This module introduces students to the most important issues and debates in current politics: from the politics of democracy and rights within particular states, to the spheres of international law and global justice.
You will be exposed to world-shaping historical as well as current political ideas, stemming from across the globe. You will be trained to critically interpret political discussions through optics of race/ ethnicity, class, and gender. You will also learn about dominant and influential state-actors and international organizations, as well as about the perspectives of the marginalized: the impoverished, the minority, or the refugee.
The module’s aim is to encourage you to think, in terms of practical solutions on the level of policy and research, about how to democratise and subalternise global politics. Tying in the history of political ideas with their current practice, this module offers you the opportunity to explore the origins of current controversies in global politics, such as recent revolutions and the emergence of radical conservative ideologies across the world. You will learn about a range of issues - the relationship between states and their legal systems, justice and property, gender, migration and statelessness, far-right and global reactionary movements, rights in a posthuman context, and globalisation and inequality - as individual cases within a larger global context.
You will be exposed to world-shaping historical as well as current political ideas, stemming from across the globe. You will be trained to critically interpret political discussions through optics of race/ ethnicity, class, and gender. You will also learn about dominant and influential state-actors and international organizations, as well as about the perspectives of the marginalized: the impoverished, the minority, or the refugee.
The module’s aim is to encourage you to think, in terms of practical solutions on the level of policy and research, about how to democratise and subalternise global politics. Tying in the history of political ideas with their current practice, this module offers you the opportunity to explore the origins of current controversies in global politics, such as recent revolutions and the emergence of radical conservative ideologies across the world. You will learn about a range of issues - the relationship between states and their legal systems, justice and property, gender, migration and statelessness, far-right and global reactionary movements, rights in a posthuman context, and globalisation and inequality - as individual cases within a larger global context.
Course Type: 2023-2024 Modules
Shared Course: No
Feeder Course: No