Seminar Schedule and Readings
READINGS AND TASKS FOR EACH SEMINAR WILL BE ADDED BELOW AS THE TERM PROGRESSES BACKGROUND READING: Although there is no seminar for the material we cover in week one on distributive justice, the issues raised in the lecture are important background for understanding the rest of the course. Therefore it would be a good idea if you had some familiarity with those issues. The best collection is Clayton and William's _Social Justice . _See in particular the sections from Rawls, Nozick and Cohen. ...
Week 8: The Politics of Restraint II: Arms Control and the Non-Proliferation Regime
In this session, we examine in more detail efforts to contain the threat of nuclear weapons, discussing actions taken multilaterally, bilaterally and unilaterally to curb vertical and horizontal proliferation. _Discussion Questions_: What is 'proliferation'? What is the nuclear non-proliferation regime? What role has the US played in the proliferation / nonproliferation of nuclear weapons? What's the difference between Arms Control and Disarmament? Is the NPT 'fair' to all its signatories? _C...
Week 10: Contemporary Proliferation: Of Rogues, Terrorists, and Nuclear Outliers
In this session we examine contemporary developments in vertical and horizontal proliferation, and speculate on what these mean for our collective security. _Discussion Questions_: What is 'security'? Can we be secure in a world where nuclear weapons exist? Who are the nuclear 'rogues'? How likely is it that terrorists will detonate a nuclear device in the near future? What are the prospects for world order in light of contemporary nuclear proliferation? _Readings_: S.J. Cimbala & R.N. McDerm...
30th January
DOING FEMINIST PEDAGOGY: NON-HIERARCHAL COLLECTIVES AND GROUP-CENTRED LEADERSHIP Given feminism’s politics of dismantling oppressive systems, an important tenet of feminist pedagogy is abolishing hierarchies of domination in everyday life. Consequently, many feminist activist spaces are designed to be non-hierarchical and eschew individualised leadership. In this session, we will investigate why horizontal organisational practice can be empowering for some feminist actors but also explore why...
General
PLEASE NOTE: FOR THOSE OF YOU MAKING MODULE CHOICES, I WILL BE TINKERING WITH THE MODULE OVER AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER TO BRING IT UP-TO-DATE. I'LL BE MOVING THINGS AROUND AND CHANGING SOME OF THE SEMINARS BUT THE OVERALL CONTENT WILL REMAIN PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. THE EMPHASIS IS ON COMBINING GOOD EMPIRICAL COVERAGE WITH CONTEMPORARY DEBATES IN THE FIELD. DOM (AUG 5, 2022) This module analyses the dynamics of nuclear proliferation and their governance. It investigates common and competing theories...
Week 1: Lecture: Contemporary Nuclear Fears
Seminar: In this session we consider contemporary nuclear proliferation in context: placing current debates about nuclear competition between the superpowers and the rise of ‘new’ challengers (Iran, N. Korea) against the background of the Cold War and the shift to a multipolar world. Lecture slides DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: To what extent is nuclear competition an inevitable feature of international relations? Is a bipolar nuclear order more or less stable than a multipolar nuclear order? Which s...