Guia docente 2019_20 Facultad de CC. Económicas y Empresariales

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
PART I. INTRODUCTION	Topic 1 - Basic concepts, methodology and sources. Description: The economic system. Systems Analysis. Databases and Bibliography.
PART II.STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF WORLD ECONOMY	Topic 2 - Developed economies. Topic 3 - Underdeveloped economies Topic 4 - Other forms of insertion in the world economy Description: This part is treated as a single topic. The main concepts and processes are: origin of capitalism; development and underdevelopment; center / periphery relations; similarities and differences in the development process; real socialism; the Chinese economy
PART III - STRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES	Topic 5 - Human resources: population and the labor market. Description: Demographic behavior: its impact on the levels of well-being; unemployment; economic activity; population and welfare state. Topic 6 - Natural resources and economic development. Description: Agrarian Production Models; Fishing Production Models; Ecology and Economics; Global Environmental Issues/Problems; Income level and environmental sensitivity Topic 7 - Technology, industry and services. Description: Production and Work Organization Models; the role of technology; relevance of ICTs; Tertiary economies
PART IV - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS	Topic 8 - International monetary and financial institutions: International Monetary System, International Monetarry Fund and World Bank. Description: Global systemic coherence; international payment system; regulation of financial flows; Topic 9 - Regulation of international trade: the World Trade Organization. Description: Global systemic coherence; International Trade Regulation; sectorial aspects of International Trade; Free trade and development Topic 10 - Economic integration processes. Description: Economic integration processes: concepts and experiences; Monetary and Economic Union in the EU; sectoral policies