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Politics and International Relations
Politics and International Relations is about relationships that involve power, authority, influence, conflict, co-operation, selfishness and altruism.
Politics is not just what politicians do, although governments provide a large part of it. One of the basic questions we ask is "who gets what, when, and how?" Instruments of politics include discussion, propaganda, persuasion, legislation, administration, threats, bribes and the use of armed force.
Politics and International Relations and your career
Politics and International Relations can give you the tools to be successful in both the public and private sectors. Our graduates have become public servants, politicians, diplomats, entrepreneurs, business and marketing executives, consultants, policy analysts, journalists and members of international and non-governmental organisations.
Study options in Politics and International Relations
Politics and International Relations is available for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and is taught by Politics and International Relations in the School of Social Sciences.
You may also be interested in the Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies, the Master of Public Policy, or the Master of Professional Studies in International Relations and Human Rights.
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Undergraduate study
Find out what undergraduate study in Politics and International Relations involves.
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Stage I courses
The Stage I courses you can take as part of Politics and International Relations.
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Stage II courses
The Stage II courses you can take as part of Politics and International Relations.
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Stage III courses
The Stage III courses you can take as part of Politics and International Relations.
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Postgraduate study
Opportunities for postgraduate study in Politics and International Relations.
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Postgraduate courses
The postgraduate courses you can take as part of Politics and International Relations.
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PhD in Politics and International Relations
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Meet our students and graduates
Current Politics and International Relations students and recent graduates tell their own stories.
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FindaThesis
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Politics and International Relations in the School of Social Sciences
The subject Politics and International Relations is located within the School of Social Sciences.
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about
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Subjects and courses
- Communication
- Conflict and Terrorism Studies
- Humanities
- Modules
- Academic English Studies
- Academic English Studies and Linguistics
- Ancient History
- Anthropology
- Applied Linguistics
- Art History
- Asian Studies
- Biological Sciences
- Chinese
- Classical Studies
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- Cook Islands Maori
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Dance
- Development Studies
- Drama
- Economics
- Education
- Employment Relations and Organisation Studies
- English
- English Writing
- Ethnomusicology
- European Studies
- French
- Gender Studies
- German
- Geography
- Greek
- History
- Indigenous Studies
- International Relations and Human Rights
- Interpreting
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Language Teaching and Learning
- Languages and Literature
- Latin
- Latin American Studies
- Linguistics
- Logic and Computation
- Māori Studies
- Mathematics
- Media, Film and Television
- Museums and Cultural Heritage
- Music
- Pacific Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Politics and International Relations
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Russian
- Samoan
- Screen Production
- Social Science for Public Health
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- Theological and Religious Studies
- Tongan
- Translation Studies
- Writing Studies
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- Equity in our faculty
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- Events
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