Issues in International Relations

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01020020
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

It is advisable that students attending this course have successfully concluded the following course:

- Introduction to the International System (Initiation Curricular Units of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities).

Teaching Methods

To achieve the learning outcomes, this curricular unit combines the expository method with more practical teaching methods, including the critical analysis of recommended readings for each topic and audiovisual elements aiming at fostering the debate, thus privileging the active engagement of students in the classroom. To the same purpose, students will develop case-study analysis skills through the elaboration and discussion of academic papers.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims at exposing students to the political context of contemporary international relations and provide them with the main theoretical frameworks to analyse relevant issues in IR.

At the end of the semester students should be able to:

1. Know the main schools of thought and theories of IR, and understand their relevance for the analysis of contemporary international politics

2. Characterize the main dynamics of the international liberal order

3. Map the core issues in contemporary international politics

4. Understand the weaknesses and challenges of the current international order

5. Apply theories of IR to the critical analysis of major contemporary international issues

6. Show argumentation and critical analysis skills, based on theoretical debates, authors, reference works and debates in the classroom. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the study of International Relations

2. Major Schools of Thought in International Relations

3. The Changing International Order: the post-Cold War International System and the liberal paradigm

4. Issues in Contemporary International Politics

5. Alternatives to the International Liberal Order.

Head Lecturer(s)

Vasco Miguel Nóbrega Soares Martins

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in the classroom: 10.0%
Research work: 40.0%
Mini Tests: 50.0%

Bibliography

Art, R.J., & Jervis, R. (2017). International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues. Pearson.

Baylis, J., Smith, S., & Owens, P. (2019). The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (8ª ed.). Oxford University Press.

Diez, T., Bode, I., & da Costa, A.F. (2011). Key Concepts in International Relations. Sage.

Dunne, T., Kurki, M., & Smith, S. (2020). International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity (5ª ed.). Oxford University Press.

Edkins, J. (ed.) (2019). Routledge Handbook of Critical International Relations. Routledge

Haynes, J., Hough, P., Malik, S., & Pettiford, L. (eds.) (2017). World Politics: International Relations and Globalization in the 21st Century (2ª ed.). Sage.

Larres, K., & Wittlinger, R. (eds.) (2020). Understanding Global Politics: Actors and Themes in International Affairs. Routledge.

Salmon, T.C., & Imber, M.F. (eds.) (2008). Issues in International Relations (2ª ed.). Routledge.