The MSc includes a core course, From Empire to Globalisation (paper 1) which all students must take. It draws on specialist knowledge from across the LSE's Politics staff to offer a comprehensive introduction to the changing structure of the global order, and the contemporary challenges of global politics. The rest of the MSc allows considerable choice of options whilst seeking to blend a global focus with more detailed thematic or regional knowledge. Students can also choose the Global Civil Society stream, in which case they must take a second core course, Global Civil Society, and additional options as detailed below. All students must write a 10,000 word dissertation.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to staff sabbaticals and research leave, the School cannot guarantee that all the courses listed below will be available.
Paper |
Course number and title |
MSc Global Politics |
1
|
GV4A4 |
From Empire to Globalisation* |
2 |
GV499 |
Dissertation |
3 & 4 |
Courses to the value of two full units selected from the option list below |
Global Civil Society stream
|
1
|
GV4A4 |
From Empire to Globalisation |
2 |
DV429
|
Global Civil Society (H) |
3 |
GV499 |
Dissertation |
4 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units selected from the option list below |
|
Options
Priority courses: will not be capped for students of this programme; subject to staff availability and timetabling constraints
|
|
DV413
|
Environmental Problems, Politics and Development (H) (M) |
DV415
|
Global Environmental Governance (H) (M) |
DV418
|
African Development (H) (L) |
DV420
|
Complex Emergencies (H) (M) |
DV421
|
HIV/AIDS and Other Emerging Health Threats (H) (L) |
DV423
|
Global Political Economy of Development, I (H) (M) |
DV424
|
Global Political Economy of Development, II (H) (L) |
DV425
|
Managing Globalization (H) (n/a 11/12) |
DV429
|
Global Civil Society (H) |
DV434
|
Human Security (H) (L) |
DV437
|
Nationalism, Democracy and Development in Contemporary India (H) (M) (n/a 11/12)
|
|
GI407
|
Globalisation, Gender and Development |
GI409
|
Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (H) |
GV427
|
Democracy in East and South Asia (H) (L) |
GV432
|
Government and Politics in China (H) (M) (n/a 11/12) |
GV442
|
Globalisation and Democracy (H) (M) |
GV444
|
Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) (L) |
GV4C2
|
Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism (H) (L) (n/a 11/12) |
GV4C9
|
Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia (H) (M) |
|
GV4D3
|
Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization and Decentralization (H) (L) |
|
GV4E8
|
Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H) |
GV4F2
|
Popular Politics in the Middle East (H) (n/a 11/12) |
GV4F8
|
Institutions in the Global Economy (H) |
IR422
|
Conflict and Peace Studies |
IR462
|
Introduction to International Political Theory (H) |
IR463
|
The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention † (H) |
IR464
|
The Politics of International Law (H) |
|
Recommended courses: access is not guaranteed; subject to approval of the course proprietors
|
|
DV428
|
Managing Humanitarianism (H) |
EH446
|
Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (n/a 11/12) |
|
EH483
|
The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries |
|
EU431
|
European Integration from a Global Perspective (H) (n/a 11/12) |
EU443
|
European Models of Capitalism (H) (L) |
EU457
|
Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) |
EU460
|
European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State (H) |
EU462
|
Partisanship in Europe (H) |
GV427
|
Democracy and Democratisation in East and South Asia (H) (L) |
GV436
|
National and Ethnic Conflict Regulation (H) (M) (n/a 11/12) |
GV441
|
States and Markets (H) (M) |
GV443
|
The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H) (M) |
GV444
|
Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) (L) |
GV460
|
Politics and Policy in Britain (H) (M) (n/a 11/12) |
GV465
|
War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (H) (M) |
GV479
|
Nationalism |
GV4A5
|
Public Policy Responses to International Migration (H) (M) |
GV4D2
|
Social Theory and Political Commitment: The Case of Max Weber and Nationalism (H) (L) (n/a 11/12) |
|
GV4D4
|
Comparative Politics of Redistribution in Advanced Democracies |
GV4E1
|
Comparative Democratization (H) |
GY421
|
Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives (H) (n/a 11/12) |
IR407
|
International Political Economy of the Environment (n/a 11/12) |
IR416
|
The EU in the World |
IR419
|
The International Relations of the Middle East |
IR429
|
Economic Diplomacy |
IR460
|
Comparative Political Economy |
IR461
|
Islam in International Relations: From Al-Andalus to Afghanistan |
IR466
|
Genocide (H) |
LL4C2
|
World Poverty and Human Rights (H) (n/a 11/12) |
SA435
|
NGOs and Development |
|
Or a course not listed approved by the MSc Convenor |
Notes
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*Students must pass this course in order to pass the degree |
