International Relations Theory II

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of English.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods include interactive lectures complemented by moments of discussion and analysis of texts that allow an in-depth knowledge of the theories and debates, as well as of the implications of these for reading international relations.

Learning Outcomes

Main learning outcome

Understand and analyse the main International Relations theoretical approaches and relate these to the debates that are part of their development.

 

Specific learning outcomes and skills

- Identify the current theoretical approaches to International Relations, relating these to the origins and the way they influence international relations

- Get acquainted with the main authors, concepts and theoretical debates in the discipline

- Relate theoretical debates to case studies in International Relations.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Constructivism(s)

2. Critical Theory

3. Normative Theories

4. Post-colonialism

5. Feminism

6. Post-modernism

7. The end of International Relations?

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 25.0%
Synthesis work: 25.0%
Mini Tests: 50.0%

Bibliography

BARKAWI, T., “Decolonizing war”, European Journal of International Security, 2016

BOOTH, K. et al., International Relations Theory today, Cambridge, Polity, 2016

BRINCAT, S., “From International Relations to World Civilizations: The Contributions of Robert W. Cox”, Globalizations, 13, 5, 2016, 506-509

COX, R., “Social forces, states and world orders: beyond international relations theory”, Millennium, 10, 2, 1981, 126-155

CRITICAL THEORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. A reader, ed. Steven Roach, Routledge, 2008

DER DERIAN, J, “A virtual theory of global politics, mimetic war, and the spectral state”, Angelaki, 4, 2, 1999

DEVETAK, R., “Critical Theory”, in Burchill et al., Theories of International Relations, Palgrave, 2001

DUNNE, T. et al., International Relations Theories – Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2013

DUNNE, T.; HANSEN, L. and WIGHT, C., “The End of  International Relations Theory?”, European Journal of International Relations, 19, 3, 2013.