GD5403 Global Politics

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Open to MLitt Global Social and Political Thought students only.

Planned timetable

To be arranged.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr M Banerjee

Dr M Banerjee
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Team taught; teaching staff confirmed at start of semester.

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module introduces students to the most important issues and debates in current politics: from the politics of democracy and rights within particular states, to the spheres of international law and global justice. You will be exposed to world-shaping historical as well as current political ideas, stemming from across the globe. You will be trained to critically interpret political discussions through optics of race/ ethnicity, class, and gender. You will also learn about dominant and influential state-actors and international organizations, as well as about the perspectives of the marginalized: the impoverished, the minority, or the refugee. The module's aim is to encourage you to think, in terms of practical solutions on the level of policy and research, about how to democratize and subalternise global politics. GD5403 is a compulsory module for the MLitt in Global Social and Political Thought.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

Usually 1 x themed seminar and 1 x associated tutorial.

Scheduled learning hours

48

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

251

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Evaluate the applicability, promise, and limits of applying broad theoretical and specific historical understandings of concepts such as tolerance, cosmopolitanism, and liberalism.
  • Understand the causes and impact of displacement as part of a broader debate on the history of global migration.
  • Analyse the impact of rising states on conceptions of global order.
  • Interpret the cultural and social historical factors that impact political mobilisation in the politics of gender.
  • Understanding the cultural factors that impact the global politics of climate change.
  • Compare contemporary debates on challenges facing institutions of international justice, and historical debates on the ethics of war.