POLT 327 - Identity in Global Politics

FC SSCI

4 credits
This seminar is structured around the premise that identity is a valuable and indispensable frame for understanding significant moments of conflict and cooperation, order and disorder, that animate global politics. From Brexit, to on-going tensions between the U.S and Iran, and the uncertainty surrounding China’s rise to great power status, identity as a driver of state behavior can be seen everywhere. The seminar will balance a deep theoretical and methodological account of identity-from social interactions, to the state, and international politics-with rich empirical case studies that help illustrate the politics of identity, and identity conflict, in global politics.