300457 World Politics II (S) (WiSe 2021/2022)
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Content of teaching: This module aims to present different perspectives that sovereignty has received in international relations theory and their implications to the current environmental and human challenges of the 21st Century: climate change and migration. For this, the module will firstly focus on (i) the different theoretical perspectives on sovereignty, from realism to post-constructivism. (ii) Subsequently, this module dedicates to recent discussions on specific themes in world politics in which sovereignty is a fundamental element for their understanding: the Polar regions governance, climate change and environmental displacement.
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Competencies: This course will provide students with a substantive understanding about sovereignty, its different theoretical perspectives in international relations and its main implications to world politics. At the end of this module, students will be able to develop their own research questions, produce analysis and reflect on world politics issues in a more substantive manner, applying theory to empirical cases.
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Subject assignments
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| 30-HEPS-HM2_a Hauptmodul 2: Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft I | Study requirement
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| Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft II | Graded examination
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| 30-M-PW-M4 World Politics | World Politics a | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information |
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Studienleistung: Students are required to attend sessions and read the respective assigned literature previously. During the sessions, students are expected to take notes, engage and comment voluntarily or upon request of the lecturer on the discussed subject. They will also be required to present one seminar individually or in group (on one thematic sessions: Polar regions; climate change; environmental security; migration and environmental refugees). Presentations will take 20-30 minutes, followed by discussion within the session group. All sessions will be exclusively in English.
Prüfungsleistung: Students are required to write a paper applying the discussion of sovereignty in a current thematic of world politics (not limited to environment nor humanitarian issues). The word-limit is 4,000 words (including references and footnotes). The paper is due to 15 days before the end of the Winter Semester 2021/2022.
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