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Global Politics
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 12 hours
  • Course by Università di Napoli Federico II
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About

The course explains why international studies originating from the West are currently evolving towards a planetary approach to World politics, with a particular focus on global order and local disorders. Thinking globally helps explain new linkages between changes in the natural environment (demography, climate) and transformations of institutional designs. Will societies and peoples find a way to get along together in the long run despite intractable conflicts and divergence of social and national interests? Will States delegate enough sovereignty to universal organizations, breaking definitely with Hobbes’ constant (no transfer of power beyond national borders)? Will the World ever be governed, and more democratically governed? To answer this series of central questions, global politics draws on anthropology, history, sociology, economics and psychology. A mix of paradigms comforts this mix of disciplines, since no single approach may suffice to explain global issues. Combining various ways of thinking is conducive to a fuller account of the myriads of transactions that make the planet evolve towards a more complex equilibrium.

Modules

The Globalization of Knowledge

    • 3 Videos
    • 9 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: The Globalization of Knowledge

3 Videos

  • Old and new paradigms
  • Positive and Normative Theories of Order
  • A legitimate world order?

9 Readings

  • How does Scientific knowledge turn global?
  • How does scientific knowledge turn global? (Part 2)
  • The Birth of Global Politics
  • Positive and Normative Theories of International Relations: the problem
  • Global Politics and Theories of International Relations: A summary
  • The Non-Westerners
  • Defining Order
  • A complex, enduring and sustainable order
  • Towards a Complex Methodology?

Building a World Order

    • 3 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: Building a World Order

3 Videos

  • Hobbes' Constant
  • The Making of an Interstate System
  • Delegating sovereignty

4 Readings

  • Epistemological Foundations of International Studies
  • Building an Interstate Order out of Anarchy
  • The Structural Realism’ theorems
  • From natural states to open access societies

The Current International Order

    • 3 Videos
    • 6 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: The Current International Order

3 Videos

  • The war factor
  • From Westphalia to Vienna
  • From The Hague to San Francisco and Havana

6 Readings

  • From Frequent Wars to Perpetual Peace
  • An Ultimate and Global Peace Treaty
  • The Long Wars in the West and the Rest
  • Napoleonic Times and the Failure of Centralization
  • Steps towards the Institutionalization of the World
  • The Road to Havana

From the Society of States to a Society of the Peoples

    • 3 Videos
    • 6 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: From the Society of States to a Society of the Peoples

3 Videos

  • From pluralism to solidarity
  • Towards Democratization
  • Towards Liberalization

6 Readings

  • The English School in IR
  • European Expansion
  • The Expansion of European Society
  • The Non-European System of States
  • The Trade Factor
  • Interventionism, Negotiation, and Peace

Order maintained: Military Hegemony

    • 3 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: Order maintained

3 Videos

  • From the Concert of Europe to NATO?
  • Offensive and Defensive Realisms
  • Polarity as a way to structure agency

4 Readings

  • After Victory, the Birth of Organized Alliances
  • NATO and its Rivals
  • Security at Risk
  • Polarity as a way to structure agency

Disorder Emerges

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: Disorder Emerges

3 Videos

  • New Global Challenges
  • New (A)social Organizations
  • The Un-building of the Nation-State

3 Readings

  • Why Disorder Emerges
  • Heterogeneity Increases
  • The Reorganization and Disorganization of States

Global Goods, Global Harms

    • 3 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: Global Goods, Global Harms

3 Videos

  • Protecting the Globe
  • Cooperation
  • Global Governance

4 Readings

  • Protecting Nature
  • The Joint Production of Public Goods
  • The Emergence of Non State Actors
  • BINGOs

Adaptive Organizations

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Challenge yourself: Adaptive Organizations

3 Videos

  • Expansion and Overlap
  • Interorganizational Cooperation
  • Networking

3 Readings

  • The Enigma of Intergovernmental Organizations
  • Varieties of Collaborative Behavior
  • Networks, Complexes, and Clusters

A Brave New World

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: A brave new World

3 Videos

  • Socialization and Standardization
  • Legalization and Juridicisation
  • Normalization and Institutionalization

3 Readings

  • Uniformity?
  • A Legal Turn?
  • From Human Principles to Institutionalized Rules

Towards a World Government?

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Challenge yourself: Towards a World Government?

3 Videos

  • Cosmopolitanism
  • Contentious Global Politics
  • World Democracy

3 Readings

  • The Long Journey towards Cosmopolitanism
  • Dissent and Difference
  • Progress towards Liberal Institutions

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Explore the evolving dynamics of global politics in this engaging Coursera course on Personal Development. Led by expert instructors, it examines the shift from Western-centric international studies to a planetary approach, focusing on global order and local disorders. Delve into how changes in the natural environment and institutional transformations shape world politics. Combining anthropology, history, sociology, economics, and psychology, this foundational course offers a comprehensive understanding of complex global issues over 720 minutes. Ideal for those seeking to understand the intricate balance of global governance, with a starter subscription option available.

Yves Schemeil
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Yves Schemeil