Fall/Winter Timetable
POL109H1F L5101
Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations
Themes
This course introduces students to two key characteristics of global politics – the use of might and power, and the pursuit of rights and justice. It explores why states go to war, the causes of civil war, how states fight, and how states repress and control their populations. It also explores the origins of the global human rights system, the creation of the International Criminal Court, humanitarian intervention, the work of human rights NGOs, and the impact of “the state” on rights and freedoms. To explore each topic, this course will draw on current research in Political Science as well as insights from some of the most important and controversial intellectuals of our time.
Exclusions
POL323Y1
January 29, 2024
The winners of the 2022-2023 undergraduate awards were announced at the annual celebration, held this year on the evening of January 25. Presiding over the award ceremony were Undergraduate Director...
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to our 2021/22 undergraduate award & scholarship recipients! Following a two-year hiatus, the department was delighted to return to hosting our undergraduate awards in-person this year to celebrate our...
June 3, 2021
In a bid to motivate her students in what has been a very difficult academic year, Professor Rebecca Kingston decided to give those enrolled in the winter 2021 term of...
May 21, 2020
Congratulations to undergraduate student Cheryl Cheung who has received a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Going into her third year majoring in political science, with minors in visual studies...
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...