International Relations Theory II
3
2023-2024
01620768
Other areas
Portuguese
Face-to-face
6.0
Elective
1st Cycle Studies
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)
NoSyllabus
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.