International Relations History II

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The academic organization of time in theoretical and practical classes presupposes the existence of active participation by students. In expository class, the discussions are focused on specific issues previously prepared by the teacher. Some classes will have more time focused on the analysis of historical texts and articles selected and provided by the teacher, always seeking individual and group debate in the classroom. The paper is preceded by a project tutorial-oriented, with given bibliography and research methods are provided (both inside and outside of classes) by the teacher.

 Evaluation: General regime (final exam – 100%) or mixed evaluation (individual assignment (25%), final exam (75%) - 100%).

Learning Outcomes

Overall objectives:

Lead students to know, analyze and understand the major historical events in the period between World War I and the present.

 Specific objectives :

- Know the main events that marked the history of international relations since World War I to the present;

- Understand that the end of World War I and the creation of the League of Nations led to the setting of a new international system;

- Relate the most relevant historical facts with the balance / imbalance of power in international relations;

Generic competencies:

- Ability to understand, analyze and synthetize the historical phenomena that influenced international relations in the XX and XXI centuries.

 Specific competencies:

- Ability to understand and relate the historical facts most relevant to international relations;

- Ability to analyze and synthesize the knowledge acquired.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. COLLECTIVE SECURITY and ILLUSORY PEACE: COMMUNISM, FASCISM AND CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY (1917-1945): The Soviet revolution and its international impact; Peace of Paris and the configuration of the new international system (1919-1923), The Elusive Peace: collective security in the twenties (1923-1933), the United States and Latin America: from interventionism to Cooperation (1918-1939); the crises of collective security and foreign policy of the Third Reich (1933-1939), the Internationalization of the Spanish Civil War, the world war II 2. COLD WAR AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER. THE BIRTH OF THE THIRD WORLD (1945-1991): Balance of War. The New International Society, The New World Order: The United Nations organization, The Cold War, European integration, decolonization and the third world: The collapse of the bipolar order and U.S. hegemony 3. GLOBALIZATION AND THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.

Head Lecturer(s)

João Pedro Amaral Cabouco Rodrigues

Assessment Methods

Regime geral
Exam: 100.0%

Mixed evaluation
individual assignment : 25.0%
Final exam: 75.0%

Bibliography

DEFARGES, Philippe Moreau, Relations internacionales, Éditions du Seuil, 2002.

KENNEDY, Paul M., Ascensão e Queda das Grandes Potências, 2.ª Ed. Mem Martins, Publicações Europa América, 1997.

KEYNES, J.M., A Grande Crise e outros Textos, Relógio D’Água Editores, 2009.

KISSINGER, Henry, Sobre a China, Editora Objectiva, 2011.

MILZA, Pierre, As Relações Internacionais de 1918 A 1939: a Europa de Bismarck, o advento da política mundial, os imperialismos europeus, as crises balcânicas, a caminho da guerra, Lisboa, Ed. 70, 2002.

PEREIRA, Juan Carlos (coord.), História de las relaciones internacionales contemporâneas, 2.ª ed. Actualizada, Barcelona, Editorial Ariel, 2009.

RENOUVIN, Pierre; Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales (siglos XIX y XX), Ed. Akal, 1998.

RENOUVIN, Pierre; Jean-Baptiste Duroselle, Introduction à l’histoire des relations internationales, Paris, Armand Colin, 1995.

VAISSE, Maurice, As relações internacionais desde 1945, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1997.