To understand ways political and economic relationships are shaped by history and geography . Special emphasis on the ways these institutional factors have affected urbanization patterns and processes. Appreciating the Scales and Relationships of the International Political Economy develop a critical and nuanced view of how nations and peoples are situated in an international political economy , a set of political and economic relationships operating on a variety of international scales, from the individual and the household to national, regional, and global. British colonial experience in S. Asia. The changing relationships between Britain and India.
Different places have different moments of history shaped by resources, etc.
Understanding the processes of urbanization and modernization in the developing world. More reflective analysis of our own society.