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.