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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.

Evaluation

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)

Belongs to following study modules

2013–2014

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

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