Strategic themes:
Internationalisation,
Sustainable development
Learning outcomes
After completing the module the student will have a good command of contemporary research literature on world politics. The student will also be acquainted with the latest research on foreign policy and diplomacy and will know the most important theoretical debates in the fields.
Contents
The study of world politics, foreign policy and diplomacy.
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Written exam
10 ECTS
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
In
English
Study materials
10 ECTS from the following:
10 ECTS from the following:
Aaltola – Käpylä – Vuorisalo, The Challenge of Global Commons and Flows for US Power: The Perils of Missing the Human Domain. Ashgate 2014. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Buzan, An Introduction to the English School of International Relations. Polity 2014. (2 ECTS)
Chan, Looking for Balance: China, the United States, and Power Balancing in East Asia. Stanford University Press 2012. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Clunan, The Social Construction of Russia’s Resurgence. Johns Hopkins University Press 2009. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Little, The Balance of Power in International Relations: Metaphors, Myths and Models. Cambridge University Press 2007. (2 ECTS)
Ned Lebow, A Cultural Theory of International Relations. Cambridge University Press 2009. (4 ECTS)
Neumann – Sending, Governing the Global Polity. Practice, Mentality, Rationality. The University of Michigan Press 2010. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Patomäki, The Political Economy of Global Security. Routledge 2008. (e-aineisto) (2 ECTS)
Pouliot, International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russia Diplomacy. Cambridge University Press 2010. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Rathbun, Trust in International Cooperation. International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism. Cambridge University Press 2011. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Option
2
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
In
English
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
10 ECTS from the following:
Aaltola – Käpylä – Vuorisalo, The Challenge of Global Commons and Flows for US Power: The Perils of Missing the Human Domain. Ashgate 2014. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Buzan, An Introduction to the English School of International Relations. Polity 2014. (2 ECTS)
Chan, Looking for Balance: China, the United States, and Power Balancing in East Asia. Stanford University Press 2012. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Clunan, The Social Construction of Russia’s Resurgence. Johns Hopkins University Press 2009. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Little, The Balance of Power in International Relations: Metaphors, Myths and Models. Cambridge University Press 2007. (2 ECTS)
Ned Lebow, A Cultural Theory of International Relations. Cambridge University Press 2009. (4 ECTS)
Neumann – Sending, Governing the Global Polity. Practice, Mentality, Rationality. The University of Michigan Press 2010. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Patomäki, The Political Economy of Global Security. Routledge 2008. (e-aineisto) (2 ECTS)
Pouliot, International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russia Diplomacy. Cambridge University Press 2010. (e-material) (2 ECTS)
Rathbun, Trust in International Cooperation. International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism. Cambridge University Press 2011. (e-material) (2 ECTS)