Course Rationale: This course aims to provide students a basic yet interesting and insightful way of knowing and thinking about the world around them. It is centered around three sets of basic questions starting with what makes the world what it is by instructing students how they can conceptualize the world and their place within it. It also focuses on the basic fault lines that drives the world apart and the last one is designed to help students explore how and why they need to think about the ‘world' as a whole from alternate vantage points.
The objectives of this course are to:
1. Give an overall analysis of major concepts and principles of Global Politics
2. Develop the ability to analyze them with a theoretical framework of Global Politics.
3. Demonstrate basic understanding of the foundational theories and concepts in Global Politics.
Course Outcomes (CO)
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DPOL 511(B) |
Understanding Global Politics |
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: CO56: Develop critical understanding of evolution of sovereign state system. CO57: Reflect comprehensively on the strategies followed by nations to pursue their national interest. CO58: To develop understanding about global economy and global inequality, CO59: Develop an in-depth interrogation of the principal issues of global environment and global civil society. CO60: Critically examine the interconnectedness between global inequalities and violence, exploring how socio- economic disparities contribute to conflicts and acts of terrorism |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Use of Maps and Globe, Power Point Presentation
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
The Sovereign State System: Evolution of the state system; The concept of Sovereignty
The Global Economy: Discussing the Bretton Woods Institutions and WTO; Ideological underpinnings.
The Global Economy: Transnational Economic Actors
Identity and Culture
Global Inequalities
Violence: Conflict, War and Terrorism
Global Environment
Global Civil Society
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E-Resources:
Ø Sørensen, G., Jackson, R. (2012). Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford. Can be retrieved from https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=E947EED4A8B6D50D5EED71683A2C6ADE [2]
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Links:
[1] https://politicalscience.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/understanding-global-politics
[2] https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=E947EED4A8B6D50D5EED71683A2C6ADE
[3] https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=7E0592651A3590663ACE8D32C2DB1765
[4] https://www.academia.edu/44890201/The_Globalization_of_World_Politics_EIGHTH_EDITION_2020)
[5] https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/International_Relations_Today_Concepts_a/5pJMUHz2gJMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Chatterjee,+A.+(2010).+International+Relations+Today:+Concepts+and+Applications.+India:+Pearson.&printsec=frontcover
[6] https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/An_Introduction_to_International_Relatio/oXlVr6ZKiDUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Devetak,+R.,+Burke,+A.,+%26+George,+J.+(Eds.).+(2011).+An+Introduction+to+International+Relations+(2nd+ed.).&printsec=frontcover
[7] https://www.pdfdrive.com/international-politics-e43167059.html
[8] https://politicalscience.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2023-24