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STV-3005: Internasjonal politikk

Utfyllende informasjon
Course content and objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce to students the theoretical debates about international relations theory and to discuss their relevance at the beginning of the 21st century. Realism, Liberalism, the English School, Feminism and Constructivism, in their traditional and neo- guises will be presented and debated through lectures and seminars, The aim is to enhance students' abilities to express themselves theoretically and critically about important issues in the practice of international politics.
A series of movies will be screened as an integral part of the course, highlighting theoretical “myths” through popular films (information will be given at lectures)

Pensum
Most of the readings are compiled in the course packages available from the University bookstore. Those available to download electronically are marked with * and an endnote referring to the relevant web location. Please note that you may not be able to access these databases off-campus.

Emanuel Adler, ‘Security Communities in Theoretical Perspective’, in Adler and Michael Barnet (eds.), Security Communities (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), 3-28. (26 pp.)

Hedley Bull, 'Society and Anarchy in International Relations', in Herbert Butterfield and Martin Wight (eds.), Diplomatic Investigations (London: Allen and Unwin, 1966), 35-50. (16 pp.)

Robert Cox, ‘Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory’, Millennium 10:2 (1981), 126-155. (30 pp.)

* Audrey Kurth Cronin, ‘Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism’, International Security 27:3 (Winter 2002/03), 30-58. (29 pp.)

James Der Derian, ‘The Boundaries of Knowledge and Power in International Relations’, in Der Derian and M.J. Shapiro (eds.), International/Intertextual Relations (Toronto: Lexington Books, 1989), 3-10. (7 pp.)

Anthony Giddens, ‘The Globalizing of Modernity’, in David Held and Anthony McGrew (eds.), The Global Transformations Reader (Cambridge: Polity, 2003), 60-66. (7 pp.)

* Michèle Griffin, ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread: Trends in International Intervention’, Security Dialogue 31:4 (2000), 421-435. (15 pp.)

Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Empire, (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000), Preface, xi-xvii, Ch. 1: ‘World Order’, 3-22. (27 pp.)

David Harvey, ‘Time-space Compression and the Postmodern Condition’, in D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.), The Global Transformations Reader (Oxford: Polity Press, 2000), 82-91. (10 pp.)

David Held, ‘The Transformation of political community: Rethinking democracy in the context of globalization’, in I. Shapiro and C. Hacker-Cordón (ed.), Democracy’s edges (Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 1999), 84-111. (28 pp.)

* Samuel Huntington, ‘The Clash of Civilizations’, Foreign Affairs (1993) 72:3, 22-50. (29 pp.)

* Fred Charles Ikle, ‘The Second Coming of the Nuclear Age’, Foreign Affairs 75:1 (1996), 119-128. (10 pp.)

Alan James, Sovereign Statehood: The Basis of International Society (London: Allen and Unwin, 1986), Ch. 2, 13-36. (14 pp.)

Darryl Jarvis, ‘Postmodernism: A Critical Typology’, Politics and Society 26:1 (1998), 95-142. (48 pp.)

Mary Kaldor, ‘Rethinking Cold War History’, in Ken Booth (ed.), New Thinking about Strategy and International Security (London: HarperCollins Academic, 1991), 313-331. (19 pp.)

Robert Keohane, ‘Institutional Theory and the Realist Challenge After the Cold War’, in David A. Baldwin (ed.), Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993), 269-300. (32 pp.)

* Robert O. Keohane, 'International Institutions: Two Approaches', International Studies Quarterly 32 (1988), 379-396. (18 pp.)

Robert O. Keohane and Joseph Nye, Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition (Toronto: Little, Brown and Co., 1977), Ch. 1, 3-22. (18 pp.)

* Charles A. Kupchan, ‘Life After Pax Americana’, World Policy Journal 16:3 (Fall 1999), 20-27. (8 pp.)

Andrew Linklater, ‘Men and Citizens in International Relations’, in H.Williams (ed.), A Reader in International Relations and Political Theory (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1993), 309-325. (17 pp.)

V. S. Peterson and A. S. Runyan, 'The Gender of World Politics', in M.A. Genest (ed.), Conflict and Cooperation (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996), 533-544. (12 pages)

* Sabrina P. Ramet, ‘Kosovo: A Liberal Approach’, Society 36:6 (1999), 1-9. (9 pp.)

* Adam Roberts, ‘Humanitarian War: Military Intervention and Human Rights’, International Affairs 69:3 (1993), 429-449. (21 pp.)

* John Gerrard Ruggie, ‘Territoriality and Beyond: Problematizing Modernity in International Relations’, International Organization 47:1 (1993), 139-174. (36 pp.)

Michael J. Shapiro, ‘Textualizing Global Politics’, in Der Derian and Shapiro, 11-22. (12 pp.)

Jan Aart Scholte, ‘Globalization and Inequality’, in Globalization: A Critical Introduction (New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2005), 316-347. (32 pp.)

Eric K. Stern, ‘Bringing the Environment In: The Case for Comprehensive Security’, Cooperation and Conflict 30:3 (1995), 211-237. (27 pp.)

R.B.J. Walker, 'The Prince and the "The Pauper": Tradition, Modernity, and Practice in the Theory of International Relations', in J. Der Derian and M. Shapiro (eds.), International/lntertextual Relations: Postmodern Readings of World Politics (Toronto: Lexington Books, 1989), 25-48. (24 pp.)

K. Waltz, ‘Political Structures’ and ‘Anarchic Orders and Balances of Power’, in R. Keohane (ed.), Neorealism and its Critics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1986), 70-130. (61 pp.)

K. Waltz, Theory of International Politics (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979), ch. 7: ‘Structural Causes and Economic Effects’, Part I (pp. 129-138); ch. 8: ‘Structural Causes and Military Effects’, Parts I-III (161-176). (16 pp.)

Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations, Ch. 6, ‘Interventions’ (New York: Basic Books, 1992), 86-108. (23 pp.)

* Alexander Wendt, ‘Anarchy is what States Make of it: The Social Construction of Power Politics’, International Organization 46:2 (1992), 391-425. (35 pp.)

M. Wight, "Western Values in International Relations," in Butterfield andWight, 89-131. (43 pp.)

* Øyvind Østerud, ‘Antinomies of Postmodernism in International Studies’, Journal of Peace Research 33:4 (1996), 385-390. (6 pp.)



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