Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2206H1F L0101
Undergraduate Course Code: POL487H1F L0101
Topics in International Politics II
The Dynamics of Global Regionalism in the International Political Economy
Themes
This small seminar explores the post-Cold-War phenomenon of multi-state regions, whether these be groupings of neighbouring governments like the European Union, security regions like NATO, or functional regions such as the Organization of American States which works on environmental or health issues in the Western Hemisphere. As a workshop, we focus especially on current research being done not just on the various types of regions that exist but on how national governments use them to promote their generally competing interests both locally (Mercosur) and globally (BRICS) in often rapidly changing ways. (CETA and the Transpacific Partnership are current mega-regional phenomena which Canada is promoting.)
Texts
There is no single text: between 70 and 100 pages of readings are assigned each week from articles and chapters: consult the syllabus on the Political Science department website for the details.
Format and Requirements
Students write weekly reports on seminar readings, present their research to their peers, and participate actively in class discussions (60%). The major research essay is worth 40%.
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...