POLS 0209 - International Relations

Credits: 3

An examination of sovereignty-a key concept in international relations. The course will focus on the emergence of sovereignty in the long sixteenth century and its sources in economics, ideology, military technology and personality. The same sources will be analyzed in their present form to prognosticate about the continuity of and basic challenges to sovereignty today. The final portion of the course will look at the various international theories of international relations from the viewpoints of realism, pluralism and class conflict theories and their protections of sovereignty in the future. Theories will be related to ongoing conflicts in international relations.

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