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Teaching Political Economy. Workshop, University of Warwick, 21 September 2012. Monsieur Jourdain’s confession. I’ve been teaching Political Economy all my life! The titles of the ‘political economy’ courses I have taught over the years:
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Teaching Political Economy Workshop, University of Warwick, 21 September 2012.
Monsieur Jourdain’s confession • I’ve been teaching Political Economy all my life! • The titles of the ‘political economy’ courses I have taught over the years: • Undergraduate: Business and Politics in Britain (2006-11) ; Governing the British Economy (2000-5) • MA: Business and Politics under Advanced Capitalism (2006-11); Governing the European Economy (2000-6)
Why no ‘political economy’ • Don’t frighten the horses • ‘A little bit of theory goes a long way’ • The interests of students • The economic priorities of students • The driver of current events
The ‘institutional setting’ of undergraduate political economy • ‘Political economy’ at Manchester: the staff language • The nature of the social science undergraduate audience • The ‘catchment area’ for student recruitment for BPG • The cultural reasons: : the shift from ‘special subjects’ under mass higher education • The ‘business’ reasons: load transfer incomes and devolved budgets
The intellectual setting of undergraduate political economy • The irrelevance of the Manchester tradition: the character of modern Manchester economics • The research setting: The British Regulatory State (2007) and Business, Politics and Society (2009.) • The historical setting: the collapse of the Great Moderation (After the Great Complacence) • Events and modes of assessment: the student driven nature of the course after September 2007.
The setting of graduate political economy • The commonalities with undergraduates: the irrelevance of the ‘Manchester tradition’. • The institutional transformation: the rise of mass graduate teaching and the economics of universities • The triple problem: class management; diversity of the student body; the problem of finding a common ‘political economy’ language • My solution: an empirical focus; and a heavy reliance on students’ own experience and background • The result: a little bit of theory goes a long way. • Back to Monsieur Jourdain!
