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| Veranstaltungsname | Übung: Global Issues |
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| Veranstaltungsnummer | 868708 |
| Semester | WiSe 2023/24 |
| Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden | 32 |
| maximale Teilnehmendenanzahl | 29 |
| Heimat-Einrichtung | Institut für Politikwissenschaft |
| Veranstaltungstyp | Übung in der Kategorie Lehre |
| Erster Termin | Montag, 23.10.2023 10:00 - 12:00, Ort: (VG 1.105 (Verfügungsgebäude - PIZ 5361)) |
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This seminar is part of the Introduction to Political Science module, which includes a lecture (Vorlesung) and a seminar. The BPOL101 lecture and seminar can have separate content material, but the two complement each other. Together they introduce students to the Political Science discipline. The Global Issues seminar aims to present the subfield of International Relations (IR) by focusing on the global political challenges that we currently face. Looking across the global landscape of the 21st century we encounter some curious paradoxes: Why do some states manage global health crises like COVID-19 better than others? Why cannot we distribute vaccines evenly and equally? What explains why famine and chronic malnutrition engulf much of the African continent even as the “Green Revolution” of the mid-20th century vastly increased global food production? Why are many of the countries most vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change those which contribute least to the solution of the problem? The main objective of this course is to provide an introduction to some of the major issues and challenges that world populations and leaders face today. What explains puzzling questions like those above, and what’s being done to address these global challenges? We’ll consider the ideas in this framework as we study five overarching issue areas. These include 1) global trade and globalization, 2) global health, 3) violence against women, 4) environmental degradation and crises, 5) and global food and agricultural politics. Within each of these areas, we will pay attention to how various people and groups present and define key issues and problems and what proposed “solutions” and/or alternatives have surfaced in local and global contexts. |
