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| SPOL0925-1 | Regionalism in World Politics
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Sébastian Santander |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| THE COURSE IS HELD EVERY ODD YEAR (2015-2016, 2017-2008...).
This cours is about interstates organisations and especially about regional integrations. It aims to apprehend regional schemes as a level between states and global politics. It starts by defining a couple of concepts such as "region", "regionalism" and "regionalisation". The course also aims to apprehend the historical origines of regionalism in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. After having analyzed the idea of region, the course will consider regionalism during both the bipolar system and the post-cold war. It will pay especial attention to the new regionalism and its implications for the global governance. It will analyse the internal and systemic reasons of regionalism. The course will also take into account the role played by both publics (States, International organisations) and private (transnational companies, NGOs) actors. It will also pay attention to the theories on regionalism: neorealism, neoliberal institutionalism, regional economic integration and the new regionalism approach. Finally, it will analyze various regional organizations such as SADC, ECOWAS (Africa), MERCOSUR, NAFTA (Americas), ASEAN (Asia) and the EU (Europe). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Study regionalism as a phenomenon of international relation.
Give to the students a broad vision of regionalism.
Through the study of an international issue, the course analyse all the continents of the world: Western Europe, The Americas, Africa and Asia |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| To follow this course, it is desirable that the students have empirical and theoretical knowledge in international relations (see: Introduction to International Relations (SPOL1203-2) and "Theories of international relations" (SPOL0011-1)). |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is Ex Cathedra one. The course will encourage students to participate. It will also try to develop students critical thinking skill. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Ex Cathedra lectures though students are warmly invited to participate.
If the opportunity arises, there will be external interventions.
It is also possible the students will have to follow a couple of conferences related to topics tackled during the course.
The presence of the students is needed. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The course is based on notes prepared by the responsable of the course and obligatory readings given during the course.
Obligatory reading: Sebastian Santander (coord.), Relations internationales et régionalisme. Entre dynamiques internes et projections mondiales, Liège, Presses universitaires de Liège, 2012, 371 p.
The reading is available at "Point de Vue" (Campus: Sart Tilman) and at Pax Libreary (downtown).
Other readings will be distributed during the course. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written or oral examination both in the first and second session: open questions and may be Multiple Choice. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| - To succeed the exam it is highly recommended to attend the course. New issues are tackled each year during the cours.
- At the end of the cours, students will have the plan of the cours. The document will be available on MyULg.
- The knowledge of English is necessary.
The course is held every odd year (2015-2016, 2017-2018...). |
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Contacts :
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| - Professor:
Sebastian Santander (Office: R71, niveau 0 - tel. 04 366 30 46)
- Assistants :
Liridon Lika (Office R12 - level 0 - tel 04 36642 59)
Gabrielle W. Cusson |
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