CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POLITICS in Fall 2023 (PO1012A)

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This course examines key analytical and normative challenges of the present: global rebalancing and the emergence or reemergence of postcolonial states, uneven development, the role of culture in world politics, the future of the nation state, the global environmental imperative, mass forced and free migrations, the new landscape of armed conflict, the sources and implications of sharpening social divides, and the challenges to liberal-democratic theory and practice.

Course Master: 
CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POLITICS (PO1012)
Term: 
Fall 2023
Discipline: 
PO (Politics)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 - 09:00
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. About the specificity of international/world politics;
  2. How to approach modernity from a political perspective.
  3. Students will learn the structures and dynamics in international/world politics;
  4. The essential concepts, theories and methods in international social theory;
  5. To engage constructively in discussions about politics by substantiating normative viewpoints with analytical rigor and empirical evidence;
  6. To understand the basics of political theory and social scientific enquiry;
  7. To use theory to develop critical arguments;

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 4, 2023
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
09:00
10:20
PL-3
Friday
09:00
10:20
PL-3