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Learning outcomes |
O1 - To equip students with theoretical and methodological tools that allow them to investigate, analyze, interpret, and reflect on international/global reality.
O2 - To identify, select, and evaluate documentary and bibliographic information sources based on their authors and on International Relations.
O3 - To bring students closer to the world of ideas, central concepts, and interpretations of the main representatives in the various perspectives for the study of International Relations.
O4 - To understand the emergence of theories in their historical contexts.
O5 - To demonstrate the validity of so-called traditional models with their application to case studies.
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Syllabus |
P1. Theory
P2. Agency-structure and levels of analysis
P3. History of IR (20th and 21st centuries, major debates)
P4. Case study – World War I and II
P5. Classical Realism
P6. Defensive Realism and Offensive Realism
P7. Strategic and Systemic Analysis (Structural Realism)
P8. Neoclassical Realism
P9. Geopolitics
P10. Realism and the possibilities of peace (balance of power, deterrence, hegemonic stability, diplomacy)
P11. Case study: Cold War; US vs. China rivalry
P12. Liberalism
P13. Idealism
P14. Neoliberalism
P15. Case study: 1st and 2nd Gulf Wars
P16. Liberalism and the possibilities of peace (democratic peace, interdependence, institutions, laws and norms)
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Main Bibliography |
(VK) Viotti, Paul R. e Mark V. Kauppi (2024 7th edition) International Relations Theory. Longman.
(DKS) Dunne, Tim, Milja Kurki, e Steve Smith (2016 4th edition) International Relations Theories, discipline and diversity. Oxford University Press.
(EJ) Elman, C., & Jensen, M. (2014). The realism reader. Routledge.
(DT) Devetak, R., & True, J. (2022). Theories of international relations. Bloomsbury Publishing.
(SS) Spindler, M., & Schieder, S. (2014). Theory in international relations. Routledge.
(HP) Handler, S. P., & Person, R. T. (Eds.). (2020). International Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings. CQ Press.
Ripsman, Norrin M. (2011) ‘Neoclassical Realism’, Oxford Research Encyclopedias, International Studies. Disponível em https://oxfordre.com/internationalstudies/view/10.1093/
Scholvin, Sören (2016) ‘Geopolitics: An overview of concepts and empirical examples from International Relations’, FIIA Working Paper (Abril 2016). The Finnish Institute of International Affairs. (...)
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