06915 - International Politics (G.B)

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to provide an advanced overview of major International Relations theories and approaches (Liberalism, Realism, Constructivism). At the end of the course, the student should be aware of the main debates within the discipline, and should have developed the ability to employ analytical tools to interpret the functioning of the contemporary international system.

Course contents

DAY- THEME -  COMPULSORY READING LIST

 

L 29 settembre      1. Introduzione

S Walt, 1998, International Relations: One World,  Many Theories, Foreign Policy, 110, 29-46

Jack Snyder, 2004, One World,  Rival Theories, Foreign Policy, nov., 52-62

 

M 30 settembre      2. Il realismo classico

Hans J. Morgenthau, 1948, Politics Among Nations, cap. 1

E. H. Carr, 1939, The Twenty Years' Crisis,  1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of ..., capp. 1,  2

 

L 6 ottobre      3. Il realismo strutturale

Kenneth N Waltz, 1988, The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18, 4, 615-628

John J Mearsheimer, 2001, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, capp. 1,  2

 

M 7 ottobre      4. L'equilibrio di potenza

Jack S Levy,  William R Thompson, 2005, Hegemonic Threats and Great-Power Balancing in Europe,  1495-1999, Security Studies, 14, 1, 1-33

P Schroeder, 1994, Historical Reality vs. Neo-Realist Theory, International Security, 19, 1, 108-148

Raymond Aron, 1970, Pace e guerra tra le nazioni, cap. 5

 

L 13 ottobre     5. La stabilità egemonica

David A Lake, 1993, Leadership,  Hegemony,  and the International Economy: Naked Emperor or Tattered Monarch , International Studies Quarterly, 37, 4, 459-489

Robert G Gilpin, 1988, The Theory of Hegemonic War, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18, 4, 591-613

 

M 14 ottobre  6.  Le cause delle guerre

Robert Jervis, 1978, Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma, World Politics, 30, 2, 167-214

Kalevi J Holsti, 1991, Peace and War. Armed Conflicts and International Order, 1-24,  306-334

Jack S Levy, 1998, The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace, Annual Review of Political Science, 1, 139-165

 

L 20 ottobre     7.    Conflitto e cooperazione

Robert Axelrod,  Robert O Keohane, 1985, Achieving Cooperation under Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions, World Politics, 38, 1, 226-254

Joseph M Grieco, 1988, Anarchy and the limits of cooperation: a realist critique of the newest liberal institutionalism, International Organization, 42, 3, 485-507

 

M 21 ottobre 8.  Regimi e istituzioni

John J Mearsheimer, 1994, The False Promise of International Institutions, International Security, 19, 3, 5-49

Robert O Keohane,  Lisa L Martin, 1995, The Promise of Institutionalist Theory, International Security, 20, 1, 39-51

 

L 27 ottobre  9. Il costruttivismo

Alexander Wendt, 1995, Constructing International Politics, International Security, 20, 1, 71-81

Martha Finnemore,  K Sikkink, 2001, Taking Stock: The Constructivist Research Program in International Relations and Comparative Politics, Annual Review of Political Science, 4, 391-416

Ted Hopf, 1998, The Promise of Constructivism in International Relations Theory, International Security, 23, 1, 171-200

 

M 28 ottobre  10. La società internazionale

Martin Wight, 1987, An anatomy of International Thought, Review of International Studies, 13, 221-227

Charles A Kupchan,  Clifford A Kupchan, 1991, Concerts,  Collective Security,  and the Future of Europe, International Security, 16, 1, 114-161

 

L 3 novembre  11. La globalizzazione

Kenneth N Waltz, 1999, Globalization and Governance, PS: Political Science and Politics, 32, 4, 693-700

G Arrighi, 2005, Hegemony Unravelling 1 & 2, New Left Review, 32, 33, 23-80,  83-116

Robert O Keohane, 2001, Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World, The American Political Science Review, 95, 1, 1-13

 

M 4 novembre  12. Le preferenze interne

R Putnam, 1988, Diplomacy and domestic politics: the logic of two-level games, International Organization, 42, 3, 427-460

Andrew Moravcsik, 1997, Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics: Erratum, International Organization, 51, 4, 513-553

Peter Gourevitch, 1978, The Second Image Reversed: The International Sources of Domestic Politics, International Organization, 32, 4, 881-912

 

M 4 novembre   Prova intermedia scritta (sui temi trattati fino all'ultima lezione della settimana precedente)

 

L 10 novembre  13. La pace democratica 

Michael W Doyle, 1983, Kant,  Liberal Legacies,  and Foreign Affairs,  Part 1 & 2, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 12, 3, 4, 205-235,  323-353

Bruce M. Russett and John R. O'Neal, 2001, Triangulating Peace: Democracy,  Interdependence and International Organization, cap. 1

 

M 11 novembre  14. Democrazie e autocrazie

Edward D Mansfield,  Jack Snyder, 2002, Democratic Transitions,  Institutional Strength,  and War, International Organization, 56, 2, 297-337

Mancur Olson Jr, 1993, Dictatorship,  Democracy,  and Development, The American Political Science Review, 87, 3, 567-576

John M Owen, 2002, The Foreign Imposition of Domestic Institutions, International Organization, 56, 2, 375-409

 

L 17 novembre  15. Economia e politica  - LEZ EB

Helen V Milner, 1999, The Political Economy of International Trade, Annual Review of Political Science, 2, 91-114

Robert G Gilpin, 1975, Three Models of the Future, International Organization, 29, 1, 37-60

 

M 18 novembre 16. Commercio e guerra - LEZ AP

Dale C Copeland, 1996, Economic Interdependence and War: A Theory of Trade Expectations, International Security, 20, 4, 5-41

E Gartzke, 2007, The Capitalist Peace, American Journal of Political Science, 51, 1, 166-191

 

L 24 novembre NO LEZIONE

M 25 novembre NO LEZIONE

 

L 1 dicembre 17. L'espansionismo

Jack S Levy, 1988, Domestic Politics and War, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18, 4, 653-673

Jack Snyder, 1991, Myths of Empire, capp. 1,  2

 

M 2 dicembre 18. L'analisi della politica estera

Graham T Allison, 1969, Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis, The American Political Science Review, 63, 3, 689-718

Valerie M Hudson e Christopher S Vore, 1995, Foreign Policy Analysis Yesterdaym Today and Tonorrow, Mershon International Studies Review, 39, 2, 209-238

Robert Jervis, 1988, War and Misperception, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18, 4, 675-700

 

M 9 dicembre  19. La fine della guerra fredda

Philip Gordon, 2007, Can the War on Terror Be Won?, Foreign Affairs, 86, 6, 53-66

Samuel P Huntington, 1993, The Clash of Civilizations?, Foreign Affairs, 72, 3, 22-49

Christopher Layne, 2006, The Unipolar Illusion Revisited: The Coming End of the United States' Unipolar Moment, International Security, 31, 2, 7-41

Robert Jervis, 2002, Theories of War in an Era of Leading-Power Peace , The American Political Science Review, 96, 1, 1-14

 

Me 10 decembre  20. Il potere americano

G. John Ikenberry, 1998, Institutions,  Strategic Restraint,  and the Persistence of American Postwar Order, International Security, 23, 3, 43-78

Robert Kagan, 2002, Power and Weakness, Policy Review, jun., 3-28

Fareed Zakaria, 2008, The Future of American Power: How America Can Survive the Rise of the Rest, Foreign Affairs, 87, 3, 18-43

William C Wohlforth, 1999, The Stability of a Unipolar World, International Security, 24, 1, 5-41

 

 

SUGGESTED READING FOR THE ESSAY

 

Introduzione

• Kenneth N Waltz, 1954, Man,  The State and War: A Theoretical Analysis, capp. 2,  4,  6
• Stanley Hoffmann, 1963, Rousseau on War and Peace, The American Political Science Review, 57, 2, 317-333
• J David Singer, 1961, The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations, World Politics, 14, 1, 77-92
• Michael W Doyle, 1997, Ways of Peace and War, passim
• M Wight, 1960, Why is there no International Theory?, International Relations, 2, 1, 35-48

 

Il realismo classico

• Hans J Morgenthau, 1946, Scientific Man vs. Power Politics,
• Hans J Morgenthau, 1952, "Another ""Great Debate"": The National Interest of the United States", The American Political Science Review, 46, 4, 961-988
• G Kennan, 1987, Containment: 40 Years Later: The Sources of Soviet Conduct, Foreign Affairs, 65, 4, 852-868
• John H Herz, 1950, Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma, World Politics, 2, 2, 157-180
• David A Baldwin, 1980, Interdependence and Power: A Conceptual Analysis, International Organization, 34, 4, 471-506
• J David Singer, 1960, International Conflict: Three Levels of Analysis, World Politics, 12, 3, 453-461
• Hedley Bull, 1966, International Theory: The Case for a Classical Approach, World Politics, 18, 3, 361-377
• Norman Angell, 1916, Public Opinion in Foreign Policies, The Annals of the American Academy of Political Science, 66, 1, 136-139
• Henry A Kissinger, 1956, The Congress of Vienna: A Reappraisal, World Politics, 8, 2, 264-280
• Quincy Wright, 1951, The Nature of Conflict, The Western Political Quarterly, 4, 2, 193-209
• M Kaplan, 1966, The New Great Debate: Traditionalism vs. Science in International Relations, World Politics, 19, 1, 1-20
• Arnold Wolfers, 1951, The Pole of Power and the Pole of Indifference, World Politics, 4, 1, 39-63
• L Woolf, 1940, Utopia and Reality, Political Quarterly, 167-182
• Zara Steiner, 2003, Views of War: Britain Before the First World War,  and After, International Relations, 17, 1, 1-33
• Roger D Masters, 1964, World Politics as a Primitive Political System, World Politics, 16, 4, 595-619

 

Il realismo strutturale

• Stephen M Walt, 1985, Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power, International Security, 9, 4, 3-43
• Morton A Kaplan, 1957, Balance of Power,  Bipolarity and Other Models of International Systems, The American Political Science Review, 51, 3, 684-695
• John Gerard Ruggie, 1983, Continuity and Transformation in the World Polity, World Politics, 35, 2, 261-285
• Charles Glaser, 2003, Structural Realism in a more complex world, Review of International Studies, 29, 3, 403-414
• Kenneth N Waltz, 1979, Theory of International Politics, capp. 4,  5,  6

 

L'equilibrio di potenza

• Richard Rosecrance,  C Lo, 1996, Balancing,  Stability,  and War: The Mysterious Case of the Napoleonic International System, International Studies Quarterly, 40, 4, 479-500
• Randall Schweller, 1994, Bandwagoning for Profit: Bringing the Revisionist State Back In, International Security, 19, 1, 72-107
• Thomas J Christensen,  Jack Snyder, 1990, Chain Gangs and Passed Bucks: Predicting Alliance Patterns in Multipolarity, International Organization, 44, 2, 137-168
• Robert Jervis, 1997, Complexity and the Analysis of Political and Social Life, Political Science Quarterly, 112, 4, 569-593
• Karl W Deutsch,  J David Singer, 1964, Multipolar Power Systems and International Stability, World Politics, 16, 3, 390-406
• Ted Hopf, 1991, Polarity,  The Offense Defense Balance,  and War, The American Political Science Review, 85, 2, 475-493
• William C Wohlforth et al., 2007, Testing Balance-of-Power Theory in World History, European Journal of International Relations, 13, 2, 155-185
• Paul Schroeder, 1986, The 19th-Century International System: Changes in the Structure, World Politics, 39, 1, 1-26
• Edward D Mansfield, 1992, The Concentration of Capabilities and the Onset of War, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 36, 1, 3-24
• Marc Trachtenberg, 2003, The Question of Realism:, Security Studies, 13, 1, 156-194
• Glenn Snyder, 1984, The Security Dilemma in Alliance Politics, World Politics, 36, 4, 461-495
• Randall Schweller, 2004, Unanswered Threats: A Neoclassical Realist Theory of Underbalancing, International Security, 29, 2, 159-201

 

La stabilità egemonica

• Mancur Olson Jr,  Richard Zeckhauser, 1966, An Economic Theory of Alliances, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 48, 3, 266-279
• C Kindleberger, 1981, Dominance and Leadership in the International Economy: Exploitation,  Public Goods,  and Free Rides, International Studies Quarterly, 25, 2, 242-254
• Richard Rosecrance, 1987, Long Cycle Theory and International Relations, International Organization, 41, 2, 283-301
• Richard Rosecrance, 1995, "Overextension,  Vulnerability,  and Conflict: The ""Goldilocks Problem"" in International Strategy", International Security, 19, 4, 145-163
• Douglas Lemke,  Suzanne Werner, 1996, Power Parity,  Commitment to Change,  and War, International Studies Quarterly, 40, 2, 235-260
• Stephen D Krasner, 1976, State Power and the Structure of International Trade, World Politics, 28, 3, 317-347
• A F K Organski,  Jacek Kugler, 1977, The Costs of Major Wars: The Phoenix Factor , The American Political Science Review, 71, 4, 1347-1366
• A Stein, 1984, The Hegemon's dilemma: Great Britain,  the United States,  and the international economic order, International Organization, 38, 2, 355-386
• D Snidal, 1985, The Limits of Hegemonic Stability Theory, International Organization, 39, 4, 579-614
• G Modelski, 1978, The Long Cycle of Global Politics and the Nation-State, Comparative Studies in Society and History, 20, 2, 214-235
• G Modelski,  P. M Morgan, 1985, Understanding Global War, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 29, 3, 391-417
• Robert Gilpin, 1981, War and Change in World Politics, cap. 5
• Charles Doran,  Wes Parsons, 1980, War and the Cycle of Relative Power, The American Political Science Review, 74, 4, 947-965

 

Le cause delle guerre

• George H Quester, 1988, Crises and the Unexpected, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18, 4, 701-719
• Franz Kohut, 2003, Cyclical,  Hegemonic,  and Pluralistic Theories of International Relations: Some Comparative Reflections on War Causation, International Political Science Review, 24, 1, 51-66
• Jack S Levy, 1987, Declining Power and the Preventive Motivation for War, World Politics, 40, 1, 82-107
• Matthew Rendall, 2006, Defensive realism and the Concert of Europe, Review of International Studies, 32, 3, 523-540
• Stephen Brooks, 1997, Dueling Realisms, International Organization, 51, 3, 445-477
• Mark Haas, 2003, Ideologies and Alliances, Security Studies, 12, 4, 34-79
• Richard K Betts, 1999, Must War Find a Way?: A Review Essay, International Security, 24, 2, 166-198
• Stephen van Evera, 1998, Offense,  Defense,  and the Causes of War, International Security, 22, 4, 5-43
• James D Fearon, 1995, Rationalist Explanations for War, International Organization, 49, 3, 379-414
• Jeffrey Taliaferro, 2000, Security Seeking under Anarchy: Defensive Realism Revisited, International Security, 25, 3, 128-161
• Branislav Slantchev, 2005, Territory and Commitment: The Concert of Europe as Self-Enforcing Equilibrium, Security Studies, 14, 4, 565-606
• Geoffrey Blainey, 1988, The Causes of Wars, cap. 8
• Bruce Bueno De Mesquita, 1988, The Contribution of Expected Utility Theory to the Study of International Conflict, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18, 4, 629-652
• Jack S Levy, 1985, Theories of General War, World Politics, 37, 3, 344-374

 

Conflitto e cooperazione

• Robert Powell, 1994, Anarchy in International Relations Theory: The Neorealist-Neoliberal Debate, International Organization, 48, 2, 313-344
• Robert Powell, 2002, Bargaining Theory and International Conflict, Annual Review of Political Science, 5, 1, 1-30
• James D Fearon, 1998, Bargaining,  Enforcement,  and International Cooperation, International Organization, 52, 2, 269-305
• Michael Mastanduno, 1991, Do Relative Gains Matter? America's Response to Japanese Industrial Policy, International Security, 16, 1, 73-113
• Stephen D Krasner, 1991, Global Communications and National Power: Life on the Pareto Frontier, World Politics, 43, 3, 336-366
• Lisa L Martin, 1992, Interests,  Power,  and Multilateralism, International Organization, 46, 4, 765-792
• F Andreatta,  Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, 2001, L'orizzonte della cooperazione. La controversia sui vantaggi relativi nelle relazioni internazionali, Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 31, 2, 235-275
• Robert Jervis, 1999, Realism,  Neoliberalism,  and Cooperation: Understanding the Debate, International Security, 24, 1, 42-63
• Duncan Snidal, 1991, Relative Gains and the Pattern of International Cooperation, The American Political Science Review, 85, 3, 701-726
• R Axelrod, 1981, The emergence of cooperation among egoists, American Political Science Review, 75, 2, 306-318
• Peter Liberman, 1996, Trading with the Enemy: Security and Relative Economic Gains, International Security, 21, 1, 147-175
• Andrew Kydd, 2000, Trust,  Reassurance,  and Cooperation, International Organization, 54, 2, 325-357

 

Regimi e istituzioni

• John J Mearsheimer, 1995, A Realist Reply, International Security, 20, 1, 82-93
• S Strange, 1982, Cave! Hic sunt dragones. A Critique of Regime Analysis, International Organization, 36, 2, 479-496
• Beth A Simmons, 1998, Compliance with International Agreements, Annual Review of Political Science, 1, 75-93
• A Stein, 1982, Coordination and Collaboration: Regimes in an Anarchic World, International Organization, 36, 2, 299-324
• David A Lake, 2007, Escape from the State of Nature: Authority and Hierarchy in World Politics, International Security, 32, 1, 47-79
• Andreas Hasenclever et al., 1996, Interests,  Power,  Knowledge: The Study of International Regimes, Mershon International Studies Review, 40, 2, 177-228
• R Keohane, 1988, International Institutions: Two Approaches, International Studies Quarterly, 32, 4, 379-396
• John Gerard Ruggie, 1992, Multilateralism: the Anatomy of an Institution, International Organization, 46, 3, 561-598
• Robert O Keohane, 2001, Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World, The American Political Science Review, 95, 1, 1-13
• Stephen D Krasner, 2001, Rethinking the sovereign state model, Review of International Studies, 27, 17-42
• Robert Jervis, 1982, Security Regimes, International Organization, 36, 2, 357-378
• Stephen D Krasner, 1982, Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regimes as Intervening Variables, International Organization, 36, 2, 185-205
• R Keohane, 1982, The demand for international regimes, International Organization, 36, 2, 325-355
• John Gerard Ruggie, 1995, The False Premise of Realism, International Security, 20, 1, 62-70
• Giulio M Gallarotti, 1991, The Limits of International Organization: Systematic Failure in the Management of International…, International Organization, 45, 2, 183-220
• B Koremenos,  C.,  D. Snidal, 2001, The Rational Design of International Institutions, International Organization, 55, 4, 761-799
• Stanley Hoffmann, 2003, World Governance: Beyond Utopia?, Daedalus, 132, 1, 27-35

 

Il costruttivismo

• Kate O'neill,  Jorg Balsiger,  Stacy D Vandeveer, 2004, Actors,  Norms and Impact: Recent International Cooperation Theory and the Influence of the Agent-Structure Debate, Annual Review of Political Science, 7, 1, 149-175
• Alexander Wendt, 1992, Anarchy is what states make of it: the social construction of power politics, International Organization, 46, 2, 391-425
• James A Caporaso, 2000, Changes in the Westphalian Order: Territory,  Public Authority,  and Sovereignty, International Studies Review, 2, 2, 1-28
• Stephen D Krasner, 1995, Compromising Westphalia, International Security, 20, 3, 115-151
• Martha Finnemore, 2006, Fights about rules: the role of efficacy and power in changing multilateralism, Review of International Studies, 31, 1, 187-206
• Martha Finnemore,  K Sikkink, 1998, International Norm Dynamics and Political Change, International Organization, 52, 4, 887-917
• Alexander Wendt, 1998, On constitution and causation in International Relations, Review of International Studies, 101-117
• E Adler, 1997, Seizing the Middle Ground: Constructivism in World Politics, European Journal of International Relations, 3, 3, 319-363
• Alexander Wendt, 1999, Social Theory of International Politics, capp. 1,  6,  7
• John Gerard Ruggie, 1995, The False Premise of Realism, International Security, 20, 1, 62-70
• Daniel H Deudney, 1995, The Philadelphian System: Sovereignty,  Arms Control,  and Balance of Power in the American States, International Organization, 49, 2, 191-228
• Robert O Keohane,  Lisa L Martin, 1995, The Promise of Institutionalist Theory, International Security, 20, 1, 39-51
• C Brown, 1997, Theories of International Justice, British Journal of Political Science, 27, 273-297
• Alexander Wendt, 2003, Why a World State is Inevitable, European Journal of International Relations, 9, 4, 491-542

 

La società internazionale

• G. John Ikenberry, 2001, After Victory: Institutions,  Strategic Restraint and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars, cap. 1,  2,  3
• Pierre Hassner, 1994, Beyond the Three Traditions: The Philosophy of War and Peace in Historical Perspective, International Affairs, 70, 4, 737-756
• Inis Claude, 1966, Collective Legitimization as a Political Function of the United Nations, International Organization, 20, 3, 367-379
• M Howard, 1977, Ethics and Power in International Policy: The Third Martin Wight Memorial Lecture, International Affairs, 53, 3, 364-376
• Ian Hurd, 1999, Legitimacy and Authority in International Politics, International Organization, 53, 2, 379-408
• Ian Clark, 2003, Legitimacy in a Global Order, Review of International Studies, 29, 1, 75-97
• D Yost, 1979, New Perspectives on Historical States-Systems, World Politics, 32, 1, 151-168
• Hedley Bull, 1979, Recapturing the Just War for Political Theory, World Politics, 31, 4, 588-599
• Richard K Betts, 1992, Systems for Peace or Causes of War? Collective Security,  Arms Control,  and the New Europe, International Security, 17, 1, 5-43
• R Stromberg, 1956, The Idea of Collective Security, Journal of the History of Ideas, 17, 2, 250-263
• Hendrik Spruyt, 2002, The Origins,  Development and Possible Decline of the Modern State, Annual Review of Political Science, 5, 1, 127-149
• Charles A Kupchan,  Clifford A Kupchan, 1995, The Promise of Collective Security, International Security, 20, 1, 52-61
• Jeffrey L Legro, 2000, The Transformation of Policy Ideas, American Journal of Political Science, 44, 3, 419-432
• C Brown, 1997, Theories of International Justice, British Journal of Political Science, 27, 273-297
• Sidney Tarrow, 2001, Transnational Politics: Contention and Institutions in International Politics, Annual Review of Political Science, 4, 1-20

 

Economia e politica

• Charles Lipson, 1984, International Cooperation in Economic and Security Affairs, International Organization, 37, 1, 1-23
• H Milner, 1998, International Political Economy: Beyond Hegemonic Stability, Foreign Policy, 110, 112-123
• John Gerard Ruggie, 1982, International Regimes,  Transactions,  and Change: Embedded Liberalism in the Postwar Economic Order, International Organization, 36, 2, 379-415
• Carl Kaysen, 1990, Is War Obsolete?: A Review Essay, International Security, 14, 4, 42-64
• Robert O Keohane,  Joseph S Nye Jr, 1977, Power and Interdependence. World Politics in Transition, cap. 2
• Ronald Findlay,  Kevin H. O'Rourke, 2007, Power and Plenty, passim
• J Viner, 1948, Power Versus Plenty as Objectives of Foreign Policy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, World Politics, 1, 1, 1-29
• Edward L Morse, 1970, The Transformation of Foreign Policies: Modernization,  Interdependence and Externalization, World Politics, 22, 3, 371-392

 

Commercio e guerra

• Joanne Gowa, 1989, Bipolarity,  Multipolarity,  and Free Trade, The American Political Science Review, 83, 4, 1245-1256
• Brian M Pollins, 1989, Does Trade Still Follow the Flag?, The American Political Science Review, 83, 2, 465-480
• P Papayoanou, 1997, Economic Interdependence and the Balance of Power, International Studies Quarterly, 41, 1, 113-140
• Michael Mastanduno, 1998, Economics and Security in Statecraft and Scholarship, International Organization, 52, 4, 825-854
• Michael Mousseau,  H Hegre,  John Oneal, 2003, How the Wealth of Nations Conditions the Liberal Peace, European Journal of International Relations, 9, 2, 277-314
• Susan M McMillan, 1997, Interdependence and Conflict, Mershon International Studies Review, 41, 1, 33-58
• David Rowe, 2005, The Tragedy of Liberalism How Globalization Caused the First World War, Security Studies, 14, 3, 407-447
• Richard Rosecrance,  Peter Thompson, 2003, Trade,  Foreign Investment and Security, Annual Review of Political Science, 6, 1, 377-398
• Jack S Levy,  Katherine  Barbieri, 2004, Trading with the Enemy During Wartime, Security Studies, 13, 3, 1-47
• Peter Liberman, 1996, Trading with the Enemy: Security and Relative Economic Gains, International Security, 21, 1, 147-175

 

La globalizzazione

• Johan Galtung, 1971, A Structural Theory of Imperialism, Journal of Peace Research, 8, 2, 81-117
• Ian Clark, 1998, Beyond the Great Divide: globalization and the theory of international relations, Review of International Studies, 24, 479-498
• David Held, 2003, Cosmopolitanism: Globalization Tamed?, Review of International Studies, 29, 4, 465-480
• James A Caporaso, 1978, Dependence,  Dependency,  and Power in the Global System: A Structural and Behavioral Analysis, International Organization, 32, 1, 13-43
• Suzanne Berger, 2000, Globalization and Politics, Annual Review of Political Science, 3, 43-62
• Robert O Keohane,  Joseph S Nye Jr, 2000, Globalization: What's New? What's Not? (And So What?), Foreign Policy, spr., 104-119
• Christopher Chase-Dunn, 1981, Interstate System and Capitalist World-Economy: One Logic or Two?, International Studies Quarterly, 25, 1, 19-42
• S Strange, 1992, States,  Firms and Diplomacy, International Affairs , 68, 1, 1-15
• I Wallerstein, 1974, The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis, Comparative Studies in Society and History, 16, 4, 387-415
• Richard Rosecrance, 1996, The Rise of the Virtual State, Foreign Affairs, 75, 4, 45-61
• Helen V Milner,  Keiko Kubota, 2005, Why the Move to Free Trade? Democracy and Trade Policy in the Developing Countries, International Organization, 59, 1, 107-143
• Martin Wolf, 2001, Will the Nation-State Survive Globalization?, Foreign Affairs, 80, 1, 178-190
• Christopher Chase-Dunn,  P Grimes, 1995, World-Systems Analysis, Annual Review of Sociology, 21, 387-417

 

Le preferenze interne

• G. John Ikenberry, 1988, Conclusion: An Institutional Approach to American Foreign Economic Policy, International Organization, 42, 1, 219-243
• James D Fearon, 1994, Domestic Political Audiences and the Escalation of International Disputes, The American Political Science Review, 88, 3, 577-592
• James D Fearon, 1998, Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy and Theories of International Relations, Annual Review of Political Science, 1, 289-313
• Judith Goldstein, 1988, Ideas,  Institutions and American Trade Policy, International Organization, 42, 1, 179-217
• Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, 2004, International Governance as New Raison d'État? the Case of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Journal of International Relations, 10, 2, 147-188
• Peter Gourevitch, 1977, International Trade,  Domestic Coalitions,  and Liberty: Comparative Responses to the Crisis of 1873-1896, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 8, 2, 281-313
• Jeffrey A Frieden, 1991, Invested interests: the politics of national economic policies in a world of global finance, International Organization, 45, 4, 425-451
• Ronald Rogowski, 1987, Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Trade, The American Political Science Review, 81, 4, 1121-1137
• Mark R Brawley, 1993, Regime Types,  Markets and War: The Importance of Pervasive Rents in Foreign Policy, Comparative Political Studies, 26, 2, 178-197
• Peter Gourevitch, 1994, The Second Image Reversed: The International Sources of Domestic Politics, International Organization, 32, 4, 881-912
• Michael Mastanduno,  David A Lake,  G. John Ikenberry, 1989, Toward a Realist Theory of State Action, International Studies Quarterly, 33, 4, 457-474
• Helen V Milner, 1988, Trading Places: Industries for Free Trade, World Politics, 40, 3, 350-376

 

La pace democratica

• John Oneal,  Bruce Russett, 2001, Clear and Clean: The Fixed Effects of the Liberal Peace, International Organization, 55, 2, 469-485
• J Pevehouse,  Bruce Russett, 2006, Democratic International Governmental Organizations Promote Peace, International Organization, 60, 969-1000
• James Lee Ray, 1998, Does Democracy Cause Peace?, Annual Review of Political Science, 1, 27-46
• John M Owen, 1994, How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace, International Security, 19, 2, 87-125
• Christopher Layne, 1994, Kant or Cant: The Myth of the Democratic Peace, International Security, 19, 2, 5-49
• Michael W Doyle, 1986, Liberalism and World Politics, The American Political Science Review, 80, 4, 1151-1169
• Joanne Gowa, 1998, Politics at the Water's Edge: Parties,  Voters,  and the Use of Force Abroad, International Organization, 52, 2, 307-324
• Daniel H Deudney, 2004, Publius Before Kant: Federal-Republican Security and Democratic Peace, European Journal of International Relations, 10, 3, 315-356
• Charles Lipson, 2003, Reliable Partners, cap. 1
• John Oneal,  F. H Oneal,  Z. Maoz,  B. Russett, 1996, The Liberal Peace: Interdependence,  Democracy,  and International Conflict,  1950-85, Journal of Peace Research, 33, 1, 11-28

 

Democrazie e autocrazie

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• Edward D Mansfield,  Jack Snyder, 1995, Democratization and the Danger of War, International Security, 20, 1, 5-28
• J Pickering,  M Peceny, 2006, Forging Democracy at Gunpoint, International Studies Quarterly, 50, 539-559
• E. Mansfield,  H. Milner,  BP Rosendorff, 2000, Free to Trade: Democracies,  Autocracies,  and International Trade, The American Political Science Review, 94, 2, 305-321
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• Bruce Bueno De Mesquita and George Downs, 2006, Intervention and Democracy, International Organization, 60, 627-649
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L'espansionismo

• G Liska, 1963, Continuity and Change in International Systems, World Politics, 16, 1, 118-136
• Theda Skocpol, 1976, France,  Russia,  China: A Structural Analysis of Social Revolutions, Comparative Studies in Society and History, 18, 2, 175-210
• Jeffrey A Frieden, 1994, International Investment and Colonial Control: A New Interpretation, International Organization, 48, 4, 559-593
• Fareed Zakaria, 1992, Realism and Domestic Politics: A Review Essay, International Security, 17, 1, 177-198
• Stephen M Walt, 1996, Revolution and War, World Politics, 44, 3, 321-368
• Myron Weiner, 1971, The Macedonian Syndrome: An Historical Model of International Relations and Political Development, World Politics, 23, 4, 665-683
• Myron Weiner, 1971, The Macedonian Syndrome: An Historical Model of International Relations and Political Development, World Politics, 23, 4, 665-683
• Fareed Zakaria, 1997, The Rise of Illiberal Democracy, Foreign Affairs, 76, 6, 22-43
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• A Motyl, 1999, Why Empires Reemerge: Imperial Collapse and Imperial Revival in Comparative Perspective, Comparative Politics, 31, 2, 127-145

 

L'analisi della politica estera

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• S Smith, 1985, Groupthink and the Hostage Rescue Mission, British Journal of Political Science, 15, 1, 117-123
• M Baum, 2004, How Public Opinion Constrains the Use of Force: The Case of Operation Restore Hope, Presidential Studies Quarterly, 34, 2, 187-226
• Alan Chong, 2007, Lessons in International Communication: Carr,  Angell and Lippmann on human nature,  public opinion and leadership, Review of International Studies, 33, 4, 615-635
• Kalevi J Holsti, 1970, National Role Conceptions in the Study of Foreign Policy, International Studies Quarterly, 14, 3, 233-309
• Robert Jervis, 1976, Perception and Misperception in International Politics, capp. 1,  2,  3,  4
• S Smith, 1984, Policy Preferences and Bureaucratic Position: The Case of the American Hostage Rescue Mission, International Affairs, 61, 1, 9-25
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• Ole R Holsti, 1992, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: Challenges to the Almond-Lippmann Consensus, International Studies Quarterly, 36, 4, 439-466
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• Alexander L George, 1969, "The "Operational Code": A Neglected Approach to the Study of Political Leaders and Decision-Making", International Studies Quarterly, 13, 2, 190-222
• Richard Falkenrath, 2005, The 9/11 Commission Report, International Security, 29, 3, 170-190
• J Valenta, 1979, The Bureaucratic Politics Paradigm and the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, Political Science Quarterly, 94, 1, 55-76
• D. A Welch, 1992, The Organizational Process and Bureaucratic Politics Paradigms: Retrospect and Prospect, International Security, 17, 2, 112-146
• B. J. Bernstein, 2000, Understanding Decisionmaking,  US Foreign Policy,  and the Cuban Missile Crisis: A Review Essay, International Security, 25, 1, 134-164

 

La fine della guerra fredda

• John J Mearsheimer, 1990, Back to the Future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War, International Security, 15, 1, 5-56
• S Kobrin, 1998, Back to the Future: Neomedievalism and the Postmodern Digital World Economy., Journal of International Affairs, 51, 2, 361-386
• Bruce Russett,  John Oneal,  Michael Cox, 2000, Clash of Civilizations,  or Realism and Liberalism Deja Vu? Some Evidence, Journal of Peace Research, 37, 5, 583-608
• John Lewis Gaddis, 1992, International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War, International Security, 17, 3, 5-58
• Benjamin R Barber, 1992, Jihad vs. McWorld, The Atlantic Monthly, 269, 3, 53-65
• G Sorensen, 2006, Liberalism of Restraint and Liberalism of Imposition: Liberal Values and World Order in the New Millennium, International Relations, 20, 3, 251-272
• Jessica T Mathews, 1997, Power Shift, Foreign Affairs, 76, 1, 50-66
• Stephen van Evera, 1990, Primed for Peace: Europe after the Cold War, International Security, 15, 3, 7-57
• F Fukuyama, 1995, Reflections on the End of History,  Five Years Later, History and Theory, 34, 2, 27-43
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• Lawrence Freedman, 2006, The age of liberal wars, Review of International Studies, 31, 1, 93-107
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• Kenneth N Waltz, 1993, The Emerging Structure of International Politics, International Security, 18, 2, 44-79
• John Lewis Gaddis, 1986, The Long Peace: Elements of Stability in the Postwar International System, International Security, 10, 4, 99-142
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Il potere americano

• G. John Ikenberry, 2002, America's Imperial Ambition, Foreign Affairs, 81, 5, 44-60
• Michael Desch, 2008, America's Liberal Illiberalism: The Ideological Origins of Overreaction in U.S. Foreign Policy, International Security, 32, 3, 1-43
• John J Mearsheimer,  Stephen M. Walt, 2003, An Unnecessary War, Foreign Policy, jan., 51-59
• Michael Mastanduno, 1997, Preserving the Unipolar Moment: Realist Theories and US Grand Strategy after the Cold War, International Security, 21, 4, 49-88
• Robert A Pape, 2005, Soft Balancing against the United States, International Security, 30, 1, 7-45
• T. V Paul, 2005, Soft Balancing in the Age of U.S. Primacy, International Security, 30, 1, 46-71
• Stephen M Walt, 2005, Taming American Power: The Global Response to US Primacy, Foreign Affairs, 84, 5, 105-120
• Joseph S Nye Jr, 2004, The Decline of America's Soft Power: Why Washington Should Worry, Foreign Affairs, 83, 4, 16-20
• Aaron L Friedberg, 2005, The Future of U.S.-China Relations: Is Conflict Inevitable?, International Security, 30, 2, 1-45

 

Teaching methods

20 classes of 2 hrs each, twice a week.

Assessment methods

The exam will consist of a written test of 10 questions and of a literature review on one of the topic of the course, which should be handled to the teacher at least a week before the exam. The literature review might be discussed during the exam and be evaluated a one third of the exam.

Students attending classes can choose to devide their writen exam into two intermediate tests to be undertaken during the course. They are also allowed to repeate one of these tests at the first winter session of exams.

Teaching tools

Power point

Office hours

See the website of Sonia Lucarelli