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New Power Regions in Global Politics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:08.03.2024 12:55:34
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SZF_029 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.67 | ECTS: | 4.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics; International Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māris Cepurītis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | For successful completion of the study course, students must have a prior knowledge of the basic concepts of international relations. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To introduce students to current global policy developments from a regional perspective. In the course, students will gain more in-depth knowledge of the world’s emerging growth regions, their internal dynamics and their role in international processes. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Brazil’s Domestic Policy, Development and Features | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Brazil’s Policy, Within the Latin America Region | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Brazil and Latin America in Global Politics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Features of Brazil’s Domestic, Regional and Global Policy | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Regional and Global Challenges for African Countries | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | India’s Domestic Policy, Development and Features | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | India’s Policy, Within the Region | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | India in Global Politics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Features of India’s Domestic, Regional and Global Policy | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Features of the South-East Asia Region in the Context of Global Politics | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Pre-Exam Tutorials | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Exam | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | As part of the study course, students will be required to study the required readings (up to 100 pages of text for each class), write four essays on the specified topics, pass literature tests, write and defend a report, and pass the final course examination. To assess the overall quality of the study course, the student must complete the course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation and quality of answers in seminars – 25%; Essays – 25%; Report – 25%; Exam – 25%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will orient in the information about the new major regions of the world and internal developments therein, and understand their role in international processes. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to analyse the internal dynamics of regional powers and regions and their role in international processes. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | During the study course, students will improve their competence in relation to international relations and the similarities and differences between world regions. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Visa literatūra ir angļu valodā un piemērota gan latviešu, gan angļu plūsmas studentiem | ||||||||
| 2 | Harvey F. Kline, Christine J. Wade, Howard J. Wiarda (Eds). Latin American Politics and Development. Routledge: New York, 2018 | ||||||||
| 3 | Dana de la Fontaine, Thomas Stehnken (Eds). The Political System of Brazil. Springer: Heidelberg, 2016 | ||||||||
| 4 | Latin American Foreign Policies. Between Ideology and Pragmatism. Gian Luca Gardini; Peter Lambert (Eds). Palgrave Macmillan: New York, 2011 | ||||||||
| 5 | Subrata K. Mitra. “Politics in India: Structure, Process and Policy". Routledge, 2017 | ||||||||
| 6 | Paul R. Brass (Ed). “Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal”. Routledge: London, New York, 2010 | ||||||||
| 7 | Harsh V. Pant. "Indian Foreign Policy. An Overview”. Manchester University Press: Manchester, 2016 | ||||||||
| 8 | David Shambaugh. Where Great Powers Meet. America & China in Southeast Asia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021 | ||||||||
