POLH3042 Approaches to Regional and Global Studies


This course aims to provide the students with an understanding of the processes and the study of regionalization and macro-regions of the world. The course will give an overview of current perspectives of area studies, and use specific cases to demonstrate their significance. The special focus is on theoretical and methodological approaches and topical issues in area studies, explored from the viewpoint of European, North American, East Asian and Baltic Sea region studies.