Module Identifier | IP33220 | ||
Module Title | HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN WORLD POLITICS | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Nicholas J Wheeler | ||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 15 Hours (15 x 1 hour) | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours (5 x 2 hour) | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 50% |
Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 3,000 words | 50% | |
Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
- understand competing definitions of humanitarian intervention
- critically analyse conflicting views on the ethics of using force to end human rights emergencies
knowledge of the legal context
- an ability to relate conceptual issues to specific empirical cases
- an understanding of the political context of contemporary debates over sovereignty and intervention.
- an ability to relate the conceptual ideas discussed on the module to specific case studies.
10 ECTS credits