EU457      Half Unit
Culture and Security in Global Politics

This information is for the 2023/24 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece CBG 7.05

Availability

This course is available on the MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Sciences Po), MSc in European and International Public Policy, MSc in European and International Public Policy (LSE and Bocconi), MSc in European and International Public Policy (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in Human Rights, MSc in Human Rights and Politics, MSc in International Migration and Public Policy, MSc in International Migration and Public Policy (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics) and MSc in Political Science (Global Politics). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course has a limited number of places (it is controlled access). In previous years we have been able to provide places for all students that apply but that may not continue to be the case.

Course content

This course will explore the relationship between culture and (in)security with a particular focus on the (in)security dilemmas of minorities and migrants within a world of nation-states. In so doing, our discussion will draw upon a variety of theoretical perspectives within security studies.

Teaching

This course is delivered through a combination of seminars and workshops totalling a minimum of 24 hours across Winter Term. This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Winter Term, and a review session will be held at the start of the Spring Term to prepare for the online assessment.

Formative coursework

Essay (2000 words) due in Winter Term.

Indicative reading

  • Z. Bauman, Wasted Lives: Modernity and Its Outcasts, 2003;
  • B. Buzan, O. Weaver and J. de Wilde, Security: A New Framework For Analysis,1998;
  • J. Jackson-Preece, Minority Rights: Between Diversity and Community, 2005;
  • W. Kymlicka, Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity, 2009;
  • J Mayall, Nationalism and International Society, 1990.

Assessment

Online assessment (100%) in the ST.

The online assessment for this course will be administered via Moodle. Questions will be made available at a set date/time and students will be given a set period in the ST to complete the answers to questions and upload their responses back into Moodle.

Key facts

Department: European Institute

Total students 2022/23: 29

Average class size 2022/23: 14

Controlled access 2022/23: Yes

Value: Half Unit

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Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Communication