This field examines the reciprocal relationships between politics and markets, both within and among countries, using a variety of analytical tools, including those of economics. Its concerns include interactions among economic and political development; cooperation and conflict among nations, groups, and individuals; the distribution of material resources and political power; the effects of political actors and institutions on economic outcomes; the causes and consequences of technological and structural change, growth, and globalization; and regulation.
Political Economy
First Field
Course Requirements
- POLSCI 745 Core in Political Economy
- ECON 601 Microeconomics
- POLSCI 747S Seminar on Political Economy: Macro Level OR an approved macroeconomics course
- 2 field course in political science
Qualifying Procedure
You will take a written examination at the end of your second year. The examination will assess whether or not you have attained a firm command of the literature in the field. The qualifying procedure will not normally include an oral element, but the examination committee may, at its discretion, administer an oral examination to a student whose written examination the committee deems is in need of an oral defense.
Preliminary Examination
Each student who passes the qualifying procedure in Political Economy is required to submit and present at a meeting of the Political Economy Workshop an original, plausibly publishable research paper on a relevant topic. This must be submitted no later than the end of the first semester of the third year. The student's preliminary examination workshop presentation will serve as the oral portion of the preliminary examination. The faculty constituting your preliminary examination committee will attend the workshop and will meet right after the workshop completion to evaluate your performance, and then will meet with you. The committee administering the preliminary examination may pass you with distinction on the basis of both your performance in the qualifying procedure or your paper presentation and defense.
Second Field
- POLSCI 745 Core in Political Economy
- ECON 601 Microeconomics OR POLSCI 747S Seminar on Political Economy: Macro Level OR an approved macroeconomics course
- 2 field course in political science
Field Requirements
Methods
Students who identify Political Economy as either a first or second field must successfully complete the four required Methods courses identified in order to achieve field certification.
Workshop
Beginning in the second year, students who identify Political Economy as a first field are required to participate in the bi-weekly Political Economy Workshop, and are encouraged to participate in the workshop during their first year at Duke.
Typical Graduate Study Timeline
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Summer, pre-matriculation
Fall
Spring
Summer
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| Year 2 |
Fall and Spring
Summer
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| Year 3 |
Fall
Spring/Summer
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