Modules choices for the MPhil in Politics and International Studies may include the following areas:
Please note that these are subject to change each year and cannot be guaranteed in advance.
Michaelmas Term 2021
- Border, Migration and Displacement
- Britain and the Geopolitics of the Baltic, c.1450-present
- Communication Technology and Politics
- Comparative Political Economy
- Cultures of War
- Decolonising Politics and International Relations
- Historical International Relations
- From the Printing Press to Facebook & Twitter
- Global Capitalism and the Anthropocene
- International Relations and International Law: Theories and Histories
- International Constitutional Law
- Law and Politics in Authoritarian and Developing Countries
- Politics of Natural Resources
- Religion and Politics
- Rhetorical Leadership
- States and State Formation
- Transnational Authority in World Politics
Lent Term 2022
- Behavioural Economics and Public Policy
- Crisis, Decline and Change in International Politics
- Elections, Polls and Policy in South Asia
- Environmental Political Thought
- European Geopolitics 1555-1763
- Feminist Political Thought
- Fiscal Politics in Westminster Democracies
- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) on War and Peace
- India or Pakistan?: Muslims' Ideas of the Nation in the Twentieth Century
- International Constitutional Law
- Latin America in the International Order
- Nationalism and the International Order
- Norms of Humanity: Traditional and Critical Approaches
- Political Economy and the Global South: Paradigms, Crises, Alternatives
- Political Regimes: The End of Democratisation?
- Politics and the Anthropocene
- Religion and Politics: Islam, Secularism, Global Movements
- The crisis of party democracy: origins, consequences, remedies
- The Middle East in Global Politics
Further options may become available in due course. Please note that the courses above may be subject to change and to size limits. We cannot guarantee that students will receive their first choice of modules.
We will ask you to choose six modules from the options above, as well as one reserve choice. Students will also have to complete a mandatory statistics course and a Research Methods module; more information on these will be sent to you nearer the time.
Please note courses may not run if fewer than seven students sign up.
If you have any questions about the courses, please contact us>>