Module POL1017 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL1017: Globalisation of World Politics
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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:
- Introduction to IR
- History and the Making of the Modern World
- How do we think about the world?
- Why is the world divided into states?
- What is Power?
- Inequality & economics
- Identity
- Violence and Security
- Empire and colonialism
- Thinking ecologically
- Revision
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 26.5 | 123.5 | 0 |
...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 activity | 16.5 | 11 x 1.5 hour lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and teaching activity | 10 | 10 x 1 hour tutorials |
| Guided Independent Learning | 73.5 | Preparation and completion of course work |
| Guided Independent Learning | 50 | Preparation for tutorials |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Baylis, John, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (eds) (2017), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Dunne, Tim, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds) (2016) International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Edkins, Jenny, and Zehfuss, Maja (eds.) (2019) Global Politics A New Introduction, 3rd edition (London: Routledge).
Heywood, Andrew (2014), Global Politics (Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan).
Jackson, Robert and George Sørensen (2016), Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
