Global Economic History, Philippe Norel

Collège universitaire de Sciences Po
Etudes ibériques et latino-américaines,
Campus de Poitiers
Philippe NOREL
Enseignement d’ouverture
Semestre Printemps 2009-2010
GLOBAL ECONOMIC HISTORY
Introduction: from contemporary globalisation to long run global economic processes
I - Global economy and the genesis of capitalism
1. « World-systems » theory: from Wallerstein to Frank
2. Historical world-systems, Diasporas and hegemons up to 1350
3. Markets and political powers: “embeddedness" according to Polanyi
4. The medieval revolution and the emergence of factor markets (England, China)
5. Main theories of « capitalism »: Braudel, Baechler, Weber and Marx
6. The long 15th century: feudal crisis, state power assertion and the first western expansion
II – From the modern world-system to globalisation
7. The golden century: when Europe « buys itself a third class ticket in the Asian train »…
8. Mercantilism and the building of Nation-States economic strategies
9. The international acceleration of the industrial adventure (1780-1860)
10. Convergence and the first globalisation (1860-1914)
11. From the first globalisation to Fordism.
12. The second globalisation.
Texts to be studied between the lectures and presented by one or
two students every week :
1 - « Les divisions de l’espace et du temps en Europe », in Braudel, 1979, pp. 12-55.
2 - « The Indian Ocean in Eurasian and African World-systems before the Sixteenth Century
», Beaujard, 2005, pp. 411-465.
3 - « Sociétés et systèmes économiques » et « L’évolution du modèle de marché », in Polanyi,
1983, pp. 71-101.
4 - « Le matin du monde européen », in Norel, 2004, chap. 3, pp. 136-166.
5 - « Qu’est-ce que le capitalisme ? », in Baechler, 1971, pp. 51-102.
6 - « Introduction » and « The rise of the modern state », in Schwartz, 1994, pp. 1-42.
7 - « The New European Division of Labour », in Wallerstein, 1974, volume 1, pp. 67-129 (2
lectures).
8 - « L’économie mercantiliste : le 17ème siècle », in Brasseul, 1997, pp. 150-172.
9 - « De la recherche des origines » in Verley, 1997, pp. 43-67.
10 - « Were Heckscher and Ohlin right ? » in O’Rourke and Williamson, 2000, pp. 57-75.
11 - « Tariffs, trade policy and the collapse of the international trade », in James, 2001, pp.
101-167 (2 lectures).
A 10 pages report is to be written by each student on one of the
following books or on a given topic.
Bibliography
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Rather simple general books or textbooks:
ADDA J., 2004, La mondialisation de l’économie, 2 vol., Paris, La Découverte.
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WALLERSTEIN I. [2006], Comprendre le monde – Introduction à l’analyse des systèmes-monde,
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Main references :
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Oxford University Press.
BAECHLER J., 1971, Les origines du capitalisme, Paris, Gallimard.
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