Module POL3280 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3280: Recognition in World Politics
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics: • State recognition in international law and politics • Self-determination, secession and contested/unrecognised/de facto states • Recognition in social and political theory • Interstate recognition in IR: drivers of state behaviour and causes of war • Interstate recognition in IR: respect, status and the case of rising powers • Recognition of governments: constitutional crises, coups d'état, civil wars, decolonisation conflicts, foreign occupation • Recognition in conflicts: national liberation movements, rebel groups in civil wars • Recognition in conflict transformation, reconciliation and peacebuilding • Transnational recognition and non-state actors: civil society, social movements, diasporas • Case studies chosen by class |
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching activities | 22 | 11 x 2-hour seminars |
| Guided independent study | 44 | Reading for seminars |
| Guided independent study | 72 | Completion of coursework |
| Guided independent study | 12 | Preparation of case study presentation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
