This course provides a historical and theoretical framework for global political analysis from a Peace and Conflict Studies perspective. The course reviews concepts of globalization, interdependence, sovereignty, and international relations, and engages with key theoretical debates related to development, order, security, diversity, and peace. Offering a focused and critical consideration of the concept of global governance, the course explores international and transnational structures, including regional bodies, the United Nations, and other formal institutions, as well as less formal associations, movements, and other examples of global connectivity. Our final sessions look directly at the international political challenges of war, instability, and environmental crisis. Along the way, our course assignments will allow students to apply the theoretical tools they have learned to contemporary global political analysis.
- Professor: Ross Ryan