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A conceptual overview of security, the changing global context, traditional and non-traditional security issues, the management of international security issues, and the future of global security.
This course is a broad introduction to modern international security and explores some of the major debates and issue areas in this field following the emergence of globalization. The course encompasses traditional security issues such as military strategy, inter-state war and nuclear proliferation and non-traditional security questions such as gender and war, climate change, the political economy of conflict, and the rise of national populism.
| Paper title | International Security in a Globalising World |
|---|---|
| Paper code | POLS250 |
| Subject | Politics |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2022 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $929.55 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- One 100-level POLS paper or 72 points
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Eligibility
- An interest in national and international affairs is an advantage.
- Contact
- politics@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
- It encompasses the concept of security, the international security agenda in the era of globalisation, the challenge of managing international security issues, and the question of whether globalisation has enhanced or diminished international security.
- Textbooks
- Course Reader and highly recommended texts include Roland Dannreuther, International Security: The Contemporary Agenda, and A. Collins (ed) Contemporary Security Studies
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Information literacy.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- Students will gain:
- The ability to critically assess arguments put forward by international security scholars
- The capability to relate arguments about international security to a changing international environment
- The capacity to analytically compare alternative social science theories and develop reasoned, independent perspectives on international security issues
- A better understanding of specific current and future challenges in international security
