166-450 International Studies: Theories and Futures

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Admission to fourth-year Political Science.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The object of the subject is to think about Third World futures - how we might approach them and how others have. This involves critically examining three broad approaches to global politics - international relations, globalisation and postcolonialism - and enquiring into their assumptions and silences. We will then focus on particular issues and questions which stand as topics in their own right, but also reflect back on the three key discourses. Cases in point are modernity hybridity and agency. Students who complete this subject should be able to: interrogate postcolonial theory and assess its utility; evaluate alternative conceptions of Third World futures; critically analyse the contribution of the discipline of international relations to thinking about Third World issues.

Assessment

Written work totalling 6000 words.