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Advanced Study Course: Global Justice and Advocacy

Semester
F2022
Subject
Global Studies * / International Development Studies * / International Public Administration and Politics * / Politics and Administration * / Public Administration *
Activitytype
master course
Teaching language
English
Registration

You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage.

When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts and overlaps between course and exam time and dates. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programmes, which should not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programmes, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose.

Detailed description of content

This course covers advanced research on global justice campaigns and advocacy. It gives students a historical and theoretical overview of the development and increasingly global nature of social movements and the moral, ideological, and political implications of this development. This will include advanced methodological and theoretical knowledge of the groups operating across borders and beyond the reach of governments. Through case studies from different parts of the world and recourse to theories of civil society and global justice, students will discuss how we can make sense of ‘action from below’ in relation to some of the most important social movements today dealing with pressing issues such as the climate, migration, feminism, peace, and human rights. The first half of the course has a more conceptual and historical approach, whereas the last part of the course presents more casebased approaches.

Portfolio exam questions

First assignment

Choose a justice movement and apply key theoretical concepts to analyze why it has developed as it has and how it globally advocates for justice. The maximum length of the assignment paper is 14,400 characters, including spaces.

Second Assignment

Choose and contrast two concepts / theoretical perspectives from the course and discuss their conceptions of justice and advocacy. The maximum length of the assignment paper is 14,400 characters, including spaces.

Expected work effort (ECTS-declaration)

270 hours 26 hours Class presence and workshop participation 26 hours Preparation of student presentation 78 hours preparation for class, readings etc. (on average 6 hours preparation per week) 70 hours Exam assignment 1 70 hours Exam assignment 2

Course material and Reading list

Course materials and readings are available either through the course moodle page or through the library databases. Readings primarily consist of research based academic articles and papers.

Thomas Nagel, “The Problem of Global Justice,” Philosophy & Public Affairs 33 (2), 2005. Sikkink and Kech, Transnational advocacy networks in international politics, in Activists Beyond Borders. Cornell University Press. Lawrie Balfour: ”Reparations After Identity Politics,” Political Theory 33 (6), 2005 Killingsworth, Matt, Matthew Sussex, and Jan Pakulski, eds. "Introduction: understanding violence and the state" in: Violence and the State. Manchester University Press, 2016.

Evaluation- and feedback forms

Students will receive feedback from lecturers during class discussions and group work. There will also be peer learning elements of the course. Through examination. Course evaluation adheres to ISE and study board standards.

Administration of exams
ISE Studyadministration (ise-studyadministration@ruc.dk)
Responsible for the activity
Jacob Rasmussen (jacobra@ruc.dk)
ECTS
10
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria
  • Specialised knowledge and understanding of a particular topic within one of the three pillars in Global Studies

  • Advanced knowledge of academic and methodological debates related to the subject

  • Skills in selecting and critically applying relevant theories and methods

  • Skills in choosing relevant theories in order to investigate a problem area

  • Skills in communicating and discussing theories and empirical results

  • Competences in assuming responsibility for and reflecting on own learning and that of fellow students by actively participating in group work, presentations and discussions

  • Competences in critically, independently and creatively selecting and utilising academic literature relevant to a specific research question

Overall content

The objective of the advanced study course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge and understanding within a specific research area covered by one of the three pillars in Global Studies: Global Politics, Global Sociology and Global Political Economy. At least two advanced study courses will be offered per semester. The courses offered will change every semester within the following subjects:

Global Politics:

  • International public sector organisations and global governance
  • Regionalisation and regional integration in international politics
  • International security
  • International law and human rights

Global Sociology:

  • International Mobility and information flow
  • International political movements and social change
  • International civil society, law and defence
  • Contentious identities and new global actors

Global Political Economy:

  • Work and globalization
  • Natural resources and geopolitics
  • Trade, investment and global production networks
  • International Financial Economics
Teaching and working methods

The courses are based on lectures, but will also include other teaching and working methods such as group work, exercises, student presentations, peer feedback and field trips or guest lectures as well as other practical activities.

Type of activity

Elective course

Form of examination
Individual written portfolio.

The portfolio consists of 2 written products, that wholly or partially are developed during the course. For example, products can be exercise responses, speech papers for presentations, written feedback, reflection, written assignments. The preparation of the products may be subject to time limits.

The character limit: maximum  28,800 characters, including spaces.
The character limits include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices.

The portfolio's specific products and the (if relevant) recommended size (character limit) for the individual products are made public on study.ruc.dk before the course begins.

The entire portfolio must be handed in at the same time.
The submission deadline will be public on study.ruc.dk before the course begins.

The assessment is individual and based on the entire portfolio.

Assessment: 7-point grading scale.
Form of Re-examination
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
Exam code(s)
Exam code(s) : U40343
Last changed 14/02/2022

lecture list:

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Monday 14-02-2022 14:15 - 14-02-2022 16:00 in week 07
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 28-02-2022 14:15 - 28-02-2022 16:00 in week 09
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 07-03-2022 14:15 - 07-03-2022 16:00 in week 10
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 14-03-2022 14:15 - 14-03-2022 16:00 in week 11
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 21-03-2022 14:15 - 21-03-2022 17:30 in week 12
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 28-03-2022 14:15 - 28-03-2022 16:00 in week 13
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 04-04-2022 14:15 - 04-04-2022 16:00 in week 14
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 11-04-2022 14:15 - 11-04-2022 16:00 in week 15
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 25-04-2022 14:15 - 25-04-2022 16:00 in week 17
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 02-05-2022 14:15 - 02-05-2022 16:00 in week 18
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 16-05-2022 14:15 - 16-05-2022 16:00 in week 20
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Thursday 19-05-2022 08:15 - 19-05-2022 10:00 in week 20
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Wednesday 15-06-2022 10:00 - 15-06-2022 10:00 in week 24
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy - Submission, portfolio (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)

Monday 15-08-2022 10:00 - 15-08-2022 10:00 in week 33
Global Civil Society, Justice and Advocacy - Resubmission, portfolio (GS, IDS, IPAP, PF, POL)