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This course utilizes a range of disciplinary and theoretical approaches to analyze the concept of ‘transition’ as a fundamental condition of world history. It examines this through two related processes; the transition from conflict to peace, and from peace to conflict at both a macro and micro level. Topics include how states transition through revolutionary violence or through peaceful means, how individuals are radicalized into terrorist groups or become involved in non-violent movements, and transitions in global institutions, norms and technology that generate local and individual changes.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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To acquaint students with the ability to: a) Analyze whether political and social change is always progressive, leading to a better world; b) Apply general theoretical models to the analysis of global, state and local transitions; c) Construct logical and coherent arguments supported by relevant evidence; and d) Appreciate the relationship between action and structure, macro and micro factors, and the global and the local as it relates to historical transitions.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: One mid-semester 2,000 word essay (40%) and one final 3,000 word essay (60%).
Resit: Rewrites of the essays.
There are no assessments for this course.
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