International Relations Theory I

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01620757
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
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 main theoretical approaches to International Relations, contextualise its emergence and identify the central elements to its evolution

- 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. Theoretical debates in International Relations

2. Liberalism

3. Realist School

4. Neorealism and Neoliberalism

5. Marxist Schools in International Relations

6. English School.

Head Lecturer(s)

André Filipe Valadas Saramago

Assessment Methods

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

Bibliography

BALDWIN, D., Neorealism and neoliberalism: the contemporary debate, Columbia Univ Press, 1993

BURCHILL, S. et al, Theories of international relations, Palgrave, 2001

CARLSNAES, W. et al, Handbook of international relations,  Sage, 2003

CARR, E.H., The Twenty years' crisis: 1919-1939, Palgrave, 2001

CRAVINHO, J. G., Visões do mundo: as relações internacionais e o mundo contemporâneo, Lisboa, ICS, 2002

DOYLE, M., “Kant, liberal legacies, and foreign affairs”, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 12, 3/4, 1983

LINKLATER, A. (ed.), International Relations: critical concepts in political science, 5 vols, Routledge, 2001

JACKSON, R. et al, Introduction to international relations: theories and approaches, Oxford University Press, 2003

KEOHANE, R. (ed.), Neorealism and its critics, Oxford University Press, 1986

MEARSHEIMER, J., “The False Promise of International Institutions”, International Security, 19, 3, 1994/95

WALTZ, K, Theory of International Politics, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1979.