MA in Political Science and International Relations 24 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Delaware |TopUniversities

MA in Political Science and International Relations

Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Starting Month

Jan-2000Starting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

International Relations/Studies/Affairs

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Global governance may be defined as an approach to politics and public policy that transcends the nation-state and its formal institutions of government. It is global because it recognizes that virtually all problems on the public agenda – environment, security, migration, gender, etc. – transcend in their scope, source, and solution national boundaries. It is governance (rather than government) because non-formal, non-state actors – nongovernmental organizations, interest groups, professional associations, and so forth – have increasingly been accorded legitimacy in rule-making and rule-enforcement. The global governance perspective does not insist that the traditional nation-state has collapsed, or even that such a collapse is inevitable. It does suggest, however, that we will increasingly live in a world characterized by powerful tensions between the formal governmental institutions of individual nation-states on the one hand and a vast array of transnational, non-state forces on the other. It is this tension, with each set of forces laying claim to political legitimacy that will shape the politics of the next century.

Programme overview

Main Subject

International Relations/Studies/Affairs

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Global governance may be defined as an approach to politics and public policy that transcends the nation-state and its formal institutions of government. It is global because it recognizes that virtually all problems on the public agenda – environment, security, migration, gender, etc. – transcend in their scope, source, and solution national boundaries. It is governance (rather than government) because non-formal, non-state actors – nongovernmental organizations, interest groups, professional associations, and so forth – have increasingly been accorded legitimacy in rule-making and rule-enforcement. The global governance perspective does not insist that the traditional nation-state has collapsed, or even that such a collapse is inevitable. It does suggest, however, that we will increasingly live in a world characterized by powerful tensions between the formal governmental institutions of individual nation-states on the one hand and a vast array of transnational, non-state forces on the other. It is this tension, with each set of forces laying claim to political legitimacy that will shape the politics of the next century.

Admission Requirements

6+
Other English Language requirements: International students must have secured a minimum score of 550 (600 for some programs) in TOEFL paper based test.

2 Years
Jan-2000

Tuition fees

Domestic
0 USD
International
0 USD

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