Summer Timetable
POL380H1F L0101
Topics in International Politics
The Politics of Sovereignty and Humanity: Military Intervention in the 21st Century
Themes
This course will examine the phenomenon of state sovereignty from the perspective of its negation: sovereign military intervention. We will focus both on the concrete history of military interventions and changes in the ideas that have animated them. In particular, we will examine humanitarian justifications for the use of force, and recent attempts to recast these justification in the broader context of world political authority and sovereignty as responsibility.
Texts
Martha Finnemore, The Purpose of Intervention; Samantha Power, A Problem from Hell; Rest TBA / blackboard
Format and Requirements
Reflection paper (20%), research paper (40%), mid-term quiz (10%), and a final examination (30%)
Prerequisites
POL208H1 or POL208Y1 or POL209H5 or POLB80H3
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