Change in Global Politics (Case Study Research)

The course addresses key aspects of change in structures and processes, as well as in issues of international and global nature. It focuses on the variety of actors and highlights how diverse their strategies and repertoires of actions can be. The study of the latter will include not only acts of commission (doing), but also acts of omission and of expression; all of them illustrating ways to cooperate or not cooperate among actors of change in global politics, in coercive or persuasive manners.

A significant part of the course time will be devoted to the study of specific cases, including the methodology of applied research in this field, through participating in a real research project, which is likely to be published. Considerable time will be spent doing online research and analysis. Aspects of theoretical background will mainly be covered through required readings selected to enable students to make up for any missing knowledge compared with older students in the group, thanks to self-study (some class time will be devoted to answering questions related to the readings).

Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course. CEA CAPA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA (2 ECTS credits equals 1 U.S. credit therefore, 5 ECTS credits is equivalent to 2.5 U.S. credits).