MSc Global Politics
The MSc includes a core course, From Empire to Globalisation (paper 1) which all students must take. It draws on specialist knowledge from across the LSE's Politics staff to offer a comprehensive introduction to the changing structure of the global order, and the contemporary challenges of global politics. The rest of the MSc allows considerable choice of options whilst seeking to blend a global focus with more detailed thematic or regional knowledge. Students can also choose the Global Civil Society stream, in which case they must take a second core course, Global Civil Society, and additional options as detailed below. All students must write a 10,000 word dissertation.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to staff sabbaticals and research leave, the School cannot guarantee that all the courses listed below will be available.
Paper |
Course number and title |
MSc Global Politics
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1
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GV4A4 From Empire to Globalisation* |
2 |
GV499 Dissertation |
3 & 4 |
Courses to the value of two full units selected from the option list below |
Global Civil Society stream
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1
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GV4A4 From Empire to Globalisation |
2 |
DV429 Global Civil Society I (H) and DV430 Global Civil Society II (H) |
3 |
GV499 Dissertation |
4 |
Courses to the value of one full unit selected from the option list below |
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Options
Priority courses: will not be capped for students of this programme; subject to staff availability and timetabling constraints DV413 Environmental Problems, Politics and Development (H) (M) DV415 Global Environmental Governance (H) (M) DV418 African Development (H) (L) DV420 Complex Emergencies (H) (M) DV421 HIV/AIDS and Other Emerging Health Threats (H) (L) DV423 Global Political Economy of Development, I (H) (M) DV424 Global Political Economy of Development, II (H) (L) DV425 Managing Globalization (H) DV429 Global Civil Society I (H) DV430 Global Civil Society II (H) DV437 Nationalism, Democracy and Development in Contemporary India (H) (M) EU457 Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) EU458 Identity, Community and the 'Problem of Minorities' (H) GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development GI409 Globalisation and Gender (H) GV427 Democracy and Democratization in East and South Asia (H) (L) GV432 Government and Politics in China (H) (M) (n/a 08/09) GV442 Globalisation and Democracy (H) (M) GV444 Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) (L) GV446 The Politics of Empire and Post-Imperialism (n/a 08/09) GV4C2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism (H) (L) GV4C9 Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia (H) (M) GV4D3 Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization and Decentralization (H) (L) GV4E6 Human Security (H) (L) (n/a 08/09) GV4E8 Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H) GV4F2 Popular politics in the Middle East (H) IR406 Gender, Justice and War IR422 Conflict and Peace Studies IR462 Introduction to International Political Theory (H) IR463 The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention † (H) IR464 The Politics of International Law † (H) SO442 Globalization: Cities, Immigration, States (H) (L) (n/a 08/09)
Recommended courses: access is not guaranteed; subject to approval of the course proprietors DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (H) EH446 Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (n/a 08/09) EH462 Latin American Development in the Twentieth Century: from Liberalism to Neo-Liberalism (n/a 08/09) EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries EU443 European Models of Capitalism (H) (L) EU460 European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State (H) GV427 Democracy and Democratisation in East and South Asia (H) (L) GV436 National and Ethnic Conflict Regulation (H) (M) GV441 States and Markets (H) (M) GV443 The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H) (M) GV444 Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) (L) GV460 Politics and Policy in Britain (H) (M) GV465 War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (H) (L) (n/a 08/09) GV479 Nationalism GV4A5 Public Policy Responses to International Migration (H) (L) GV4D2 Social Theory and Political Commitment: The Case of Max Weber and Nationalism (H) (L) GV4D4 Comparative Politics of Redistribution in Advanced Democracies IR407 International Political Economy of the Environment IR416 The EU in the World IR419 The International Relations of the Middle East IR427 International Politics of Africa (n/a 08/09) IR429 Economic Diplomacy IR460 Comparative Political Economy IR461 Islam in International Relations LL4C2 World Poverty and Human Rights (H) SA435 NGOs and Development Or a course not listed approved by the MSc Convenor |
Notes
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*Students must pass this course in order to pass the degree † IR462 is a pre-requisite for this course | ^
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