Exercises: Global Issues - Details

Exercises: Global Issues - Details

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Course name Exercises: Global Issues
Subtitle
Course number 868708
Semester WiSe 2023/24
Current number of participants 32
maximum number of participants 29
Home institute Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Courses type Exercises in category Teaching
First date Monday, 23.10.2023 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (VG 1.105 (Verfügungsgebäude - PIZ 5361))
Type/Form
Miscellanea 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.

Rooms and times

(VG 1.105 (Verfügungsgebäude - PIZ 5361))
Monday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (14x)

Fields of study

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This seminar is part of the Introduction to Political Science module and it aims to introduce students to the current global issues and the way the International Relations (IR) subfield approaches them.



Looking across the global landscape of the 21st century we encounter some curious paradoxes: Why do we see vigorous drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere even as governments (including the United States) spend billions of dollars in attempts to restrain such activity? 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 who contribute least to the problem of greenhouse gas emissions? The main objective of this course is to provide an introduction to some of the major issues and challenges facing world populations and leaders today. What explains puzzling questions like those above, and what"s being done to address these global challenges?

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Übungen in B.Pol.101 Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft".
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The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is only allowed for participants of at least one of the following courses:
    • 865901 Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft (WiSe 2023/24)
  • The following categories of people are preferred during seat allocation:
    • Subject is Politikwissenschaft (1122 persons)
    • Subject is Politikwissenschaft (373 persons)
  • The enrolment is possible from 15.09.2023, 09:00 to 03.11.2023, 20:00.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 19.10.2023 on 23:59. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.
  • Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
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