Study Details: MA 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time
In a fast-changing, increasingly interconnected world, there has never been a more important time to understand how the workings of international politics affect human rights all over the globe.
Learn how the global politics of trade, migration, health, sustainable development, conflict, and new global security challenges affect the human rights of people in various regions of our world, from Europe and Asia to Africa and Latin America. By familiarizing you with diverse theoretical perspectives on the issues, this course will enable you better understand how big-picture global politics shapes the human rights environment in all corners of the world. It will provide clarity on the global challenges and opportunities for human rights in the 21st-century.
2:2 or equivalent.
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Our students go on to careers in international organisations, the media, law, the civil service, politics, journalism and business.
This MA course is an excellent pathway to careers in a wide range of private and public sector organisations, and for further academic study in international relations and political science.
Career opportunities:
Core modules
Themes and Theories in International Relations
Applying Human Rights
Option modules
You will study four option modules. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Challenges to Policy-making in Democratising Countries
Comparative Institutions and Public Policy
Conflict & Development
Theories and Issues in International Political Economy
Theories of the Policy Process
Africa and International Politics
Global Governance
Critical Theories of International Political Economy
Ethics & World Politics
Politics of Migration
Principles of Policy Advice
Public Management and Delivery
Theories & Policies of Development Governance
Governing for the Environment
Gendering Politics: An Intersectional Approach
New Security Challenges
Transitional Justice and Human Rights
Women, Citizenship and Conflict
Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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