Political Science

This law course provides a study of the origins, evolution, and legal organization of the European Union. It examines the law of the European Union, law adopted by the institutions, and the integration of the European laws with the Spanish legal system. It looks at reciprocal state laws of EU nation-states, EU laws of application and control, and the objectives of the EU integration process.

This course explores China's domestic political and economic reform after Deng Xiaoping (1978 to present).  The course outlines China's political system and its evolution, discussing the social consequences of China's economic liberalization. 

This course introduces the academic study of South African politics. It explores the country’s recent political history, the political legacies of segregation and apartheid, and the relationships between politics and broader social life. It goes on to explore the character and significance of the country’s ‘democratic transition’. The course also investigates the country’s constitution, electoral systems, political parties, party system, and associational politics. Students learn key academic approaches to the study of domestic politics and apply these to the study of South Africa.

This course offers a study of the history and politics of the United States. The course is divided into two parts. Part one discusses US history from the Revolutionary War to the beginning of the 21st century. Part two discusses contemporary US politics including: electoral behavior and party politics; US foreign policy since the Cold War; the evolution of the modern presidency; the influence of interest groups in contemporary US politics; race, ethnicity, and immigration; economic and social inequality; judicial politics and the Supreme Court.

This course introduces students to a range of high-profile controversies by viewing them through the prism of the law. It enables the students to transcend the culture wars by critically engaging with the moral, political, and legal issues at stake and by becoming skilled participants in the respective debates. Students engage with some of the most important and controversial political issues of our time, and these issues will be approached by studying and comparing landmark judgments from the world’s most influential and powerful courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the Canadian Supreme Court, the South African Constitutional Court, the European Court of Human Rights, the U.K. Supreme Court, and the German Federal Constitutional Court. 

This course examines Korean politics and political system from diverse perspectives. It studies theories of international politics and political institutions, and the Korean culture and economy and their related processes..

This course examines recent developments in the theory and practice of international security from a critical perspective. It provides an overview of the main concepts, theories, methodological approaches, and empirical objects in the field. 

This course offers a study of the most important ideologies and political movements of the 21st century. Topics include: populism; religious fundamentalism; pacifism and environmentalism; contemporary reflections on democracy; transitional justice; contemporary ethical issues; big data and artificial intelligence; bioethics and neuroethics; current social and political movements in the face of the reason/sentiment dichotomy.