44 Global Studies
Advanced Energy Policy
Brandi Robinson (Pennsylvania State University)
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Energy policy is typically evolutionary as opposed to revolutionary. We can look to historical policies to understand how we’ve inherited the policies governing our energy use today. But looking backward only tells us part of the story. In the face of climate change, we need to look ahead and instead envision a more revolutionary change to our energy systems and the policies that govern them. This class takes you on that journey to energy policies past, present, and future. We look at the political realities of addressing climate change at various scales of governance and work together to craft our own ideal scenarios of what a responsible energy future will be.
Formats: Online, HTML
Suggested for: GLST 343
Critical Epistemologies of Global Politics
Marc Woons & Sebastian Weier
2017
Licence: CC BY-NC
Critical Epistemologies of Global Politics combines social science and cultural studies approaches to IR, showing why contemporary Border Studies needs to be trans-disciplinary if it is to avoid reproducing the epistemological and political order that has led to contemporary global crises like the rise of ISIS, global migration, or increasing contestations of the State form as such. The volume offers a critical epistemology of global politics and proposes an enriched vision of borders, both analytically and politically, that not only seeks to understand but also to reshape and expand the meanings and consequences of IR.
Formats: PDF
Suggested for: GLST 230
Critical Perspectives on Migration in the Twenty-First Century
Marianna Karakoulaki, Laura Southgate and Jakob Steiner
2018
Licence: CC BY-NC
This migration text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers concepts in 21st-century migration, from human rights to the 2015 migrant crisis.
Formats: PDF
Human Security in World Affairs: Problems and Opportunities (2nd Edition)
Edited by Alexander Lautensach and Sabina Lautensach (University of Northern British Columbia)
2020
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This first and only university textbook of human security, intended as an introductory text from senior undergraduate level up, and includes chapters by 24 authors that encompass the full spectrum of disciplines contributing to the human security field. It is based on the four-pillar model of socio-political security, economic security, environmental security and health security. The chapters include learning outcomes, extension activities, and suggested readings; a comprehensive glossary lists key terms used throughout the book. This textbook can be used in courses on international studies and relations, political studies, history, human geography, anthropology and human ecology, futures studies, applied social studies, public health, and more.
Formats: Online, EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
Keys to Understanding the Middle East: Diverse Perspectives
Alam Payind and M