MSc Global Politics
The MSc includes a core course, 'The Politics of Globalization' (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 | |
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MSc Global Politics | ||
1 |
The Politics of Globalization | |
2 |
Dissertation* | |
3 & 4 |
Courses to the value of two full units selected from the option list below | |
Global Civil Society stream | ||
1 |
The Politics of Globalization | |
2 |
Global Civil Society (H) | |
3 |
Dissertation* | |
4 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units selected from the option list below | |
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Options (access to the following courses is not necessarily guaranteed and may require the permission of the course coordinator: please consult the individual course guides for further information on availability) | |
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Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H) (M) | |
Global Environmental Governance (H) (M) | ||
African Development (H) (L) | ||
Complex Emergencies (H) (M) | ||
Global Health and Development (H) (L) | ||
Global Political Economy of Development, I (H) (M) | ||
International Institutions and Late Development (H) (L) | ||
Managing Humanitarianism (H) | ||
Global Civil Society (H) | ||
Human Security (H) (L) | ||
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Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia | |
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The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries | |
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European Integration from a Global Perspective (H) | |
European Models of Capitalism (H) (M) | ||
Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) | ||
European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State (H) | ||
Partisanship in Europe (H) | ||
Globalisation, Gender and Development | ||
Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (H) | ||
Globalisation, Gender and Development: Policy and Practice (H) | ||
Sexuality, Gender and Globalisation | ||
Democracy in East and South Asia (H) (L) (n/a 13/14) | ||
Government and Politics in China (H) (M) | ||
National and Ethnic Conflict Regulation (H) (M) (n/a 13/14) | ||
States and Markets (H) (M) | ||
Globalisation and Democracy (H) (M) | ||
The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H) (M) | ||
Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) (L) | ||
War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (H) (M) | ||
Nationalism | ||
International Migration and Immigration Management (H) (M) | ||
Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism (H) (L) | ||
Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia (H) (M) | ||
Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization and Decentralization (H) (L) | ||
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The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H) | |
Comparative Democratization in a Global Age (H) | ||
Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H) | ||
Popular Politics in the Middle East (H) | ||
Institutions in the Global Economy (H) (n/a 13/14) | ||
The History and Politics of the Modern Middle East (H) | ||
Nationalism and Global Politics (H) | ||
Contemporary India: The World's Largest Democracy in the Early 21st Century (H) | ||
Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives (H) | ||
Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H) | ||
International Political Economy of the Environment | ||
International Institutions (n/a 13/14) | ||
The EU in the World | ||
The International Relations of the Middle East | ||
Conflict and Peace Studies (n/a 13/14) | ||
Economic Diplomacy | ||
Diplomacy (H) | ||
Conflict and Peacebuilding (H) | ||
Comparative Political Economy (n/a 13/14) | ||
Islam in International Relations: From Al-Andalus to Afghanistan | ||
Introduction to International Political Theory (H) | ||
The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (n/a 13/14) | ||
The Politics of International Law (H) | ||
Genocide (H) | ||
Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies | ||
World Poverty and Human Rights (H) | ||
Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy and Development (H) | ||
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Or a course not listed approved by the MSc Convenor | |
Notes |
*Students must pass this course in order to pass the degree | |
