95980 - Globalization, Democracy and Human Rights

Learning outcomes

Globalization is a complex phenomenon that has had a defining impact on the space and timing of politics, as well as on the meaning of the most important Western political concepts, their mutual relationships and the related practices, and that requires to be critically investigated. In this light, the course aims at discussing the political impact of globalization by paying particular attention to the ways in which democracy and human rights have been both globally affirmed, significantly resignified and exposed to new forms of violation. By the end of the course, the student: knows the main theoretical approaches to globalization, its historical roots and impact in political terms; is capable of contextualizing the historical dynamics that have led to the resignification of some crucial political concepts – from democracy and human rights, to sovereignty, security, identity, and equality–, as well as to the emergence of new keywords (governance, vulnerability, risk) and new forms of subjectivation (e.g., ‘global children’); is capable of critically assessing the ways in which those concepts are used in the political discourse.

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