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Core: Framing global politics

Examine who acts in global politics, who is affected, and how systems and rules shape their interactions. Topics: Stakeholders and actors, Systems: structures and dynamics, Legal frameworks, norms and institutions.

Core: Power in global politics

Examine contested understandings of power and apply its prescribed classifications to political situations. Topics: Defining and understanding power, Hard, soft and smart power, Structural and relational power, Economic, political, social and cultural power, Power to, power over and power with.

Core: Sovereignty in global politics

This unit examines what makes a state sovereign and how sovereignty operates within and beyond its borders. Topics: Nature of state sovereignty, Challenges to state sovereignty.

Core: Legitimacy in global politics

This unit examines legitimacy as the accepted right to exercise authority and asks whose acceptance matters. Topics: State and government legitimacy, Legitimacy of non-state actors, Contesting and changing legitimacy.

Core: Interdependence in global politics

This unit examines mutual reliance and the institutions, rules and relationships through which actors manage shared political issues. Topics: Global governance and international law, The United Nations, Cooperation, competition and global networks.

Core: Theoretical perspectives in global politics

This unit develops the use and critique of theories, models and analytical frameworks in political inquiry. Topics: Using and critiquing analytical frameworks.

Thematic study: Rights and justice

This unit examines contested rights and justice claims and the actors and institutions that shape their realization. Topics: Contested meanings, Interactions of political stakeholders and actors, Nature, practice and study of rights and justice, Debates on rights and justice.

Thematic study: Development and sustainability

This unit examines how development and sustainability are defined, pursued and assessed, including the distribution of benefits and costs. Topics: Contested meanings, Interactions of political stakeholders and actors, Nature, practice and study of development and sustainability, Debates on development and sustainability.

Thematic study: Peace and conflict

This unit examines contested meanings of peace and conflict, the actors involved, and how conflicts develop and are addressed. Topics: Contested meanings, Interactions of political stakeholders and actors, Nature, practice and study of peace and conflict, Debates on peace and conflict.

Political analysis and assessment craft

Use political concepts and evidence to construct supported judgments in source responses, essays and the engagement project. Topics: Paper 1 source analysis, Paper 2 political essays, Concepts as analytical lenses, Engagement project.