Department of Economics & International Development, Unit Catalogue 2006/07

EC50144 World politics: conflict, security & development

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: ES100

Requisites:

Aims: Provides a comprehensive introduction to the academic study of International Relations. Critically evaluate the growing relationship between conflict, security, and development.
Learning Outcomes:
The learning objectives and outcomes include:
* The ability to understand and analyse critically a range of issues in contemporary international relations from competing perspectives
* The ability to engage in constructive, critical discussion about issues of international relations politics
* The ability to undertake independent research into an issue related to world politics
* The ability to write articulately, concisely and persuasively about issues in world politics
* Good grasp of and the ability to integrate lecture and reading materials
* The ability to critically 'read' scholarly as well as popular written and visuals texts of everyday international relations
* The ability to see conflict, security and development as interlinked.
Skills:
* Critical thinking
* Proactive 'reading' of the written and visual texts
* Relating academic learning to everyday life
* Managing time effectively to optimise knowledge and understanding of a syllabus
* Writing clearly and concisely and presenting an argument logically and succinctly
Content:
1. Theories and methods of studying International Relations.
2. The state and globalization in International Relations.
3. Role of the developing countries in the Cold War.
4. The changing nature of international conflict.
5. The growing relationship between conflict, security, and development.
6. The changing nature of the UN in the post-Cold War world.
7. Humanitarian intervention, international aid, and disaster relief.
8. Human rights, war crimes, and international action.

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