Strategic Issues of Globalisation

Odprta strateška vprašanja globalizacije

Course credits:

10.00 ECTS / 60 (30 hours of lectures, 0 hours of exercises, 30 hours of seminars, 0 hours other forms of work)

Course holder:

prof. dr. Jernej Pikalo

Lecturers:

• Prof. Igor Lukšič

Type:

Required

Language:

English

Semester:

First semester

Study degree

2. level

Course execution:

• Postgraduate Programme of Political Science – Political Theory, Global and Strategic Studies

Short content

The aim of the course is to systematically familiarise students with the key strategic issues arrising due to globalisation processes. The course will introduce most recent debates and approaches to globalisation processes and methodologies for researching them (ontological, epistemological). Various theoretical approaches to strategic relations will be discussed, including their critique. In the second part the course will analyse consequences of the globalisation processes (positive and negative) for key contemporary strategic issues (political, economic, cultural, etc). The course will furthermore analyse differences and similarities in various regions of the world in different stages of globalisation processes.