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210062 LK BAK8: LK International Politics (2017S)

Geopolitics from a Global South perspective

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 09.03. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 16.03. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 23.03. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 30.03. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 06.04. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 27.04. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 04.05. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 11.05. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 18.05. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 01.06. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 08.06. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 22.06. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 29.06. 20:15 - 22:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This reading course discusses geopolitics from the perspective of the Global South. Additionally to the study of the classical key texts of geopolitics (Mackinder, Haushofer etc) we focus on topics relevant to the Global south: dependency, postcolonial and anti-colonial geopolitics, etc.
The course is a supplement to the lecture "Internationale Politik".

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in class discussions, group presentation and an essay (min. 2500 words) - due four weeks after the last class session.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grading Criteria:
Attendance & Participation in the discussion of the texts 20%
Summary and oral presentation of the course texts 20%
Research (Review) Essay 60%

Grading Scale:
1 = 87-100 % excellent (outstanding performance)
2 = 75-86 % good (generally good, but with some errors)
3 = 63-74 % satisfactory (generally sound work with a number of substantial errors)
4 = 50-62 % sufficient (performance meets the minimum criteria)
5 = 0 – 49 % unsatisfactory (< 50%; substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work)

Class attendance is required (max. 2 absences).

Examination topics

The content of the class.

Reading list

Ó Tuathail, Gearóid: Critical Geopolitics. The Politics of Writing Global Space, Routledge, 1996
Ó Tuathail, Gearóid; Dalby, Simon; Routledge, Paul (editors), The Geopolitics Reader, Routledge, 1998
Agnew , John. Emerging China and Critical Geopolitics: Between World Politics and Chinese Particularity, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 51:5, 569-582, 2010#
Leslie W. Hepple. South American Heartland: The Charcas, Latin American Geopolitics and Global Strategies, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 170, No. 4, 2004, pp. 359-367
Further texts will be provided on moodle.

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