Master
2023/2024
Political Geography and the Modern World
Type:
Elective course (Critical Media Studies)
Area of studies:
Media Communications
Delivered by:
Institute of Media
When:
1 year, 3 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
30
Open to:
everyone
Instructors:
Oleg Dmitriev
Master’s programme:
Критические медиаисследования
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
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
- 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
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 3rd module0.2 * 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