.5 credit in PECO 6000 Political Economy: Core Concepts
- In addition, the following requirement(s) specific to the doctoral programs of the supporting units:
- Anthropology: a relevant political economy course from the approved list (0.5 credit)
- Canadian Studies: a relevant political economy course from the approved list (0.5 credit) or the comprehensive in the major field of Policy, Economy and Society
- Geography: PECO 6000 replaces GEOG 6003 or GEOG 6004 (0.5 credit), the field seminar The Geography of Societal Change, and students must register in GEOG 6906 [0.0].
- History: HIST 6701 (0.5 credit) Directed Studies - History and Political Economy, or a relevant political economy course from the approved list (0.5 credit). The combination of the two courses will be considered as the second minor field of the student.
- Legal Studies: a relevant political economy course from the approved list (0.5
credit). - Political Science: a relevant political economy course from the approved list (0.5 credit).
- Public Policy and Administration: a relevant political economy course from the approved list (0.5 credit).
- Social Work: a relevant political economy course from the approved list (0.5
credit). - Sociology: a relevant political economy course from the approved list (0.5 credit) or part of comprehensive preparation in the sub-field of political economy.
- Submission and successful defence of a doctoral thesis on a political economy topic in the participating unit. The proposed topic must be approved by the student's home unit and by the Program Committee. At least one of the student's advisors or members of the examining committee will be selected from among the core faculty for the Collaborative Program.
Selection of Courses
In addition to the graduate courses offered by, or associated with, the Institute, the courses listed below are relevant to students of political economy and would, with the prior approval of the Institute, be used to design a coherent and internally complementary set of courses to fulfill degree requirements. The list is not exclusive and is subject to change. Moreover, students in the Master's program may select 1.0 credit in political economy that is offered at the 4000-level.
Note: the number of spaces in graduate courses offered by other departments may be limited, and registration may be conditional upon obtaining the prior approval of the department concerned. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that permission is obtained from the appropriate department prior to registering in any of the following courses.
The Institute expects to attract high quality graduate students who will be likely to continue to a second post-graduate degree. Master's students will be directed to consult with the department where they might wish to pursue doctoral studies so that they may select courses that will prepare them for this next stage.
Anthropology | ||
ANTH 5106 [0.5] | North American Indigenous Peoples | |
ANTH 5107 [0.5] | Issues in North American Ethnohistory | |
ANTH 5109 [0.5] | Development, Dependency and Gender | |
ANTH 5202 [0.5] | The Anthropology of Underdevelopment | |
ANTH 5208 [0.5] | Anthropology of Indigeneity | |
ANTH 5210 [0.5] | Special Topics in Indigenous Studies | |
ANTH 5704 [0.5] | Anthropology of the Body, Health, Illness and Healing | |
ANTH 5808 [0.5] | Selected Topics in North American Native Studies | |
ANTH 5809 [0.5] | Selected Topics in the Anthropology of Development and Underdevelopment | |
Canadian Studios | ||
CDNS 5101 [0.5] | Indigenous Peoples, Canada and the North | |
CDNS 5102 [0.5] | Indigenous Politics and Resurgence in Canada | |
CDNS 5201 [0.5] | Critical Perspectives on Canadian Feminism | |
CDNS 5202 [0.5] | Gendering Canada: Selected Contemporary Debates | |
CDNS 5501 [0.5] | Decolonizing Canada: Cultural Politics and Collective Identities | |
CDNS 5601 [0.5] | Constructing Canada: The Politics of National Identity | |
Economics | ||
ECON 5403 [0.5] | Public Choice | |
ECON 5500 [0.5] | Theory of Economic Development | |
ECON 5504 [0.5] | Economic Development: Domestic Aspects | |
ECON 5505 [0.5] | Economic Development: International Aspects | |
ECON 5507 [0.5] | Environmental Aspects of Economic Development | |
Geography | ||
GEOG 5005 [0.5] | Global Environmental Change: Human Implications | |
GEOG 5200 [0.5] | Issues in Development of Africa | |
GEOG 5400 [0.5] | Territory and Territoriality | |
GEOG 5500 [0.5] | Globalization and Localities | |
History | ||
HIST 5506 [1.0] | Historical Perspectives on Power | |
HIST 5508 [1.0] | Seminar in British History | |
HIST 5509 [1.0] | Seminar on Women and Gender | |
HIST 5800 [1.0] | International History | |
International Affairs | ||
INAF 5007 [0.5] | Theories of Development and Underdevelopment | |
INAF 5101 [0.5] | The Politics and Institutions of International Trade | |
INAF 5300 [0.5] | Political Economy of Multinational Enterprises | |
INAF 5303 [0.5] | Science, Technology and International Affairs: The Third World | |
INAF 5501 [0.5] | Global Political Economy | |
INAF 5502 [0.5] | State Sovereignty and Globalization | |
INAF 5601 [0.5] | Social Theory and International Development | |
Law | ||
LAWS 4001 [0.5] | Law, Family and Gender | |
LAWS 4002 [0.5] | Feminist Theories of Law | |
LAWS 5002 [0.5] | Law and Gender Relations | |
LAWS 5003 [0.5] | Law, Economy and Society | |
LAWS 5004 [0.5] | Law, Crime and Social Order | |
LAWS 5005 [0.5] | Law, State and Politics | |
LAWS 5006 [0.5] | Historical Perspectives on Law and Society | |
LAWS 5007 [0.5] | Race, Ethnicity and the Law | |
LAWS 5200 [0.5] | International Economic Law: Regulation of Trade and Investment | |
LAWS 5302 [0.5] | Feminism, Law and Social Transformation | |
LAWS 5306 [0.5] | Police and Capital | |
Political Science | ||
PSCI 4000 [1.0] | Topics in Canadian Government and Politics | |
PSCI 4002 [0.5] | Policy Seminar: Problems of Northern Development | |
PSCI 4009 [0.5] | Quebec Politics | |
PSCI 4103 [0.5] | The Modern State | |
PSCI 4104 [0.5] | Theory and Practice in Third World Development | |
PSCI 4105 [0.5] | Selected Problems in Third World Development | |
PSCI 4500 [0.5] | Gender and Globalization | |
PSCI 4505 [0.5] | Transitions to Democracy | |
PSCI 4603 [0.5] | Analysis of International Political Economy | |
PSCI 4604 [0.5] | Selected Problems in International Political Economy | |
PSCI 5003 [0.5] | Political Parties in Canada | |
PSCI 5008 [0.5] | The Politics of Climate Change | |
PSCI 5101 [0.5] | Canadian Federalism | |
PSCI 5105 [0.5] | Post-Communist Politics in East Central Europe | |
PSCI 5107 [0.5] | Globalization, Adjustment and Democracy in Africa | |
PSCI 5202 [0.5] | Development Theory and Issues | |
PSCI 5501 [0.5] | Selected Issues in Political Economy I | |
PSCI 5502 [0.5] | Selected Issues in Political Economy II | |
PSCI 5504 [0.5] | Topics in West European Politics | |
PSCI 5507 [0.5] | Social Movements and Civil Society in Comparative Perspective | |
PSCI 5509 [0.5] | Governing in the Global Economy | |
PSCI 5607 [0.5] | Politics of North America | |
Public Administration | ||
PADM 5115 [0.5] | Introduction to State and Society | |
PADM 5213 [0.5] | Gender and Public Policy | |
PADM 5220 [0.5] | Regulation and Public Policy | |
PADM 5224 [0.5] | Aboriginal Policy | |
PADM 5228 [0.5] | Social Policy | |
PADM 5702 [0.5] | Policy Seminars | |
PADM 5811 [0.5] | The International Policy Framework | |
PADM 5813 [0.5] | The Evolution of World Bank/IMF Policy Conditionality | |
PADM 5814 [0.5] | Program and Project Management | |
Social Work | ||
SOWK 4102 [0.5] | Aboriginal Peoples and Social Policy | |
SOWK 4103 [0.5] | Practice and Policy in Immigration | |
SOWK 5102 [0.5] | Political Economy of Health | |
SOWK 5105 [0.5] | Poverty and Income Security | |
SOWK 5106 [0.5] | Women and Social Policy | |
SOWK 5301 [0.5] | Women, Male Violence and Social Change | |
SOWK 5805 [0.5] | Social Development in the International Context | |
Sociology | ||
SOCI 5000 [0.5] | Classical Sociological Theory | |
SOCI 5002 [0.5] | Contemporary Sociological Theory | |
SOCI 5007 [0.5] | Social Change and Economic Development | |
SOCI 5204 [0.5] | Consuming Passions: The Regulation of Consumption, Appearance and Sexuality | |
SOCI 5205 [1.0] | Canadian Society | |
SOCI 5209 [0.5] | Sociology of Science and Technology | |
SOCI 5300 [0.5] | Social Institutions I | |
SOCI 5301 [0.5] | Social Institutions II | |
SOCI 5302 [0.5] | The Labour Process | |
SOCI 5308 [0.5] | Feminist Analyses | |
SOCI 5400 [0.5] | Political Sociology | |
SOCI 5404 [0.5] | Race, Ethnicity and Class in Contemporary Societies | |
SOCI 5405 [0.5] | Power and Stratification | |
SOCI 5408 [0.5] | Feminism and Materialism | |
SOCI 5409 [0.5] | The Politics of Social Movements and the State | |
SOCI 5500 [0.5] | Gender Formation and State Formation | |
SOCI 5504 [0.5] | Selected Problems in Political Economy I | |
SOCI 5607 [0.5] | Contemporary Theories of Crime and Social Regulation | |
SOCI 5608 [0.5] | Women and Work | |
SOCI 5804 [0.5] | Modern Marxist Theory | |
SOCI 5806 [0.5] | Selected Topics in Sociology |
Political Economy (PECO) Courses
Theories of Political Economy
A survey of the core concepts and ideas proposed by both the founders and modern practitioners of political economy. Particular attention will be paid to contemporary theorists and classical theorists such as Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Mill, Schumpeter, Keynes, Veblen, and Innis.
The Methodology of Political Economy
An examination of the methods, procedures, and rules for developing theory and guiding inquiry in political economy research, including topics such as logic of inquiry, conceptualization, research design, dialectics, level of analysis, comparison, evidence and statistics.
Selected Problems in Political Economy I
Selected Problems in Political Economy II
Tutorial in Political Economy
Directed readings on selected aspects of political economy, involving preparation of papers as the basis for discussion with the tutor. Offered when no regular course offering meets a candidate's specific needs.
Placement in Political Economy
This course offers an opportunity to earn academic credit by engaging in research activities under the supervision of professional researchers in the community. Placement possibilities may be initiated by the student or arranged through community contacts established by the Institute of Political Economy. Course normally to be taken once only.
Research Essay
Directly linked to the student's course work, the research essay must be interdisciplinary in approach.
M.A. Thesis
The thesis is an alternative to the research essay. It must also be interdisciplinary in approach, and requires greater substance and originality than the Research Essay. Normally, a student's thesis committee will be composed of members from more than one discipline.
Political Economy: Core Concepts
Core concepts in political economy, drawn from classical and contemporary writings. Topics will be selected in consultation with participating units, taking into account the potential number of students, their research interests and those of the participating units.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca
Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca