Unit name | Issues in World Politics |
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Unit code | POLI10001 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Herring |
Open unit status | Open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit provides an introduction to world politics. Part one - issues in world politics - focuses on Britain and the arms trade; economic sanctions; humanitarian intervention; the United States in world politics; and poverty, inequality and the environment. Part two - perspectives in world politics - consider realist, liberal, historical materialist and constructivist perspectives. Part three is an overview session. In discussing world politics as a field of study, it considers the politics of what is included and excluded from study, and discusses the relationships between the field and the practices of world politics. The coverage of perspectives emphasises that the categories used are organising devices for broad sets of ideas which often overlap, which are internally diverse, and which could be divided up differently.
Aims:
Upon completing the unit, the student will have demonstrated achievement of the following learning outcomes:
2 hours of lectures and 1 hour seminar
25% for the first essay of 2,000 words.
75% for the second essay of 2,000 words.
Both essays are summative. The first essay will also play a formative role in the unit. Both essays will assess all four learning outcomes specified .