CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POLITICS (PO1012)

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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.

Code: 
PO1012
Name: 
CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POLITICS
Discipline: 
PO (Politics)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

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;

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2024 PO1012A CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POLITICS
Fall 2024 PO1012B CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POLITICS
Spring 2025 PO1012A CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POLITICS
Spring 2025 PO1012B CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POLITICS

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