Good Political Economy Programs

[andyphilips]

I was wondering if anyone knew of good political economy programs for a PhD track? I have some interest in IR but really enjoy the economics part combined with polisci.

[orst11]

Most of this that I know of still applies.

[RWBG]

That link is helpful if you're looking at IPE, but IPE is just a subset of PE. A lot of political science programs have people interested in some form of political economy; can you be more specific?

[andyphilips]

thanks that link is good...I'm mostly interested in the IPE aspect, intl. trade, finance and the effects of globalization

[bakerab]

Hi all,

I'm the Director of Graduate Studies in CU-Boulder's Political Science Department. While I certainly won't disagree with previous posts that Harvard, Wisconsin, and UCSD are the top places to study political economy, I'd also urge potential applicants to take a look at the quality of our faculty in the area. PE is one of our area's of strength, both in comparative and IR.

http://polsci.colorado.edu/component/option,com_qcontacts/Itemid,75/catid,13/view,category/

Best,

Andy Baker

[andyphilips]

Funny you should mention CU Boulder...it is already on my list to apply to actually. I just wanted to see if I was missing any "big" programs for PE/IR

[RWBG]

@Professor Baker

I just read a paper of yours on trade policy beliefs (the one published in AJPS) that I really liked! I'll keep CU Boulder in mind for the future.

[Penelope Higgins]

Baker's World Politics piece from a few years ago is really impressive as well.