POLITICS OF GLOBAL SOUTH

GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES

Curso 2021/2022

1. Subject Information

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Code: 109034
Plan: 290
ECTS: 4.00

Type: Opcional
Year: 3
Duration: Second semester

Area: CIENCIA POLÍTICA Y DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN

Departament: Derecho Público General

Virtual platform: Campus Virtual de la Universidad de Salamanca

Professor Information

Profesor/Profesora: Angela Suarez Collado
Group/s: Único

Centre: Fac. Derecho

Office: 209

Office hours: By appointment

Web address: http://campus.usal.es/~acpa/

E-mail: ascollado@usal.es
Telephone: Ext. 1616

2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan

Curricular area to which the subject matter pertains.

Elective course in the BA in Global Studies

Purpose of the subject within the curricular area and study plan.

Elective course that provides the student with the necessary tools to analyze the current political dynamics of the regions of the Global South: Africa, the Arab-Islamic world and Asia

Professional profile.

Different fields such as media, think tanks, consulting, national or international agencies and non-governmental organizations.

3. Prerequisites

N/A

4. Learning objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide students with an overview of the contemporary political systems of some of the most relevant countries of the Global South, as well as the main political actors, institutions, processes that take place in them.

5. Contents

Theory.

Introduction to Global South’s politics
Discourses and Political Thought from the Global South
Challenges in the Global South
Morocco: An Authoritarian Monarchy
Tunisia: The Challenges of Political Transition
Egypt: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution
Lebanon: A Religious-Based Consociationalism
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Iran: A Theocratic Republic
India and Pakistan: From the Colonial to the Postcolonial
China and Hong Kong: one country, two systems
Nigeria and South Africa: The Two African Giants
Ethiopia: A Country in Political Turmoil
The Pieces of Sierra Leone's Puzzle

Practice.

Debates and news analysis.
Critical discussion on documentaries, films and academic papers.
Active learning activities

6. Competences acquired

Basic / General.

Ability to reflect on political issues

Ability to analyze empirical information

Ability to link empirical analyses and normative reflections

Writing skills

Ability to present ideas and debate on them

Specific.

Analysis of political systems

7. Teaching methods

Lectures

Presentations

Debates

Essays