INTST101 Lecture Notes - Nationstates, Human Population Planning
13 Aug 2013
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International studies is not the same as international relations: international relations: standard way of approaching a subject, looking at the foreign policies for different nation-states, international studies: something larger than a focused analysis of foreign affairs. Knowledge is interdisciplinary: usually, knowledge is through disciplines: a unique way of approaching and achieving human knowledge through its own theories and methods, disciplines: math, science, arts, etc , problem with disciplines, People only see though one lens of their discipline. Problem is so complex that it can"t be solved by one discpline: interdiscpinary: using the tools and insights of various discplines to. 2) more through appreciation of subject matter: try to examine all the parts, and how they come together to form a unique whole ( ex. a whole elephant) The structure of the chapters: opening quote, learning objectives and the body of the chapter, conclusion, questions for summary and review, two examples for each chapter ( technology and relations to canada)
