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PSCI 1200

Politics in the World

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Compares politics in selected states and world regions, including political institutions and cultures, development, public policy making, and gender. Global issues and international relations among states, international organizations, and other actors. Basic research and academic writing skills.

Topics

Course catalogue

2026

Readings

  • International Relations. 13th ed. Pearson, 2025. ISBN 978-0-13-811862-4.
  • International Relations. 13th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2025. Chapter 1, pp. 1-37.
  • Nye, Joseph S., Jr. The Future of Power. New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. Chapter 1, 'What Is Power in Global Affairs?', pp. 3-24.
  • Pevehouse, Jon C. W., Joshua S. Goldstein, Sarah E. Kreps, and Edward D. Mansfield. International Relations. 13th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2025: Chapter 2, “realist theories”
  • Thucydides. 'The Melian Dialogue.' In The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond, Book V, sections 84-116, pp. 301-310. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Morgenthau, Hans J. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. 7th ed., revised by Kenneth W. Thompson and W. David Clinton. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. 'Six Principles of Political
  • Realism' and 'A Realist Theory of International Politics,' pp. 3-16..
  • International Relations. 13th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2025, “Chapter 3, liberal and social theories” Kant, Immanuel. 'Toward Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch.' In Practical Philosophy,
  • translated and edited by Mary J. Gregor, 311-351. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, pp. 311-351.
  • Axelrod, Robert, and William D. Hamilton. 'The Evolution of Cooperation.' Science 211, no. 4489 (1981): 1390-1396.

Prerequisites & course information

Precludes additional credit for PSCI 1000 (no longer offered), PSCI 1002, GPOL 1000 (no longer offered) and GPOL 1500 (no longer offered). Lectures two hours a week, tutorials one hour a week.

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