Guías Académicas

POLITICS OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH

Estudios Globales / Global Studies

1. Subject Information

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Code
140527
Plan
405
ECTS
6.00
Type
Compulsory
Year
3
Duration
Second semester
Language
ENGLISH
Area
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
https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/58040/detalle
E-mail
ascollado@usal.es
Phone
Ext. 1616
Professor
Samantha Leonor Botica Fuentes
Group/s
Único
Centre
-
Office
-
Office hours
-
Web address
-
E-mail
Phone
-

2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan

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.

  1. Introduction to the Global South’s Politics
  2. Geopolitics of the Global South
  3. Morocco: An Authoritarian Monarchy
  4. Tunisia: The Challenges of Political Transition
  5. Egypt: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution
  6. Lebanon: A Religious-Based Consociationalism
  7. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  8. Iran: A Theocratic Republic
  9. India and Pakistan: From the Colonial to the Postcolonial
  10. China and Hong Kong: one country, two systems
  11. Myanmar: Empire, coups and the Rohingya crisis
  12. Challenges in the Global South

Practice.

  1. Debates and news analysis.
  2. Critical discussion on documentaries, films and academic papers.
  3. 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.

-Exam: 40%

- Practical exercises: 60%

Evaluation systems.

Recomendaciones para la recuperación.

The requirements will be the same for the second round of evaluations.

11. Weekly teaching organization