Global politics
PROF. STEFANO PROCACCI
COURSE AIMS
The course offers a description of the origins of global society and changes which
it has caused within international relations while underlying the specifics of global
politics compared to international politics in the modern and pre-modern world.
COURSE CONTENT
The course opens with an introduction which provides an overview of globality in
the historical context of its establishment and a theoretical context which has
witnessed the emergence of recent doctrines and ideologies of globalisation. This
will be followed by the consideration of the specific nature of the system and of
international society in a global era: from economic crisis and development of the
state, to the emergence of new forms of power and authority, to the contested rise
of new principles, norms and institutions which regulate order within the system.
Discussion will focus on the main figures within new global politics: economic
bodies such as multinationals and financial institutions, exponents of civil global
society such as ONGs and transnational opinion movements, but also terrorists,
organised crime and new figures within the security sector. Time will also be spent
exploring the recent economic and financial crisis and its effect on political
relations between figures within global society. In what way is it possible to talk
about a crisis, or even the end of globalisation?
READING LIST
For full-time students:
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D. HELD-A. MCGREW (EDS.), The Global Transformation Reader. An Introduction to the
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Globalization Debate, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2003 (second edition) (certain chapters).
B. S. TURNER (ED.), The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies, Routledge,
2010, (certain chapters).
Additional material may be introduced in relation to single cases covered during lectures.
For distance-learning students:
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D. HELD-A. MCGREW (EDS.), The Global Transformation Reader. An Introduction to the
Globalization Debate, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2003 (second edition), Chapters: 3, 6-9, 11, 12,
19, 23, 24, 26-28, 31, 34-37, 48-50.
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B. S. TURNER (ED.), The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies, Routledge,
2010, Chapters: 4, 5, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 29, 30, 31.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Written examination. There may be a supplementary oral test.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG or on the Faculty notice
board.