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POIR3040 – Creating New States
2020 – Session 1, Fully online/virtual
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General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Aleksandar Pavkovic
Sandey Fitzgerald
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above OR (20cp in HIST or MHIS or POL or POIR or MHIX or POIX units at 2000 level)
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
Since 1914 numerous new states have been created and their existence justified on the basis of the principle of national self-determination. In the last hundred years, the number of independent states has grown from around 52 to more than 195. In most cases, the new states were allegedly 'created by' or 'assigned to' individual nations. What are those powerful agents, 'nations,' that need and create states of their own? How are new states created today? Most new states created in the post-1945 period were previously European colonies outside Europe. But in the last few decades, there are very few colonies of this kind left. Most new states created after 1980 were created by secession of territories from existing states. How can one explain and justify this process of secession? The unit aims to answer these questions by examining both the processes through which territories and populations withdraw - secede - from existing states and the legal and normative framework within which these processes currently take place. In addition, recent attempts at state integration or unification, such as the European Union, and a few plans for a single world state will be briefly discussed. |
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Identify and analyse political processes in different periods and in a different social and geographical space.
- ULO2: Identify, compare and contrast the salient aspects of a single political process taking place in these different temporal and spatial locations.
- ULO3: Apply social science theories to identify, compare and analyse variety of social and political process.
- ULO4: Apply specific social science theories in an attempt to identify the causal factors which may explain such political processes.
- ULO5: Apply normative (political and ethical) theories to specific cases in order to evaluate/assess particular cases of political activity and their outcomes.
Assessment Tasks
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General Assessment Information
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Note also that the convenor does not grant an extension to any assessment based on special considerations (for example, illness). All requests for extension need to go through the Special Consideration procedure (see Special Consideration Policy under Policies and Procedures below).
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Delivery and Resources
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There will be one two-hour (live) lecture which is recorded and available through iLearn.
There is a reading set for each week. The list of readings will be posted on the iLearn page of the unit. The readings should be available in the library Leganto system.
There will be a discussion group for online students. The convenor will set a question that can be discussed each week, related to the week's lecture topic.
Specific questions about the unit, assessment and reading should be addressed directly to the unit convenor.
Unit Schedule
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The topics discussed in each lecture will be available on the iLearn page.
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- Academic Appeals Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progression Policy
- Assessment Policy
- Fitness to Practice Procedure
- Grade Appeal Policy
- Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public
- Special Consideration Policy (Note: The Special Consideration Policy is effective from 4 December 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.)
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