Political Science

This course provides the basic knowledge and analytical tools to understand the major issues at stake in climate and environmental diplomacy, as well as the dynamics of international policy-making on climate and the environment, the interplay of actors, and the possibilities and limits of existing systems. Sessions are organized by theme and highlight the cross-cutting nature of these issues and their interactions with numerous fields of international relations. This introductory approach considers a broad panorama of international actors, issues, and frameworks.

This course introduces key issues of pertinence in Maritime Security and geopolitics of the Sea. It demonstrates why the maritime domain is a space of great strategic interest, and how threats to security at sea have a real impact for states and people around the world. It explores a myriad of threats to security playing out at sea, while also looking at some of the mechanisms, tools, strategies, and key actors involved in addressing these challenges. Each part provides an overview of the issue it discusses and considers regional case studies as an illustration. The course utilizes a multidisciplinary perspective with interrelated considerations from very various fields of research (political science, international relations, social anthropology, political economy, international law, and history), as well as lessons learned from practitioners and policymakers, to develop a comprehensive and better informed understanding of debates and developments related to maritime security issues.

This course provides an intensive overview of contemporary Mexican history and politics, covering the period between the Mexican Revolution and the transition to electoral democracy, Themes covered include: current economic situation, social movements, minorities, migration and transnationalization, and US-Mexico relations. The course reader includes both historical and sociological articles and is supplemented with readings from daily and weekly periodicals.

This course examines the concept of power in different parts of political science and survey some debates on power, assessing the advantages and disadvantages of concepts of power. It covers distribution of power in society; power in comparative politics; and power in international relations.

This course examines the political, economic, social and developmental challenges of countries in the Global South including the changing place of these countries in the global political economy and their importance in debates about human rights, democracy and security; the Cold War; development narratives; foreign aid; humanitarian intervention; globalization; and the rise of the BRICs countries.

This introductory course to political science offers an overview of the discipline, without presenting a history of the discipline. It covers the main subjects dealt with, the different approaches to them, and the methods and tools needed to understand them. The course develops knowledge, analytical skills, and critical abilities with regard to contemporary political phenomena, by clarifying the central concepts and controversies. It adopts a pluralistic and comparative perspective, and makes room for both classical and contemporary works and objects. The complementary module explores the major themes presented, with a regional focus on Europe, and a particular interest in the construction of Europe. It examines the European project as a political challenge, looking at how it operates, its space, and the debate surrounding its legitimacy, before looking at the production of public action at supranational level, and concluding with perspectives on its impact, public opinion, and the transformation of European societies.

This course provides students with basic knowledge of the Swedish political system, both on the input side (political participation, political parties, other political actors), its structure (constitution, electoral system), and its output side (over the last couple of years, primarily welfare and gender equality policies). It also discusses the historical development of these factors.