IDENTIFYING DATA 2019_20
Subject (*) THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION Code 16675101
Study programme
International Markets (2016)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Compulsory First 1Q
Language
Anglès
Prerequisites
Department Economics
Coordinator
QUESADA ARANA, ANTONIO
 E-mail antonio.quesada@urv.cat
Lecturers
QUESADA ARANA, ANTONIO
Web http://gandalf.fee.urv.cat/professors/AntonioQuesada/docencia.html
General description and relevant information The main dimensions of the globalization phenomenon are studied, together with associated costs and benefits

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A1 Analyse the international markets through advanced techniques and approach which allow facilitating important information to international companies and/or companies willing internationalisation.
 A7 Evaluate potential threats and opportunities for public institutions at the local and regional levels of processes linked to economic globalization.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 CT1 Develop sufficient independence to work on research projects and scientific and technological ventures within their discipline.
 CT2 Make judgements on the basis of the efficient management and use of information.
 CT3 Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts.
 CT7 Apply ethical and socially responsible principles as a citizen and a professional.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A1 Acquire advanced knowledge of international economic relations and the new contexts that arise from globalisation, incorporating a multidisciplinary perspective.
Being able to select among the international financial instruments the most appropriate ones for each business project, based on their profitability and risk.
 A7 Being able to identify the opportunities and threats which arise from the new global realities and design strategies which address these challenges.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 CT1 Develop sufficient independence to work on research projects and scientific and technological ventures within their discipline.
 CT2 Make judgements on the basis of the efficient management and use of information.
 CT3 Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts.
 CT7 Apply ethical and socially responsible principles as a citizen and a professional.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Views, fallacies and misperceptions on globalization and the globalization debate
2. Rise of the West, Great Divergence, recent epochs of capitalism and Great Convergence
3. Structural globalization trilemmas: the tension between globalization, democracy and sovereignty
4. Limits to global growth, Malthusian views and global ecological rift
5. Winners and losers of globalization, inequality, Kuznets waves, development traps and North-South divide
6. Neoliberalism, Washington consensus, Beijing consensus
7. Global forces shaping current globalization and the rise of China
8. Global complexity and global stability, global markets and global tensions
9. Multilateral world, death of conflict, tension belts, Thucydides trap and Churchill trap
10. Futures of globalization and global trends in the next 50 years

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
A1
A7
 1 5 6
Lecture
A1
A7
CT2
 23 11 34
Assignments
CT1
CT3
 1 25 26
Personal attention
1 0 1
 
Extended-answer tests
A1
A7
CT1
CT2
CT3
CT7
 2 2 4
Multiple-choice objective tests
A1
A7
 2 2 4
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Overview of the course
Lecture Explanation of the contents of the course
Assignments Final assignment based on some academic article chosen by the student
Personal attention Time destined to solve the students' doubts

Personalized attention
Description
The web page http://gandalf.fee.urv.cat/professors/AntonioQuesada/docencia.html will specify the office hours. Personalized attention at different hours can be requested at aqa@urv.cat.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Assignments
CT1
CT3
Extended-answer tests
A1
A7
CT1
CT2
CT3
CT7
 Global (end-of-term) exam on all the contents of the course
 25%
Multiple-choice objective tests
A1
A7
 Mid-term exams 15%
Others  

Attendance and assignment

60%
 
Other comments and second exam session

In the second call, the final mark will be determined by an exam of characteristics similar to the global exam in the first call.

Sources of information

Basic

The lecture notes of the course will be available at the web page http://gandalf.fee.urv.cat/professors/AntonioQuesada/docencia.html.
Complementary

Recommendations
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.