Strategic themes:
Internationalisation,
Sustainable development
Learning outcomes
After completing the module the student will have a good command of contemporary research literature on world politics. The student will also be acquainted with the latest research on foreign policy and diplomacy and will know the most important theoretical debates in the fields.
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Written exam
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
In
English
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Option
2
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
In
English
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
10 ECTS from the following:
Aaltola, Western Spectacle of Governance and the Emergence of Humanitarian World Politics. Palgrave Macmillan 2009. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Clunan, The Social Construction of Russia’s Resurgence. Johns Hopkins University Press 2009. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Kang, China Rising. Columbia University Press 2007. (2 ECTS)
Linklater – Suganami, The English School of International Relations: A Contemporary Reassessment. Cambridge University Press 2006. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Little, The Balance of Power in International Relations: Metaphors, Myths and Models. Cambridge University Press 2007. (2 ECTS)
Ned Lebow, A Cultural Theory of International Relations. Cambridge University Press 2009. (4 ECTS)
Neumann – Sending, Governing the Global Polity. Practice, Mentality, Rationality. The University of Michigan Press 2010. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Patomäki, The Political Economy of Global Security. Routledge 2008. (e-material) (2 ECTS).
Pouliot, International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russia Diplomacy. Cambridge University Press 2010. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Rathbun, Trust in International Cooperation. International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism. Cambridge University Press 2011. (e-material) (2 ECTS)