- Docente: Guido Lenzi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
International Relations (cod. 8782)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Relations (cod. 8782)
Learning outcomes
The course will examine the new requirements that diplomacy must comply with, both at the national and global level, in the present transitional phase of the international relations system: pointing out the radical changes that occurred after the "Cold War" and the public and multilateral diplomatic methods that resulted from it; with special reference to specific crisis situations
Course contents
The course seeks to familiarize students with the diplomatic method and practice, its features and constraints, with special reference to the evolution of its tasks and operational modes, the historical precedents and present contingencies, and the shift from bilateral to multilateral diplomacy.
Lessons will involve students interactively in discussions which, together with possible written papers, will contribute to the result of the final exam.
Readings/Bibliography
a) LENZI, Guido, Internazionalismo Liberale: attori e scenari del mondo globale, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2014.
b) Select two from the following:
ALBRECHT CARRIE’, Diplomatic History of Europe since the Congress of Vienna, Methuen, London, 1961
ANDREATTA, Filippo, Alla ricerca dell’ordine mondiale, Il Mulino, Bologna 2007
BULL, Hedley, The Anarchical Society, Palgrave, London, 2012
BARIE’, Ottavio, Dalla Guerra Fredda alla Grande Crisi, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2013
BELCREDI, Enrico, La Carriera, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2006
DUCCI, Roberto, Le Speranze d’Europa, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2007
FUKUYAMA, Francis, The origins of Political Order, Profile Books, London, 2011
ICKENBERRY, John, Liberal Leviathan
KISSINGER, Henry, Diplomacy, Touchstone, New York, 1995
“ “ World Order, Penguin, New York, 2014
LIEVEN, Anatol and HULSMAN, John, Ethical Realism, Vintage, New York, 2007
NICOLSON, Harold, Diplomacy, Oxford UP, 1945
“ “ The Evolution of the Diplomatic Method, Constable, London, 1954
SERRA, Enrico, La Diplomazia, strumenti e metodi, Le Lettere, Firenze, 2008
c) Suggested additional reading:
ANDREATTA, Filippo, Istituzioni per la pace, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2000
CARR, E.H., What is History, Penguin, New York, 1991
FERRARIS, Luigi Vittorio, Manuale di Politica Estera Italiana, Laterza, Bari,1995
JUDT, Tony, Postwar, Vintage, New York, 2010
MACMILLAN, Margaret, Paris 1919, Random Ho, New York, 2001
MAMMARELLA G e CACACE, P La Politica Estera dell’Italia, Laterza, Bari, 2006
NICOLSON, Harold, Peacemaking 1919, Harcourt Brace, New York, 1965
SAROTTE, Mary Elise, 1989, Princeton UP, 2009
SCHLESINGER, Stephen C., Act of Creation: the founding of the UN, Westview, Cambridge Mass., 2003
WALZER, Michael, Arguing about War, Yale UP, 2004
WHITE, Lawrence, Thirteen days in September, Vintage, New York, 2015
Teaching methods
The course seeks to familiarize students with the diplomatic method and practice, its features and constraints, with special reference to the evolution of its tasks and operational modes, the historical precedents and present contingencies, and the shift from bilateral to multilateral diplomacy.
Lessons will involve students interactively in discussions which, together with possible written papers, will contribute to the result of the final exam.
Assessment methods
Students will undergo a final oral exam, in order to test their knowledge of diplomatic structure and practice. The final assessment will also take into account the degree of participation in class discussions, as well as the written tests and the knowledge of some of the recommended texts.
Office hours
See the website of Guido Lenzi