After completing the study unit the student has a good command of contemporary trends in global politics. The student will be acquainted with the latest research on global politics, international political economy, global governance, foreign policy and diplomacy and will know the most important theoretical debates in the fields.

5 or 10 ECTS from the following:

Buzan-Lawson, The Global Transformation. Cambridge University Press 2015. (3 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)

Enloe, Bananas, Beaches and Bases. University of California Press 2014. (2 ECTS)

Krebs, Narrative and the Making of US National Security. Cambridge University Press 2015 (3 ECTS)

Lebow, A Cultural Theory of International Relations. Cambridge University Press 2009. (4 ECTS)

Neumann, Russia and the Idea of Europe. Routledge 2017. (2 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-material) (2 ECTS)

Pouliot, International Pecking Orders. Cambridge University Press 2016. (3 ECTS)

Rathbun, Trust in International Cooperation. International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism. Cambridge University Press 2011. (e-material) (2 ECTS)

Same study material as for POLKVS31 The Study of World Politics 10 ECTS (https://www10.uta.fi/opas/opintojakso.htm?rid=14217&idx=0&uiLang=en&lang=en&lvv=2017)

Examiner and more information: http://www.uta.fi/jkk/en/pol/studypractices/examinations.html

BOOK EXAM. Optional study mode for POMLFCS3 Trends in Global Politics

Electronic exam is open in I-IV periods. Please, register for the electronic exam using the code POLKVS31 The Study of World Politics: https://tenttis.uta.fi