Feed on     Students will happily find that these essay
assignments are designed to build on one another. The first
essay prompts students to analyze one of the major theoretical
approaches taken to the study of international politics. The
second requires students to evaluate the applicability of this
(or another) approach to one of the cases studied in this
course. The final essay challenges students to apply their
insights to one of the pressing issues that confront
intellectuals and policymakers today.    Essay 1: Consider the
Determinants of Political-Economic Policy  Maximum Length: 1500
words Help Deadline: 10:00 PM, Tuesday, 31 March Deadline: 5:30
PM, Friday, 3 April  While international political economy and
international economics share many of the same questions and
approaches to answering those questions, the former field places
much greater emphasis on explaining political-economic policy.
Yet, within IPE there is no consensus on a general model of the
interactions between ideas, interests, and i