Course Details
Country:
Ireland
Institution:
University of Galway
Course Title:
International Relations
Course Number:
SP 234
Course Description:
This module provides an introduction to the study of international relations, exploring the politics of relations between states as well as the activities and roles of non-state actors such as non governmental organisations, transnational corporations, and rebel armies. The module focuses on key ideas, institutions, theories and issues with a particular emphasis on understanding the causes of war and measures to secure peace. All of our ideas about what should happen in the international arena are filtered through different sets of values concerning political life. The module begins accordingly by setting out four such frameworks: realism, liberalism, Marxism and social constructivism. It moves on then to deal with the United Nations’ approach to building peace and resolving conflict, with debates on international intervention, security, human rights and with the links between economic development and civil war. Theoretical debates are linked directly to issues of urgent public concern and illustrated with
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 132
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