Universidad de Jaén

MODULE I: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

 

1. The origin of modern growth initiated in England

1.1. The "demographic revolution".

1.2. The agrarian revolution

1.3. The commercial revolution

1.4. The transport revolution

1.5. The cotton industry

1.6. The iron and steel industry

1.7. Chronology of Innovation

1.8. The labour factor

1.9. The capital factor in the industrial revolution

1.10. The importance of banking in the process of major changes.

1.11. New economic thought: liberalism

1.12. Measures taken during the Great Economic Change by the British Government

 

1. The Spread of the Industrial Revolution and the Integration of the International Economy (1830-1914)

2.1. The Spread of Industrialisation and the First Globalisation

2.1.1. The spread of industrialisation to pioneering countries

2.1.2. The spread of industrialisation to the follower countries

2.2. The second technological revolution

2.2.1. New materials

2.2.2.   New forms of energy

2.2.3. The new organisation of labour

2.2.4.   The emergence of big business

2.3. Economic cycles and crises (1873-1914): from the Great Depression to the rapid recovery

2.3.1. The Great Depression at the end of the century (1873-1895)

2.3.2. The recovery phase (1895-1914)

2.4. Expansion of international trade: free trade and protectionism

2.4.1. Trade policies: free trade policies

2.4.2. Trade policies: protectionism

2.5. Factor mobility

2.5.1. International migration

2.5.2. Capital investment abroad

2.5.2.1. Investing countries

2.5.2.2. Recipient countries

2.6. The monetary system and international payments: the Gold Standard

2.7. Imperialism in the liberal era

Annex

 

 

MODULE II: 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES

 

1. Economic Disintegration and Financial Crisis (1918-1939)

3.1. An overview of the Western economy (1918-1939)

3.2. The economic consequences of peace

3.3. Instability and uncertainty in the 1920s

3.4. The 1929 crisis and its effects on the world economy

3.4.1. Causes and development of the crisis

3.4.2. The repercussions and spread of the crisis

3.5. Economic recovery and military rearmament (1930-1939)

3.5.1.   The United States and the New Deal

3.5.2. Britain: the effects of abandoning the gold standard

3.5.3. France: Crisis and Defeat

3.5.4. Germany: Hitler and the policy of rearmament

3.5.5.   A closing balance of the 1930s

3.6.      The Soviet Union and the emergence of planned economies

3.6.1.   The October Revolution of 1917

3.6.2.   The New Economic Policy (NEP)

3.6.3.   Soviet planning

3.7. A stage that ends with a new war

 

1. The Western economy after the Second World War (1945-1973)

4.1. The effects of the Second World War

4.2. Reorganisation of international relations: IMF, World Bank, GATT

4.3. Recovery of trade flows

4.4. The extension of the role of the state

4.4.1. State intervention

4.4.2. Increasing the weight of the State

4.4.3.   Structural policies

4.4.3.1. Planning

4.4.3.2. Nationalisations

4.4.3.3. The Welfare State

4.4.4.   Short-term policies

4.5. The drift of the monetary system

4.6. Growth and convergence in the golden age

4.7. The creation of new regional trade areas

4.7.1. The origin of the regionalisation of trade in Europe

4.7.2. The cases of the European Economic Community and the European Free Trade Association

 

1. The era of economic growth and recessions from the last quarter of the 20th century to the present day

5.1. Growth and recessions in the world economy between two centuries

5.2. Demographic factors and human capital

5.3. Causes and background of the economic depression of 1973-1982

5.4. The first oil shock of 1973

5.4.1. The immediate effects of the shock

5.4.2. The impact of the crisis on advanced economies

5.4.3.   The impact of the crisis on non-developed countries

5.4.4. Measures taken to exit the crisis

5.5. Reactivation of the oil crisis in 1979

5.5.1.   The reactivation of the economic crisis

5.5.2. Measures to overcome the crisis

5.5.3. The recession of 1980-1982

5.6. The 1987 crisis

5.7. The collapse of the European communist system and the economic crisis (1991-1993)

5.8. Speculative bubbles, globalisation and the Great Recession (1994-2012)

5.8.1. Globalisation, liberalisation and external openness

5.8.2. The primisecular Great Recession of 2007

5.8.3. Hypotheses on the causes of the great recession of the early 20th century

5.8.4. Evolution of the recession

5.8.5. Recession recovery

 

 

MODULE III: EMERGING, EX-COMMUNIST AND UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES

 

1. Economic performance of emerging, ex-communist and underdeveloped countries at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century

6.1. Introduction

6.2. At the gates of the industrial revolution: the emerging countries

6.3. China: the new giant

6.3.1. The foundations for strong growth in China

6.4. India, the world's largest democratic country

6.5. Underdeveloped countries

6.6. Ex-communist countries

6.7. The dynamics of convergence over time

 

 

MODULE IV: LATIN AMERICA

 

1. Economic growth in Latin America (1900-2015)

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Latin America in the international context (1900-1929)

7.2.1. Changes in the world economy

7.2.2. The economic consequences of peace in Latin America

7.2.3. Developments in Industry

7.3. The period of growth (1929-1939)

7.3.1. The repercussions of the 1929 Depression

7.3.2. Stabilisation policies to stem the crisis

7.3.3. The international context and the export sector 7.3.4.

7.3.4. The recovery of the non-exporting economy

7.4. The turnaround (1940-1949)

7.4.1. Setback and stagnation during the Second World War (1940-1945) 7.4.2. Foreign dependency and economic nationalism

7.5. Growth of debt and social bankruptcy (1950-1990)

7.6. Imbalances and economic crisis (1991-2015)

 

 

MODULE V: SPAIN

 

1. The Spanish economy from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Demographic factors, human resources and the agricultural sector

8.2.1. Population

8.2.2. Labour and human capital

8.2.3. Agricultural resources

8.3.      The industrialisation process

8.3.1. Industrial growth

8.3.2. The expansion of industry in the second technological revolution 8.3.3.

8.3.3. Industrial growth in the first third of the 20th century 8.3.4.

8.3.4. Industry in the early Franco era

8.4.      The development of a large service sector

8.4.1. Introduction

8.4.2. Transport

8.4.3. Communications

8.4.4. Financial and banking services

8.5.      Foreign trade, public sector economics and the early welfare state

8.5.1. Foreign sector

8.5.2. Public administrative sector

8.5.3. Budget balances, public debt and the structure of government revenue and expenditure 8.5.4.

8.5.4. The first steps of the Welfare State and social benefits

 

1. Spanish economic growth in the second half of the 20th century

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Population growth, human capital and agriculture

9.2.1. Population

9.2.2. Labour and human capital

9.2.3. Agricultural resources

9.3. Industrial growth and conversion

9.3.1. The industrialisation drive of the 1959 Stabilisation and Liberalisation Plan and the Development Plans (1964-1973) 9.3.2.

9.3.2. Crisis, reconversion and industrial growth in the last quarter of the twentieth century

9.4. Consolidation of the service sector

9.4.1. Introduction

9.4.2. Transport and communications

9.4.3. Financial and banking services

9.5. Foreign trade, the public sector and the new welfare state

9.5.1. External sector

9.5.2. Administrative public sector, budgets, public debt and deficits 9.5.3.

9.5.3. The new welfare state

 

1. The Spanish economy in the first decades of the 21st century

10.1. Introduction

10.2. The evolution of GDP

10.3. The population

10.4. Inflation

10.5. The unemployment problem

10.6. The public accounts

10.7. The housing bubble

10.8. The financial system

10.9. Economic inequality

10.10. The COVID-19 pandemic

 

Course description:

Explanation of module I.

Tutorials on the content of module I.

Sharing of module I.

Module I activities and tests.

Explanation of module II.

Tutorials on the content of module II.

Sharing of module II.

Module II activities and tests.

Explanation of module III.

Tutorials on the content of module III.

Sharing of module III.

Module III activities and tests.

Explanation of module IV.

Tutorials on the content of modules IV.

Sharing of module IV.

Activities and tests of module IV.

Explanation of module V.

Tutorials on the content of the modules V.

Sharing of module V.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

Students can choose between a continuous assessment or a final assessment.

 

If the student chooses continuous assessment, he/she must actively participate in the different activities programmed during the course by the area of Economic History and Institutions and in the tests carried out in class that will deal with the manual Claves del desarrollo económico, editorial Pirámide, indicated in the basic bibliography. Students who do not pass the continuous assessment will be subject to the final assessment system.

 

If the student does not take the continuous assessment and opts from the beginning of the course for the final assessment, the grade will be the result of the marks obtained in a final exam type test on the contents of the manual "Keys to economic development", published by Pirámide, indicated in the basic bibliography.

 

The final multiple-choice exam, consisting of 40 questions, where correct answers add 0.2 points, incorrect answers subtract 0.1 points and unanswered questions neither add nor subtract, will represent 80% of the final grade. The following competences will be assessed: CE7ADE Know and apply basic concepts of Economic History and G3ADE Have the capacity for analysis and synthesis.

 

In addition, students who have not passed the course through continuous assessment, even if they have completed the activities programmed by the History and Economic Institutions area, practical tests, individual/group work, self-assessment tests and/or class participation, will have a maximum assessment of 20% of the final grade. The following competences will be assessed: CE7ADE Know and apply basic concepts of Economic History and G3ADE Have the ability to analyse and synthesise.

In the case of multimodal or mixed scenario and groups above the limited capacity in the classroom, the teaching will be given in the following way

Training Activities	Format (face-to-face/online)*	Teaching methodology Description
30 Theory sessions on the programme's contents	50% face-to-face	30 sessions of participative master classes, each lasting one hour, held in the classroom and broadcast by videoconference to the rest of the group. Periodic rotation of students.
10 Sessions for sharing the contents of the programme and the corresponding practices.	50% face-to-face	They will consist of 10 face-to-face sessions (50% small groups, relay and rotation of students), each lasting one hour.
5 Problem solving / exercise sessions	50% face-to-face	They will consist of 5 face-to-face sessions (50% small groups, retransmission and rotation of students), each lasting one hour.
Tutorials	face-to-face + Online	Some tutoring sessions will be face-to-face and others online (synchronous and asynchronous).

As for the evaluation in this scenario, it will be as follows:

Ordinary call

Evaluation test	Format (face-to-face/online synchronous or asynchronous)	Description	Percentage
Final exam	face-to-face	Multiple-choice test	80

 

Extraordinary call

Evaluation test	Format (face-to-face/online synchronous or asynchronous)	Description	Percentage
Final exam	face-to-face	Multiple-choice test	80

In the case of the Non-attendance stage, teaching will be given in the following way:

Training Activities	Formato (face-to-face/online)	Teaching methodology Description
30 Theory sessions on the programme's contents	Non-attendance	30 sessions of participative master classes, each lasting one hour, conducted via videoconference.
10 Sessions for sharing the contents of the programme and the corresponding practices	Non-attendance	They will consist of 10 sessions, each lasting one hour, held via videoconference.
5 Problem solving / exercise sessions	Non-attendance	They will consist of 5 sessions, each lasting one hour, held via videoconference.
Tutorials	Non-attendance	The tutoring sessions will take place online (synchronous and asynchronous).

 As for the evaluation in this scenario, it will be as follows:

Ordinary call

Evaluation test	Format (face-to-face/online synchronous or asynchronous)	Description	Percentage
Final exam	Online synchronous	Multiple-choice test	80

 

Extraordinary call

Evaluation test	Format (face-to-face/online synchronous or asynchronous)	Description	Percentage
Final exam	Online synchronous	Multiple-choice test	80

The online assessment will consist of a written assessment by means of test applications using the available telematic resources. Images may be captured and possibly recorded during the online exam by the teaching staff.

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