POLITICS OF GLOBAL SOUTH
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES
Curso 2024/2025
1. Subject Information
(Date last modified: 29-05-24 11:13)- Code
- 109034
- Plan
- 290
- ECTS
- 4.00
- Type
- Opcional
- Year
- 3
- Duration
- Second semester
- Language
- ENGLISH
- Area
- CIENCIA POLÍTICA Y DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN
- Departament
- Derecho Público General
- Virtual platform
Professor Information
- Profesor/Profesora
- Angela Suarez Collado
- Group/s
- Único
- Centre
- Fac. Derecho
- Office
- 209
- Office hours
- By appointment
- Web address
- https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/58040/detalle
- ascollado@usal.es
- Phone
- 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 the Global South’s Politics
- Geopolitics of 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
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India and Pakistan: From the Colonial to the Postcolonial
- China and Hong Kong: one country, two systems
- Challenges in the Global South
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
8. Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods
9. Resources
10. Assessment
Assessment criteria.
-Examinations: 50%
- Practical activities: 50%
Assessment recommendations.
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Recomendaciones para la recuperación. |
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The requirements will be the same for the second round of evaluations. |
Guidelines in the case of failing the subject.
The requirements will be the same for the second round of evaluations.