| Course Code : | 3200PSWTMI | | Study domain: | Political Sciences | | Semester: | Semester: 1st semester
| | Contact hours: | 45 | | Credits: | 6 | | Study load (hours): | 168 | | Contract restrictions: | Exam contract not possible
| | Language of instruction : | Dutch
| | Exam period: | exam in the 1st semester
| | Tutor(s) | Dirk De Bièvre
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1. Prerequisites
At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:
An active knowlegde of :A passive knowledge of :Specific prerequisites for this course:
* You keep yourselves informed about current international affairs and you are interested in assessing conflicting explanation of evolving events.
* You are able to apply abstract generalising statements to concrete cases.
* You have already obtained a MA- degree.
* You are taking or have already taken an introductory course in international relations.
2. Learning outcomes
This course intends to transmit knowledge about the most important theories of international politics.
3. Course contents
This lecture offers an overview of the most important macro-theories of international relations. These are conceptual lenses through which we can look at international politics. A non-exhaustive list of these theories is: classic realism, structural realism, marxism, constructivism, neoliberal institutionalism and regime theory, liberalism and the so-called democratic peace, and theory of European integration.
4. Teaching method
Class contact teaching: Lectures
Directed self-study
5. Assessment method and criteria
Examination: Written without oral presentationClosed bookOpen-question
6. Study material
Required reading
(1) PPT slides made available after each teaching session.
(2)
Reader
consisting:
(a) one textbook chapter on each theory, and
(b) a scientific article representative of each theory (subject to miner changes at the beginning of the academic year):
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (2003), Principles of International Politics : People’s Power, Preferences, and Perceptions, Second Edition, Washington: CQ Press. (Appendix B: ‘Evaluating Arguments about International Politics’)
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Richard Ned Lebow (2007), ‘Classical Realism’ 52-70 in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Colin Wight (eds.), International Relations Theory: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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John Herz (1950), ‘Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma’ World Politics, 2 (2): 157-180.
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John Mearsheimer (2007), ‘Structural Realism’ 71-88 Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Colin Wight, International Relations Theory: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Kenneth Waltz (1979), Theory of International Politics, New York: Random House. (Chapter 5: ‘Political Structures’ and chapter 6: ‘Anarchic Orders and Balances of Power’)
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Christian Reus-Smit (2009), ‘Constructivism’ 212-236 in Scott Burchill, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak, Jack Donnelly, Terry Nardin, Matthew Paterson, Christian Reus-Smit, and Jacqui True (eds.), Theories of International Relations, Fourth Edition, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Alexander Wendt (1992), ‘Anarchy is what states make of it’ International Organization, 46 (2): 391-452.
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Benno Teschke (2008), ‘Marxism’ 163-187 in Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal (eds.), Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Lenin, ‘Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism’.
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Richard Little (2008), ‘International Regimes’ 296-307 in John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An introduction to international relations, Fourth edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Robert Axelrod and Robert Keohane (1985), ‘Achieving Cooperation under Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions’ World Politics, 38 (1): 226-254.
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Arthur A. Stein (2008), ‘Neoliberal Institutionalism’ 201-221 Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal (eds.), Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Lisa L. Martin (1992), ‘Interests, power, and multilateralism’ International Organization, 46 (4): 765-792.
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Neill Nugent (2003), The Government and Politics of the European Union, London: Macmillan. (Chapter 20: ‘Conceptualising and Theorising’)
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Wayne Sandholtz and John Zysman (1989), ‘1992: Recasting the European Bargain’ World Politics, 20 (1): 95-128.
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Bruce Russett (1993), Grasping the Democratic Peace: Principles for a Post Cold War World, Princeton: Princeton University Press. (Chapter 1: ‘The Fact of Democratic Peace’ and Chapter 2: ‘Why Democratic Peace?’)
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Randolph M. Siverson, and Alastair Smith (1999), ‘An Institutional Explanation of the Democratic Peace’, The American Political Science Review, 93 (4): 791-807.
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Immanuel Kant, Eeuwige Vrede, Kampen: Agora.
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Tarak Barkawi and Mark Laffey (1999), ‘The Imperial Peace: Democracy, Force and Globalization’ European Journal of International Relations, 5 (4): 403-434.
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Patrick Thaddeus Jackson (2008), ‘Foregrounding Ontology: Dualism, Monism, and IR Theory’ Review of International Studies, 34: 129-153.
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Chris Brown (2007), ‘International Relations as Political Theory’ 34-51 in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Colin Wight (eds.), International Relations Theory: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Optional reading
The following study material can be studied on a voluntary basis:
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Dunne, Tim, Milja Kurki, and Steve Smith (Eds.) (2007), International Relations Theories. Discipline and Diversity, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce (2003), Principles of International Politics. People's Power, Preferences, and Perceptions, Washington: Congressional Quarterly.
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Jackson, R. and Sorensen, G. (2003), Introduction to International Relations.
Theories and Approaches,
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Baylis, John, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens (2008), The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations, 4th edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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Soetendorp, R. B. and A. van Staden (1987), Internationale betrekkingen in perspectief, Utrecht, Aula.
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Harryvan, A. G., J. van der Harst, et al. (2004), Internationale organisatie. Samenwerking en regimevorming in de internationale betrekkingen, Assen, Koninklijke Van Gorcum.
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Beyers, J. and P. Bursens (2006), Europa is geen buitenland. Over de relatie tussen het federale België en de Europese Unie, Leuven, Acco.
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Regular reader of one of these following newspapers.
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Financial Times
(ter beschikking op 1e verdiep van De Meerminne)
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The Economist
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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Le Monde Diplomatique
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of: BBC World Service
(Radio, 648 MW)
7. Contact information
Dirk.Debievre@ua.ac.be
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