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graduate teaching
Members of the Centre teach graduate courses and supervise PhD-students in areas linked to the Centre's research themes
under the auspices of different LSE teaching departments.
DV429 global civil society I (MT)
DV429 will introduce students to the key conceptual building blocks of 'global civil society'. Instead of a weekly lecture and class, the course will be taught in weekly three hour sessions, alternating teacher led sessions with student led sessions. Each session will introduce a different set of concepts, explore their historical origin and how they apply in a ‘global’ world. The course brings together various strands of thinking, including classic texts on civil society and contemporary literature on globalisation, which are needed to understand and critically assess global civil society as a contemporary global socio-political phenomenon as well as a political science concept. Global Civil Society I and Global Civil Society II are complementary. Taking both is recommended but not obligatory. The course is taught by Professor Mary Kaldor and Sabine Selchow.
DV430 global civil society II (MT)
DV430 will investigate global civil society from five different critical perspectives – war, civility, the media, space, and hegemony. Each of these perspectives will be approached both in theory and in real world practise. The course will alternate between three hour teacher led sessions and three hour student led sessions. Global Civil Society I and Global Civil Society II are complementary. Taking both is recommended but not obligatory. The course is taught by Professor Mary Kaldor and Sabien Selchow.
GV442 globalisation and democracy
The contemporary debate about globalisation raises profound questions about the changing nature and form of politics today. This course examines the debate, setting out the meaning of globalisation, and exploring its impact on democratic and democratizing nation-states.
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GV4c2 globalisation, conflict and post-totalitariarism
The course offers a theoretically informed account of the challenges faced by post-totalitarian transition countries in the era of globalisation, and examines them empirically primarily in reference to the Balkans but with examples from the Middle East as well as post-Soviet countries. The regions chosen are those which have experienced particular difficulties in effecting a peaceful process of transition to democracy, market economy and integration in a multilateral system. The course will start with an introduction to theories of globalisation and the reasons why the legacy of totalitarianism is different from the legacy of classic authoritarian states. The course is structured around three issue areas: political ideologies and state breakdown; transition economy and organised crime; post-totalitarian society. It looks at nationalism linked to global diasporas and fundamentalist networks, new wars in the context of international intervention, and international protectorates. Transition economy includes both an introduction to transition strategies (privatisation, liberalisation and macro-economic stabilisation) as well as the perverse effects of illegal economic networks and organised crime stemming both from the totalitarian past and the impact of globalisation. The last block of questions investigates post-totalitarian societies from the perspective of transition justice, (un)civil societies and new minorities. While analysing these issues accompanied with relevant regional illustrations particular attention is made to grasp unique aspects of post-totalitarianism triggered by the simultaneity of transition and globalisation.
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