Religion, Ethnicity And Nationalism In International Politics

1. Understand the role of religion, ethnicity, and nationalism in shaping international politics.
2. Critically evaluate theories of globalization and their impact on the nation-state.
3. Analyze the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict in the post-Cold War world.
4. Apply theoretical perspectives to case studies of international relations.
5. Assess the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization for state sovereignty.
6. Evaluate the ethical and normative questions raised by religion, ethnicity and nationalism in the public sphere.

13 weeks, about 45 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Religion

   • Unit 1: What is Religion? · 3 hours

     Read the introduction to understand the scope and objectives of the course.. Familiarize yourself with the course materials and assessment methods.. Understand the social construction of religion..

2. Week 2Module 1: Religion

   • Unit 1: What is Religion? · 3 hours

     Explore the relationship between religion and politics.. Differentiate between religion as sui generis and not sui generis.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 1 to reinforce understanding..

3. Week 3Module 1: Religion

   • Unit 2: Religion and International Politics · 3 hours

     Understand the key debates surrounding religion in international politics.. Summarize and evaluate theoretical approaches to the study of religion.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 1 to reinforce understanding..

4. Week 4Module 1: Religion

   • Unit 2: Religion and International Politics · 3 hours

     Examine the relationship between religion and globalization.. Understand how international conflicts emanate from religious grounds.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 2 to reinforce understanding..

5. Week 5Module 1: Religion

   • Unit 3: Religion and International Politics: Conflict, Order and Religious Fundamentalism · 3 hours

     Examine how mainstream International Politics theories explain religion.. Examine the challenges to international order emanating from various entities.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 1 to reinforce understanding..

6. Week 6Module 1: Religion

   • Unit 3: Religion and International Politics: Conflict, Order and Religious Fundamentalism · 3 hours

     Examine the contribution of religious traditions and political theologies to understandings of global order.. Examine the concept of religious fundamentalism and assess its role in International Politics.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 2 to reinforce understanding..

7. Week 7Module 1: Religion

   • Unit 4: Impact of Religion on International Politics · 3 hours

     Examine the roles of religion in both exacerbating and resolving international conflicts.. Examine how religion can affect the formulation of underlying foreign policy considerations and policies of states.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 1 to reinforce understanding..

8. Week 8Module 2: Ethnicity

   • Unit 4: Impact of Religion on International Politics · 3 hours

     Examine the Interactions between domestic and international spheres.. Examine various ways in which transnational religious actors can challenge and/or undermine state sovereignty.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 2 to reinforce understanding..

9. Week 9Module 2: Ethnicity

   • Unit 1: Meaning of Ethnicity · 3 hours

     Understand the social construction of 'ethnicity'.. Examine types of ethnicity and types of ethnic groups.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 1 to reinforce understanding..

10. Week 10Module 2: Ethnicity

    • Unit 1: Meaning of Ethnicity · 3 hours

      Analyse the forms of ethnic identity.. Understand the ways in which ethnicity has become 'naturalized' in the contemporary world.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 2 to reinforce understanding..

    • Unit 2: Ethnicity and Nationalism · 3 hours

      Understand the relationship between ethnicity and nationalism.. Examine the causes of ethnic conflict debated by political scientists.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 1 to reinforce understanding..

11. Week 11Module 3: Nationalism

    • Unit 2: Ethnicity and Nationalism · 3 hours

      Analyse the major theories applied to ethnicity and ethnic conflict.. Understand the ethnic conflict in the post–Cold War world.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 2 to reinforce understanding..

12. Week 12Module 3: Nationalism

    • Unit 3: Ethnicity and Nation-Building · 3 hours

      Understand the relationship between the nation-building and ethnicity.. Examine the diversity of human groupings and their indigenous terms.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 1 to reinforce understanding..

    • Unit 3: Ethnicity and Nation-Building · 3 hours

      Analyse how the people's group identity is a continuum at different levels.. Understand the current ways by which human rights should be the ideal framework to solve international ethnic conflicts.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 2 to reinforce understanding..

13. Week 13Module 3: Nationalism

    • Unit 4: Impact of Ethnicity on International Politics · 3 hours

      Examine how trends of nationalization and economic nationalism have crept into the policies of nation-states.. Examine how energy and industry promote the interests of a purely national economy.. Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 1 to reinforce understanding..