Introduction to International Studies – Lecture 1 – 10/09/2024
Weekly MC Tests at 17.00 until next week.
→ Making sense of the global complexities around us – understanding
→ Acedemic approach = facts, analysis, with various perspectives
Introduction to International Studies – Lecture 1 – 10/09/2024 .................................... 1
Different perspectives .......................................................................................... 3
Three scopes of globalization ................................................................................ 4
Lecture 2 – 17/09/2024 ............................................................................................ 7
Why did states form? ............................................................................................ 7
Nationalism – global trend of the late 19th century ................................................. 7
Civil society ......................................................................................................... 9
Lecture 3 – Ideas and beliefs, 24/09/2024 ............................................................... 10
Religion – exclusive vs. Universal ......................................................................... 10
The issue of secularism: secular, refers to secularism and secularization .............. 11
Lecture 4 – 1/10/2024 - International cooperation .................................................... 12
Lecture 5 - Intro to International Studies ................................................................. 15
Lecture 6 – Image and Diplomacy ........................................................................... 19
Lecture 7 – 5/11/2024 - A Day in your life ................................................................. 22
Coffee ............................................................................................................... 22
Cotton............................................................................................................... 22
Culture shock .................................................................................................... 22
Lecture 8 – 12/11/2024 - conflict and security.......................................................... 23
Conflicts ........................................................................................................... 23
Civil War, non-international armed conflict .......................................................... 23
1) Intensity of violence ................................................................................. 23
2) Degree of organization ............................................................................ 23
Why conflicts? ................................................................................................... 24
Terrorism........................................................................................................... 24
Countering terrorism ....................................................................................... 24
, How does one become a terrorist? ................................................................ 25
Lecture 9 – 19/11/2024 - Migration .......................................................................... 25
Push and pull factors.......................................................................................... 25
• Push factors ........................................................................................ 25
• Pull factors .......................................................................................... 26
Wanted migration .............................................................................................. 26
Unwanted migration ........................................................................................... 26
Stopping immigration ......................................................................................... 26
‘Habitat of meaning’ - the environment that gives meaning to social-cultural relations
......................................................................................................................... 27
Lecture 10 – Sustainable Development – 26/11/2024 ............................................... 27
Millenium and sustainable development goals ..................................................... 27
Policy making .................................................................................................... 27
Indicator = means of measurement ..................................................................... 27
Human development.......................................................................................... 28
Human security ................................................................................................. 28
Lecture 11 – 03/12/2024 - Good Governance ........................................................... 28
Demonstrations and uprisings ............................................................................ 28
The call for democracy ....................................................................................... 28
Division of 3 powers: .......................................................................................... 29
Problem today ................................................................................................... 29
Shift from traditional to ‘new’ public diplomacy .................................................... 29
The call for good governance............................................................................... 29
The call for identity – theory of social identity........................................................ 29
Umbrella movement – case study .................................................................... 30
, Different perspectives
1. Contemporary perspective
- Our interest in today's events
- Processing these events in a short time
Pivotal changes in the past decades (of crucial importance in relation to
the development or success of something else.)
→ Number of actors on the world stage has increased -1
→ Peace and cooperation (instead of power and prestige) -2
→ Equality and self-determination (this have become part of our lives) -3
→ Some assumptions did not work out: religion did not disappear & nationalism
did not disappear -4
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