Магистратура 2023/2024

Политическая география и современный мир

Статус: Курс по выбору (Критические медиаисследования / Critical media studies)

Направление: 42.04.05. Медиакоммуникации

Кто читает: Институт медиа

Где читается: Факультет креативных индустрий

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 3 модуль

Формат изучения: с онлайн-курсом

Онлайн-часы: 30

Охват аудитории: для всех

Преподаватели: Дмитриев Олег Аркадьевич

Прогр. обучения: Критические медиаисследования

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 6

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is primarily aimed at students interested in international relations and politics, along with other professionals who are motivated to learn about political geography. The course intends to provide an insight into the origin and history of political geography, while also engage with the modern-day developments and issues that directly pertain to the domain of political geographic thought.

Learning Objectives

• To understand the development of group identities such as nations and examine the linkages between these identities and the political organization of territory.
• To examine states emergence with an emphasis on how internal and external forces work centripetally and centripetally on the integrity of state territories.
• To develop an appreciation for the effects of boundaries on economic, political, and social processes.
• To study in relevant details theoretical concepts and challenges underpinning the study of geography and politics.
• To identity the political, economic, and environmental forces that are undermining the modern nation-state system.
• To have a working familiarity with the most current research topics in political geography.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• A student knows the main approaches in the field and can use the main methods in political science
• To be able to analyse and interpret the key stages in the formation of the modern nation-state
• To be able to apply geopolitical theory to analysing the phenomenon of failed states and its implications for the international politics
• To develop a critical view on the process of globalisation by engaging with the contemporary challenges of the deepened interdependence and interconnectedness of the international arena
• To develop the understanding of the main reasons and potential consequences of regional conflicts
• knows the current academic agenda and key research directions in political sirens and international relations;
• defines what comparison is and why it is used in explaining political and social phenomena, how comparison is actually used in comparative analysis

Course Contents

• Current problems of political geography: introduction to the discipline, origins, problems, theory.
• Geopolitical principles of differentiation of society
• Border studies: approaches and methods
• Integration and regionalization processes
• Processes of fragmentation of the world political space
• Space and Politics: How Political Geography is Made?
• Nation, nationalism and citizenship
• Nation-state and country

Assessment Elements

• Quiz 1
• Quiz 2
• Quiz 3
• Quiz 4
• Quiz 5
• Quiz 6
• Quiz 7
• Quiz 8
• Final test

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 3rd module
  0.2 * Final test + 0.1 * Quiz 1 + 0.1 * Quiz 2 + 0.1 * Quiz 3 + 0.1 * Quiz 4 + 0.1 * Quiz 5 + 0.1 * Quiz 6 + 0.1 * Quiz 7 + 0.1 * Quiz 8

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Conversi, D. (2016). Sovereignty in a Changing World: From Westphalia to Food Sovereignty. Globalizations, 13(4), 484–498. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2016.1150570
• Flint, C., & Taylor, P. J. (2018). Political Geography : World-Economy, Nation-State and Locality (Vol. Seventh edition). New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1802663
• Waterman, S., & Kliot, N. (2016). Pluralism and Political Geography : People, Territory and State. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1100935

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Edkins, J., & Zehfuss, M. (2019). Global Politics : A New Introduction (Vol. Third edition). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2003604
• Kumar, C., Riamei, L., & Gupta, S. (2017). Understanding Global Politics. New Delhi: KW Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1630583

Authors

• Fedorova Kseniia Aleksandrovna