Opening Global Politics: A New Introduction?

This paper details one attempt to construct an introductory course in international relations and comparative politics that does not rely upon one of the many textbooks in the field. This course description seeks to introduce students to global issues without reproducing and reifying a particular way of being in the world. It achieves this curatorial effect by exploring 11 concepts in the context of 11 books. There are both significant advantages and disadvantages to this approach. While the course is a lot more work for everyone, risks privileging breadth over depth, the results of this pedagogical method are opinioned to be remarkable and rewarding for both the student and the professor