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The International Politics Summer School tackles questions and problems that shape politics in the modern worldParticipants will have the opportunity to study in depth the politics of key countries and regions outside of Western Europe and North America, and they will be encouraged to relate their knowledge of these regions to the discussion of broader issues that affect all parts of the globeThis programme is organised by two of Oxford University`s leading institutions - St Antony`s College, the most international and cosmopolitan of Oxford`s graduate colleges, and the Department for Continuing EducationThe academic programme consists ofa daily lecture programme given by leading scholars and speakers, including distinguished members of St Antony's College and Oxford Universitystudy in a small interactive seminar group with a specialist tutorlively daily discussion groupsApplicants choose one course from:Democracy and Authoritarianism in Russia and the Former Soviet UnionDemocratisation in Latin AmericaInternational Relations of the Asia-PacificPolitical Transformation in the Contemporary Middle EastEach seminar has five two-hour meetings per week, and classes will usually contain no more than 12 studentsContact hoursThe programme provides a minimum of 45 contact hours, comprising15 hours of lectures (10 lectures lasting c.1.5 hours each)20 hours of seminar meetings (10 per week)10 hours of discussion group sessions (5 discussions per week, each lasting 1 hour)Plus d'infos: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/internationalpolitics.