International Relations and Conflict Resolution

Level: Masters Language: English

Rating: 9.3 out of 10 (1 reviews)

Description

This degree provides the student an opportunity to research, study, and write in the field of international relations and conflict resolution. The approach to International Relations is that this field of study is firmly embedded in the Social Sciences as a whole. The rapid pace of globalization is blurring the boundaries of the state. Traditionally, state borders used to regulate the flows of things “foreign” into the state. Today borders are becoming ever more permeable to the transnational flows of goods, finance, ideas, communications, images, and crime and terrorism. Traditional thinking is also that state borders define the boundaries of a political community implying that domestic politics is qualitatively “different” than international politics. The fact is that individuals increasingly participate in growing networks of “international civil society” where political activities take place transnationally. Consequently, both the external and internal political functions of borders are dissolving. The rapid changes taking place in global society make it difficult to comprehend International Relations by focusing only on the state as the principal unit of analysis. Because of that, the discipline of International Relations is increasingly connected with insights from sociology, political economy, psychology, anthropology, and international law

Recent Reviews

EXCELLENT PROGRAM & GREAT UNIVERSITY
April 11, 2010
So far, the courses in the IR program at APUS are interesting and challenging. Lecture notes, assigned readings (of which there are plenty), and the online discussions in the several courses provide different viewpoints and theories about a myriad of subjects and topics related to the field of IR. Until now, my professors designed the courses in such manner that student participation is mandatory and therefore the exchanges of ideas among students are great! Until ...

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