Learning outcomes

To introduce students to subjects of world politics and to their theoretical frameworks. To train students to evaluate subjects and theoretical frameworks critically.

Contents

Lectures, seminar or a book exam on a general examination day of the faculty (see literature).

Teaching methods

Lectures, a book exam (see literature) and/or a compensatory essay to be agreed on with the teacher in charge.

Teaching language

Finnish, English

Lectures, seminar or a book exam (see literature; three books in a general literature examination).

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
A book exam, or a final exam of the course (lectures, seminar).

Recommended year of study

First year, third or fourth period.

Study materials

1. Little - Williams, The Anarchical Society in a Globalized World. Palgrave 2006. (2 ECTS)
2. Buzan, The United States and the Great Powers. 2004. (2 ECTS)
3. Elshtain, Women and War. University of Chicago Press. 1995 (1 ECTS)

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