166-103 Global Politics

This subject introduces students to the study of international politics, and provides a foundation for the department's 'international' offerings at second and third year. It deals with issues such as human rights, the environment, North-South relations, inter-civilisational relationships, gender politics, war, proliferation of nuclear weapons, terrorism, nationalism, citizenship, humanitarian intervention amid ethnic conflict, regionalism, and the global political economy. The issue topics will be used to introduce and demonstrate the relevance of the conceptual frameworks of liberal idealism, realism, feminism, transnational democratic theory, critical theory, constructivism, and postcolonialism.

Written work totalling 4000 words.

A subject reader will be available.