Spring 2025 Political Science UN3692 section 001

Business & Politics in Globalized World

Business & Politics Globa

Call Number 13400
Day & Time
Location
TR 10:10am-11:25am
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Calvin N Thrall
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Companies (or, as we’ll mostly refer to them, firms) play a number of important roles in both domestic and international politics; among other activities, they create jobs, engage in trade and in-vestment, create social responsibility programs, lobby governments, and create much of the world’s pollution. How should we think about firms as political actors? Why, when, and how do firms attempt to influence policymaking? And when do they succeed? In this course, we will study strategic collaboration, competition, and collusion between firms and governments in a range of settings and policy areas. To do so, we will draw on insights from international relations, economics, and business scholars, and we will frequently engage with current real-world examples of business-government relations. Topics will include (among others) lobbying, corporate social responsibility, taxation and tax avoidance, public-private governance, and corporate influence in foreign policy.

Web Site Vergil
Department Political Science
Enrollment 65 students (65 max) as of 5:05PM Sunday, December 8, 2024
Status Full
Subject Political Science
Number UN3692
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20251POLS3692W001