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| HIST0075-2 | Introduction to economic and social history
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Eric Geerkens Provin |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The course consists of three parts.
The first part provides an introduction to economic analysis. This course differs from traditional teaching of economic policy in that it juxtaposes micro and macro-economic theory. It presents the main paradigms of economic analysis (classical, neoclassical, Marxian and Keynesian), positions them in the history of economic thought and clearly underlines their differences.
The second part of the course is devoted to presenting the evolution of the discipline of social and economic history, based on the emergence of the quantitative and the structural, followed by the criticisms of this type of approach and finally the contemporary explosion of the discipline.
The third part presents readings in economic and social history of the territories which make up contemporary Belgium from the end of the former economic regime. For each period identified (Industrial Revolution, industrialisation (including the "second industrialisation"), the Interwar period and the post-war boom years, the focus is systematically placed on the factors of economic development and the social structuring of the economic space being examined. |
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| Course objective : | Students will be able to identify the underlying theoretical framework in works of economic history which they read and thus to evaluate more accurately the results presented; they will be capable of better understanding the economic and social challenges of more political realities seen in other classes, as well as in the world around them. |
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| Prerequisites : | None |
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| Organization : | See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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| Written notes : | After each class, students will receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides seen in class and will regularly be given indications for reading which will shed light on certain questions (this reading will not, however, be on subjects upon which they will be graded). |
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| Assessment : | Oral exam |
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| Contacts : | Eric Geerkens, chargé de cours
Histoire économique et sociale
quai Roosevelt 1B (Bât. A4)
4000 Liège
Belgium
Tel. ULg : +32 4 3662773
Fax ULg : +32 4 3665838
Mail : E.Geerkens@ulg.ac.be |
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