Course title: |
Hungarian: |
A világgazdaság története |
Code: |
GT_MNGNE029 |
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English: |
Economic History of the World |
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Institute: |
Faculty of Economics and Business, Institute of World Economy and International Relations |
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Prerequisites: |
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Classes per week |
Requirement |
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Lecture(s) |
Seminar(s) |
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Full time |
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per week |
2 |
per week |
1 |
final grade |
4 |
English |
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Part time |
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Responsible instructor | name: |
Janos Mazsu Dr. CSc |
academic position |
chair, associate professor |
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Instructor | name: |
Sándor Nagy |
academic position |
assistant lecturer |
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Course goals:This course studies the birth and economic development and of the modern world system from preindustrial times to the early twentieth century. | |||||||||
Competences: Knowledge:
The student is familiar with the basic theories, research methods, international contexts of historical development. Abilities: The student is able to interpret the economic progress and the processes of business politics, and to an informed decision-making autonomously Attitudes: The student is receptive to receiving new professional skills, to new social information, open new, independent and cooperative tasks. Include others’ opinions on sectoral, regional, national and European values. Autonomy, responsibility: The student takes responsibility for his/her analyses conclusions and decisions.
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Course content , topics:The purpose of the lecture is to present the history of the birth and development of the modern world economy system, with special focus on the structural and integration processes of the world economy system. Method of our approach: analysis by examining particular area of the economy and its problem in the 19-20 Century. We take examples from hundreds of regional and global processes. We strive to reveal the results and characteristics of the research areas, problems and themes through concrete examples and at the same time present the short and long-term economic and social consequences of the industrial modernization, the nature and progress of globalization. The supplementary objective of the lecture is to show that the economic and social history is a knowledgeable area whose knowledge helps to understand the current economic processes. | |||||||||
Learning methods:Teachers presentation, lectures
Practice: small group processing, team work, student presentations (case studies) |
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Assessment
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Compulsory readings:
· Neal, Larry; Cameron, Rondo: A Concise Economic History of the World: From Paleolithic Times to the Present
New York: Cambridge University Press; Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, 1982. Pp. 180.
RECOMMENDED READINGS
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Syllabus / topics |
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An introduction, syllabus, terms, theories | |
LO* Understanding of the semester goals and requirements | |
The “world without world economy” before the emergence of capitalism. Trade in Antiquity and Middle Ages | |
LO Professional interpretation of the lecture, active use ability | |
The nature and spatial structures of world trade – first period: 15-16. From the 19th century to the 1780s (the great geographic discoveries – colonialism) | |
LO Professional interpretation of the lecture, active use ability | |
The nature and spatial structures of world trade – feudal long distance trade; Triangles of world trade | |
LO Professional interpretation of the lecture, active use ability | |
The emergence of a modern world economy and the first era of industrial capitalism (1780-1870) | |
LO Professional interpretation of the lecture, active use ability | |
The Second Age of the Modern World Economic System and Monopoly Capitalism (1870-1945) | |
LO Professional interpretation of the lecture, active use ability | |
The social history of industrial modernization (demographic, migration, social mobility) | |
LO Professional interpretation of the lecture, active use ability, student presentation | |
World economic regions, centers and peripheries
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LO Professional interpretation of the lecture, active use ability, student presentations | |
World economic regions, centers and peripheries
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LO Creative use of the learned concepts, interpretations and methods, student presentations | |
World economic regions, centers and peripheries
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LO Creative use of the learned concepts, interpretations and methods, student presentations | |
World economic regions, centers and peripheries
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LO Creative use of the learned concepts, interpretations and methods, student presentations | |
World economic regions, centers and peripheries
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LO Creative use of the learned concepts, interpretations and methods, student presentations | |
Globalization – the formation of a multipolar world economy | |
LO Being prepared to the final examination test | |
Where does world economy go? | |
LO Professional interpretation of the lecture, active use ability |
*LO learning outcomes