Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM144: The West, Civilisations and World Order

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level	7
Credits	30	ECTS Value	15
Term(s) and duration	This module ran during term 1 (11 weeks)
Academic staff	Dr Gregorio Bettiza (Convenor)
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Available via distance learning	No

The United States and European states and institutions form one of the most successful security, economic and political alliances ever in the history of world politics: the transatlantic alliance. So much so that this alliance is often conceptualized as constituted by a deeper sense of community among nations and peoples seen as sharing a common identity generally referred to as ‘the West’. Concerns about the power, role, boundaries, values, hegemony, or decline of ‘the West’ have become ubiquitous among analysts and practitioners of international relations across the world. This module explores and critically assesses the internal dynamics and external influences of the transatlantic community and ‘the West’ in shaping and influencing the contours of contemporary world order.

Module created	10/06/2014	Last revised	17/09/2019