Course teached as: B003147 - RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in POLITICAL SCIENCES Curriculum STUDI INTERNAZIONALI
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course focuses on the emergence, the evolution, and the characteristics of the international political system. During the course, the major theoretical approaches of international relations will be presented and critically analyzed. Special attention will be devoted to those approaches that understand the current international system as the product of the progressive intensification of different processes of globalization, emerged in Europe between the XV and the XVI centuries.
Compulsory readings:
1. R. Jackson e G. Sorensen (ed. Luciano Bozzo), Relazioni internazionali, Quarta Edizione, Milano, Egea, 2018.
2. P. Kennedy, Ascesa e declino delle grandi potenze, Milano, Garzanti, 1999.
Only for students taking the 9 CFU exam:
3. S. P. Huntington, Lo scontro delle civiltà e il nuovo ordine mondiale, Milano, Garzanti, 1997.
Learning Objectives
KNOWLEDGE: the course focuses on the emergence, the evolution and the characteristics of the contemporary international political system. Particular emphasis will be put on the major theoretical approaches of international relations and on those theories that understand the current international political system as the result of the gradual intensification of processes of globalization, emerged in Europe between the XV and the XVI centuries.
ABILITIES ACQUIRED AT THE END OF THE COURSE: students will acquire the essential tools to understand main issues of international politics and will be able to critically evaluate the scholarly literature.
CAPACITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE: a) ability to analyze the different aspects of contemporary international politics; b) ability to identify most relevant actors, structures and processes of international politics, in order to draw up alternative scenarios for the international system’s future.
Prerequisites
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Teaching Methods
Teaching hours: 48
Further information
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Type of Assessment
The final exam is written and it consists of 4 multiple choice questions and 4 open questions.
Students taking the 9 CFU exam: 4 multiple choice and 5 open questions.
Course program
The course is structured in two parts: in the first paprt, after a presentation of the history of international relations as an academic discipline, the most relevant theoretical debates and approaches will be discussed. In the second parte, contemporary theories and issues will be presented.
The course is organized as follows:
Evolution of the IR and of the states' system
4 theoretical debates in IR
Classic approaches:
1. Realism
2.Liberalism
3.International Society
4.Classic IPE theories