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210059 LK BAK8 International Politics (2016S)

International Politics (engl.)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Critical Geopolitics
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 10.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 17.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 07.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 14.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 21.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 28.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 12.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 19.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 02.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 09.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 16.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 23.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 30.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This reading course introduces into the political science field of geopolitics with special reference to the Anglo-Saxon "Critical Geopolitics" discourse. In addition to studying the classical key texts the focus of the course lies on selected topics of the critical approach of geopolitics since the end of the Cold War: new world order politics, feminist geopolitics, anti-geopolitics, environmental geopolitics, etc.
The course is a supplement to the lecture "Internationale Politik".

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in course discussions, oral group presentation, essay (min. 2500 words) - due four weeks after the last class session (July 28).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Basic Text Book:
Ó Tuathail, Gearóid; Dalby, Simon; Routledge, Paul (editors), The Geopolitics Reader, Routledge, 1998
Further texts will be provided on moodle.

Additional Texts:
Ó Tuathail, Gearóid: Critical Geopolitics. The Politics of Writing Global Space, Routledge, 1996
Agnew, John, Geopolitics Re-visioning world politics Second edition, Routledge, 2003
Dodds, Klaus, David Atkinson Geopolitical Traditions. A century of geopolitical thought, Routledge, 2000

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