Colgate University

First-Year Course Offerings — Fall 2019

POSC 152   Global Peace & War
Credits1
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Core Area
Area of InquirySocial Relations,Inst.& Agents
Liberal Arts Practices

Designed to provide students with an understanding of how international politics - politics between governments - differs from politics within a state. Students consider how the international system has evolved and currently operates, and examines some of the enduring questions of international relations: Why is there war? How can war be avoided? Is international equality a prerequisite for order? Can order, justice, and cooperation be achieved in a non-institutionalized and non-hierarchical system? (IR)