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Political Science (POLI) 393

Canada and the Global Political Economy (Revision 1)

Status: Open 

Delivery mode: Individualized study online

Credits: 3

Areas of study: Arts or Social Science

Prerequisites: None

If you are a:
 Self-funded student: register by the 10th
of the month, start on the 1st of the next.
Course start date:
 Funded student: please check the next
enrolment deadline and course start
date  .

POLI 393 is a cross-listed course—a course

available in two different disciplines—with
Precluded: POEC 393  . POLI 393 cannot be taken for
credit if credit has already been obtained for
POEC 393  .

Challenge: POLI 393 has a challenge for credit option.

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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty:
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Overview
This course introduces you to the distinctive and crucial contributions made
by Canadian political economists to our understanding of Canada’s political,
economic, social, and cultural development. You will explore the historical
development of the Canadian economy and engage in a critical examination
of some of the methods, approaches, and issues central to the study of
Canada and the global political economy. These topics include, but are not
limited to, citizenship and immigration, resource dependency, the cultural
industries, indigenous-state relations, urban transformation, welfare-state
restructuring, health and education reform, precarious work, settler
colonialism, political ecology, social inequality, and movements for social
justice, especially in the era of emergent infectious diseases.

Outline
The course consists of three sections comprising a total of ten units.

Section 1: Canadian Political Economy in a Global Context: Theories and

Approaches

 Unit 1: The ‘New’ Canadian Political Economy: An Overview

 Unit 2: Evolving Perspectives: Change and Continuity
 Unit 3: Globalization and Development

Section 2: Overview – Canadian Political Economy in Regional and Global

Contexts

 Unit 4: Paradigm Shift: Global Neoliberalism

 Unit 5: Democracy and Development in Sub-National Contexts
 Unit 6: Settler Colonial Capitalism
 Unit 7: Urban Restructuring and Welfare State Transformation

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Section 3: Overview – Capitalism and Contestation

 Unit 8: Health and Education Deform/Reform

 Unit 9: Precarious Work and Inequality
 Unit 10: Democratic Renewal and the Future(s) of Canadian and Global
Political Economy

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

 Situate a description of current events in social, political, and economic

history from the perspective of Canadian political economy.
 Have a working understanding of multiple state and non-state
institutions that manage the global political economy.
 Apply concepts, research, and analytical skills of global political economy
to contemporary issues and policy debates in Canada.

Evaluation
To receive credit  for POLI 393, you must complete all the assignments,
you must achieve a grade of at least 50 percent on each assignment and
obtain a course composite grade of at least D (50 percent)  . The weighting
of the composite grade is as follows:

Activity Weight

Assignment 1: Critical Commentary 25%

Assignment 2: Opposite-Editorial (Op-Ed) 25%

Assignment 3: Research Essay 25%

Final Essay Assignment 25%

Total 100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to

Athabasca University’s online Calendar.

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Materials
Thomas, M.P., Vosko, L., Fanelli, C., & Lyubchenko, O. (Eds.). (2019). Change
and continuity: Canadian political economy in the new millennium.
McGill-Queens University Press. (Print)

Other Materials
All other course materials are available online.

Challenge for credit

Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have
acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual
and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.

Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the

Undergraduate Calendar.

Evaluation
To receive credit  for the POLI 393 challenge registration, you must
achieve a grade of at least C- (60 per cent)  on the examination.

 Challenge for credit course registration form

Important links
 Academic advising
 Program planning

 Request assistance

 Support services

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Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and
without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their
individualized study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 1, August 17, 2021

Updated August 14, 2023

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