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US Credits
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UK Credits
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- POLS 4101 Rich World Poor World
Rich World, Poor World provides students with an introduction to development studies, seeking to explain both the existence of and persistence of a Poor World in the context of the international order. The course addresses numerous issues as they affect the Poor World, and studies relations both within and between Poor World and Rich World. Theories of development are reflected upon along with the legacies of colonialism, and a range of other social, political and economic themes in development studies.
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4 |
16 |
- POLS 4102 Modern Political Thought
This course provides students with an introduction to modern political thought as it developed in the Western World. It critically examines concepts at the core of political life, including freedom, equality, power, difference, and the state. The origins of political ideologies are discovered and explored through the study of major authoritarian, liberal, radical and conservative political thinkers from the C15th onwards, such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Wollstonecraft, Marx, J.S. Mill, and Nietzsche.
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4 |
16 |
- POLS 5101 Democracy and Its Enemies
This course analyses the rise of democracy as an idea and as a practice using both theoretical
and historical approaches, and processes of democratization in both theoretical and
empirical terms. The course aims to provide an introduction to the central models of
democracy (i.e. classical democracy, liberal democracy, deliberative democracy and
cosmopolitan democracy). Students are then enabled to analyse problems associated with
the practice of liberal democracy, namely political engagement, the relationship between
capitalism and democracy, the advent of post-democracy, the rise of populism and antidemocratic ideas. Finally, the course examines the practices of democracy and experiences
with democratisation in Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
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4 |
16 |
- POLS 5102 British Politics: Inside Parliament
This course will introduce students to the main political institutions in the United Kingdom
(the monarchy, the executive, parliament, political parties and electoral systems) and to
important debates in contemporary British society, such as constitutional reform, the
political impact of Brexit and Britain’s role in international affairs, the power of the media,
gender debates and the political management of ethnic and cultural diversity. The class
combines theoretical, empirical, and active-learning approaches (the course includes visits
to political institutions like Parliament and the Supreme Court provided they are accessible
at the time the course runs). The course is co-taught with a Member of Parliament. Some of
the sessions led by the MP take place in the parliamentary estate.
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4 |
16 |
- POLS 5103 Capitalism and its Critics
This course examines the historical development of thought about capitalism. Liberal,
mercantilist and radical political economy in the 18th and 19th centuries is covered, along
with a range of 20th century scholars, such as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, J.M. Keynes and
Joseph Schumpeter. The object of study in the course is theories of capitalism, and
addressed themes include the nature of market society, the relationship between state and
market, economic growth and economic crises, market failure and government failure.
These themes enable the course to engage with the relations between capitalism and other
systems such as democracy, fascism, communism, racism, anti-Semitism, slavery and
patriarchy
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4 |
16 |
- LIBA 5101 SL: Global Citizenship and Migration
This course helps students make a real difference in the world. Service Learning as
experiential learning combines community service with academic study.
This course will apply service-learning to the theoretical, political and sociological
conceptions of citizenship and their limitations. Students will work on live projects and
challenges to address real-world issues and critically reflect on their role as agents in
communities and as legal and social citizens. Skills will be gained from working on a project
with charities, NGOs, or non-profit organisations on citizenship concepts which will enable
the student to critically reflect through service-learning. This course builds professional,
entrepreneurial and personal skills to engage with a variety of stakeholders. This course is
underpinned by JEDI approaches to justice, equality, diversity and inclusion across the global
community.
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4 |
16 |
- POLS 6101 Policy-Making in a Globalized World
This course investigates the process of policymaking in modern states. It explores the role of ideas and institutions in policymaking, how in the new globalized world governments “import” and “borrow” policy ideas from each other, while analyzing how the different actors (i.e. states, bureaucrats, think-tanks, policy-networks, lobby groups, global civil society, and citizens) participate and influence the policy-making process. Through active learning activities (such as mapping the agenda-setting of ideas, identifying policy networks, advising a President) students will understand the complexities of policy-making and the challenges that the modern state faces in the era of globalization.
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4 |
16 |
- POLS 6102 Sustainable Development
This course introduces students to the process of development project evaluation, in the context of the theory and practice of sustainable development. The course enables students to focus on the political, social and economic complexity of managing a specific sustainable development in the developing world. Methods of evaluation are explored, decided upon and utilised in the production of a Project Evaluation Document (PED) for a sustainable development project of choice. Issues such as livelihoods, gender, environmental impact, measurement, participation and consultation processes are raised, though the context varies across urban/rural and blue-green-brown issues depending on the specific project chosen for evaluation.
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4 |
16 |
| Minor Requirements |
12 |
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