UNSW Handbook Course - Principles of Political Economy

Principles of Political Economy - BENV7704


	Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
	School: Faculty of the Built Environment
	Course Outline: http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course is an introduction to politcal economy for non-economists. It establishes a foundation of concepts and viewpoints which are utilised in a number of courses Topics include: the forms of capital; modes of production; global economic change and the new international division of labour; relationship between economy and state; politics and ideology; class structure; elementary price theory; factors influencing economic growth; the distribution of welfare.

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