Issues in Contemporary World
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Issues in Contemporary World at Swayam Overview
Duration | 15 weeks |
Start from | Start Now |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Credential | Certificate |
Issues in Contemporary World at Swayam Highlights
- Earn a certification from Dibrugarh University
- Learn from expert faculty
Issues in Contemporary World at Swayam Course details
- Individuals studying international relations, political science, sociology, economics, environmental science, and related fields
- Identify and describe major contemporary global issues, including their historical contexts and current manifestations
- Analyze the causes and consequences of key global issues such as climate change, economic inequality, migration, terrorism, and human rights abuses
- Evaluate various perspectives and arguments related to contemporary world issues
- Develop critical thinking skills to assess the credibility and bias of sources discussing global issues
- The course on Issues in Contemporary World offers a synoptic view of early 20th-century colonialism and nationalism, anti-colonial movements, post-WWII decolonization, and the rise of independent states in Asia and Africa
- It explores late 20th-century globalization, social movements, human rights, ecology, feminism, consumerism, media changes, and cultural transformations
Issues in Contemporary World at Swayam Curriculum
Week 1:
Colonialism, Anti–Colonial and Nationalist Movements in Asia, Impact of World Wars, Decolonization of South and South East Asia
Week 2:
Colonialism, Nationalism and Decolonization of Africa, USSR from Stalin to Gorbachev.
Week 3:
Disintegration of Soviet Russia, End of Socialist Bloc in Eastern Europe and Civil War in Yugoslavia, Communism in Eastern Europe, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam, People’s Republic of China Under Mao, Cold War 1 (Origins of The Cold War: Reasons and Debates)
Week 4:
The Cold War: The First Few Decades, The US-Soviet Rivalry During the Cold War: 1970s-1991, Non-Aligned Movement – An Introduction, An Introduction to The United Nations: Principles and Organs.
Week 5:
The Role of the UN: International Security and Development, The UN: An Assessment and Reforms, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Neo-Liberalism: An Introduction)
Week 6:
The ‘End of History or the ‘End of Neoliberalism’, Neoliberalism and Its Impact on Latin America-I, Neoliberalism and Its Impact on Latin America-II, Economic Neoliberalism and African Development
Week 7:
Neo-Liberal Globalization in Asia, Globalization: Concept and History, Cultural Globalization, Media and Globalization, Sports and Globalization, Globalization of the Environmental Issues, Political Globalization
Week 8:
Immanuel Wallerstein And World System Theory, Andre Gunder Frank and the Dependency Theory, The Bretton Woods System: An Overview, GATT And WTO: An Introduction
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