Teaching Areas
International
Relations, International Law, European & Global
Constitutionalism
Lecture
PPTs: on moodle
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Classes
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Relations Theories: EU50751 |
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Core
Unit MAIP/Option EM, MACEP
Semester
1: 2008-09 Friday 16:15-18:05, 3W 4.7 Week 5:
3E 2.2
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| Convenor:
Prof Antje Wiener |
| Aims
and Objectives |
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This
unit is a core unit of the MAIP. It is taught
in eleven three hour sessions which comprise lectures
and seminars and are obligatory for students of
the MA in International Politics in Semester 1.
The
IT Teaching Platform for this class can be found
on moodle.
The
class discusses key approaches and methodologies
of international relations theories. The sessions
are designed to teach the theoretical, analytical
and normative reference frame that prepares students
for understanding and explaining world politics.
The reference frame will address the specific
research tools including the analytical, descriptive
and normative approach to methodology, and detail
key concepts in international relations theories.
The sessions are designed to convey an understanding
of International Relations Theories as a mosaic
consisting of different systematic approaches
that are applicable to a variety of situations
that occur in real world politics. Among these
political events are for example border politics,
multilevel governance in world politics, international
organisations, regimes, international norms and
legitimate governance as the balance between liberty
and security has become threatened across the
globe. Based on this knowledge, students will
be able to both understand and explain the complexity
of contemporary world politics. Students who successfully
complete this unit will be able to better comprehend
and analyse world politics based on in-depth knowledge
of a range of approaches to International Relations
Theories including historical and societal approaches,
neo/realist, liberal and constructivist approaches,
regime theories, the level of analysis debate
as well as a detailed analysis of qualitative
foreign policy analysis.
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| Lecture
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Induction
Week Tue 14:15-16:05: Introduction and
Distribution of Presentation Topics (Prof A Wiener)
To
download the lecture, klick here;
to select your presentation topic klick here.
All
following sessions take place on Friday 16:15-18:05h.
Week
1 - 3 Oct: Society, Community and Order (Prof
A Wiener)
Week 2 - 10 Oct: Realism & Liberalism (Prof
A Wiener)
Week 3 - 17 Oct: Global Constitutionalism (Prof
A Wiener)
Week 4 - 24 Oct: The English School (Prof R Whitman)
Week 5 - 31 Oct: Regime Theories and Neo-liberalism
(Dr A Kelle)
Week
6 - 7 Nov: Reading Week
Week
7 - 14 Nov: International Political Economy (Dr
S Talani)
Week 8 - 21 Nov: The Level-of-Analysis Debate
(Dr S Thomas)
Week 9 - 38 Nov: Constructivism (Prof A Wiener)
Week10 - 5 Dec: Applied IR Theory: Foreign Policy
Analysis I (Prof R Whitman)
Week11 - 12 Dec: Applied IR Theory: Foreign Policy
Analysis II (Prof A Wiener)
The
final unit outline
will also be available as a hardcopy at the Graduate
Office (contact:
Ms Ann Burge mlsavb@bath.ac.uk).
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| Power,
Order and International Institutions: EU50749
Covenor:
Dr GL Guardini
Lecture
1 - Introduction: Power, order and institutions
as contested notions (Dr GL Gardini)
Lecture
2 - The shift in power and of power in the international
system (Dr GL Gardini)
Lecture 3 - Why (Great) powers become such: the
rise and fall of great powers (Dr S Thomas)
Lecture 4 - International Economic Order (Dr GL
Gardini)
Lecture
5 - Norms in International Relations: Compliance
and Contestation of International Law (Prof
A Wiener)
Lecture 6 - The US and international order: unipolarity?
(Dr S. Thomas)
Lecture 7 - The EU and soft/civilian power (Prof
R G Whitman)
Lecture 8 - Power and regionalism in the Americas
(Dr GL Gardini)
Lecture 9 - The (re)emerging powers: China, India
and Russia (Prof A Hyde-Price)
Lecture
10 - The North-South dimension and International
development (Dr S Thomas)
Lecture 11 - Conclusion: The relationship between
Power, Order and Institutions (Dr GL Gardini)
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International
Relations & Politics Colloquium for PhD Students
Convenors:
Prof Antje Wiener and Prof Richard Whitman
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This
colloquium takes place all year round (with a
break over the summer). It is open to all interested
students and staff. It has been set up to facilitate
a space for students to develop presentation skills
and obtain expert advice in the fields of International
Relations and Politics.
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Schedule
07/08
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Norms
in International Relations: EU50733
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| EM,
MACEP, MAIP |
| Convenor:
Prof Antje Wiener |
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This
unit is designed as a core unit which is
obligatory for students of the MA in International
Politics in Semester 2. It
addresses the role of norms in International Relations
theory. The material and discussions are based
on the insight that norms are constituted through
social practices including organisational and
cultural practices. They regulate politics and
law and evolve through interactions within and
among these realms. The weekly lectures and seminar
sessions discuss theoretical approaches, concepts
as well as applied research on norms from a political
science perspective. Yet, we do acknowledge interdisciplinary
work on norms to tackle the complex interplay
between law, politics and everyday life in different
contexts of international relations. Selected
cases of norm implementation and norm contestation
will include democracy, human rights, non-intervention
and abstention from torture.Please note that the
syllabus will be updated
from time to time (print).
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| Concepts
in Politics: EU10505 |
| Convenor:
Dr Howard White |
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This
unit seeks to provide students with an introduction
to essential concepts in the study, understanding
and analysis of politics; inform students about
the nature and role of political institutions,
agents, and ideologies at national, regional and
international levels; introduce students to key
debates in contemporary political thought; illustrate
the importance of moving beyond simple description
and engaging in critical debates about these issues.
Students
who complete the unit successfully will be able
to demonstrate in seminars, essays and exams that
they; have acquired knowledge of the key concepts
in the study, understanding, and analysis of politics;
are aware of major academic and political debates
about the nature of contemporary political processes
at national and international levels; can apply
this knowledge and awareness to contemporary political
issues.
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| Outline
for print-out: (here) |
| Lectures:
Prof Antje Wiener |
| Week
2 :The State in International Relations |
| Week
3: Citizenship |
| Week
4: Sovereignty |
| US
Global Politics: EU30471 |
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Convenor:
Dr Alexander Kelle
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| Lectures:
Prof Antje Wiener |
| Week
7: International Law
1 + 2 |
| Lecture
Theme |
Downloads |
| Norms
in World Politics: A Historical Perspective, 2007:
Lecture 1 |
PPT |
| Norms
in International Relations: A Theoretical Perspective,
2007: Lecture 2 |
PPT |
| The
Normative Structure: A Perspective on Policy Analysis,
2007: Lecture 3 |
PPT |
| Norms
in International Relations, 2008: Lectures 1-2 |
PPT |
| International
Relations and International Law, 2008: Lecture 3 |
PPT |
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