- Docente: Davide Fiammenghi
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8783)
Learning outcomes
The course provides a quick introduction to the study of international politics. By the end of the course, students will grasp the main concepts and theories of international relations.
Course contents
I. ANTECEDENTS OF REALIST THOUGHT
Thucydides
Kautilya
Machiavelli
Hobbes
II. CLASSICAL REALISM
I Great Debate
Carr
Kennan
Morgenthau
Security Dilemma (Herz; Butterfield)
Aron
III. GAME THEORY FOR DUMMIES
Game classifications
Game form
Information set
Nash Equilibrium
Pareto efficiency
Prisoner's Dilemma
Grim strategy
Tit for tat strategy
Chicken game
IV. NEOREALISM
Waltz
Defensive Realism
- Balance-of-threat theory (Walt)
- Offense/defense balance (Jervis)
- Imperial Myths (J. Snyder)
Offensive Realism (Mearsheimer)
Neoclassical Realism (Schweller)
V. POWER PREPONDERANCE THEORIES
Power Transition Theory (Organski)
Status Inconsistency Theory (Galtung)
Long Cycle Theory (Modelski)
Hegemonic Stability Theory (Gilpin)
Theory of Hegemonic War (Gilpin)
World-systems Theory (Wallerstein)
VI. BARGAINING MODEL OF WAR (SIMPLIFIED)
Fearon
VII. LIBERAL THEORIES
Economic Interdependence (Keohane and Nye)
Neoliberal Institutionalism (Keohane)
Democratic Peace Theory (Babst; Doyle; Russett e O'Neal)
Critiques of the Democratic Peace Theory
- Spurious correlation
- Other criticisms
Moravcsik's liberal theory
VIII. ENGLISH SCHOOL AND CONSTRUCTIVISM
The three traditions (Wight)
II Great Debate
Bull
III Great Debate (or IV, or V)
Wendt
Epistemic communities (Haas)
Lyfe cycle of norms (Finnemore and Sikkink)
Transnational Advocacy Networks (Keck e Sikkink)
IX. CLASSICAL THEORIES OF IPE
Mercantilism/Liberalism/Marxism
Infant industry argument
Theories of imperialism
Dependency theory
Influence effect/supply effect (Hirschman)
Raw materials policy (Krasner)
Domestic coalitions (Katzenstein)
Trade openness and corporatism(Katzenstein)
Embedded Liberalism (Ruggie)
Cenni di Open Economy Politics (Lake)
X.ORGANIZATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGY
Allison's models
Inherent Bad Faith Model (O. Holsti)
Fundamental Attribution Error (Lee Ross)
Deterrence and the spiral model (Jervis)
Groupthink (Janis)
Personality of leaders
- Wilson and colonel House (George e George)
- Personality of dictators (Glad)
Operational code (Leites; George)
Analogical reasoning (Kong)
Overconfidence and war (Johnson e Tierney)
International crises and stress (Dyson e t'Hart)
Prospect Theory (Khaneman e Tversky
Teaching methods
Lessons
Teaching tools
Power Point
Office hours
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