Academic Year 2018/2019
- Docente: Davide Fiammenghi
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Interdisciplinary research and studies on Eastern Europe (cod. 8049)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Politics and Markets (cod. 9226)
Course contents
The course is specifically designed for students who are majoring in "International Poltics and Markets" and are taking "Politics of the World Economy" the next semester. The course will break down the main theories in IR, and link those theories to the main scholarly traditions in international political economy; it will also give a quick introduction to game theory and how it applies to the study of international affairs.
Our experience suggests that most students who are attending "Politics of the World Economy" lack basic knowledge of IR and game theory; hence, they are strongly encouraged to take this introductory course. Note, however, that the course is open to anyone having an interest in international affairs, theories of international relations, and the interplay between economics and political affairs at the international level.
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)
- Deterrence and the spiral model (Jervis)
- Signaling intentions (Kydd)
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)
VI. LIBERAL THEORIES (I)
Economic Interdependence (Keohane and Nye)
Neoliberal Institutionalism (Keohane)
Neo-Neo Debate
VII LIBERAL THEORIES (II)
Democratic Peace Theory (Babst; Doyle; Russett and O'Neal)
Critiques to the Democratic Peace Theory
- Spurious correlation
- Other criticisms
VIII. ENGLISH SCHOOL AND CONSTRUCTIVISM
II Great Debate
Bull
III Great Debate (or IV-V, depending how you see things)
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)
Trade openness and corporatism (Katzenstein)
Embedded Liberalism (Ruggie)
X. RATIONALIST EXPLANATIONS FOR WAR (in a rather simplified version, and provided there is enough time left)
Teaching methods
Conventional lectures.
Assessment methods
Because the course is meant to give students a background useful for attending other, more advanced classes, there is no examination at the end of the course.
Teaching tools
Power-point presentations.
Office hours
See the website of Davide Fiammenghi