Faculty of Arts
Department of Political Science
Political Science (General)
Advanced Energy Policy
This online course covers energy policy.
Includes: Lessons, readings, videos
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Conflict, War and Revolution: The problem of politics in international political thought
This book is primarily intended for second year and upwards undergraduate students in general political theory and international theory, and advanced international relations students. Each chapter is also downloadable on its own for use in courses considering only some of the ten theorists covered.
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Energy, Markets, Policy, and Regulation
This online course at Pennsylvania State University provides a broad introduction to global markets for crude oil and refined petroleum products, natural gas, and electric power. A major goal of the course is to help students understand how market design, market institutions, and regulatory structures affect firm-level decision-making in the energy industries and ultimately, how these decisions affect the functioning of energy markets and the prospects for alternative technologies.
Includes: Lessons, assignments, videos, summaries
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, unless otherwise noted
Nationalism, Self-determination and Secession
This text on nationalism covers salient issues in the nation-building using themes of nationalism, self-determination, and secession to tie nation-building in with world politics. It covers introductory concepts in politics, from statehood to national self-determination.
Includes: Learning outcomes, summaries
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Oil: International Evolution
This online course at Pennsylvania State University covers oil production.
Includes: Learning outcomes, readings, lessons, videos, assignments
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Popular Culture and World Politics: Theories, Methods, Pedagogies
This edited collection covers salient issues in popular culture and world politics. It covers concepts in popular culture, from comics to video games.
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
Realism in Practice
This politics text covers issues in realism using a practical approach. It covers concepts in realism, from the refugee crisis to peaceful change.
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
Global Political Economy
Critical Perspectives on Migration in the Twenty-First Century
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.
Includes: Instructor resources, student resources, summaries.
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
Globalization and Labour in the Twenty First Century
This open access globalization text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in globalization and the human condition, from capitalism to labour in the twenty-first-century.
Includes: Instructor resources, student resources, summaries
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Note: This is an open access text which restricts remixing