Political Geography and the Modern World

2023/2024

Type: Mago-Lego

Delivered by: Institute of Media

When: 3 module

Online hours: 30

Open to: everyone

Instructors: Oleg Dmitriev

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 6

Full 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

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

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

Course Syllabus