- Docente: Filippo Andreatta
- Crediti formativi: 8
- SSD: SPS/04
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Relazioni internazionali (cod. 8782)
Contenuti
The course will analyze world politics with special reference to
the role Europe in the international system. The first part will
deal with theoretical interpretations of world politics, with
particular attention to the main schools of thought: realism,
liberalism and constructivism. The second part will deal with
Europe's historical role in world politics, from its age of
dominance (1500-1945) to the present (1945-2014).
Testi/Bibliografia
Required reading:
Kennedy P. (1987) The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, New York:
Random House, trad. it.: Ascesa e declino delle grandi potenze,
Garzanti: Milano, 1989.
Reading list (items marked with an asterisk (*) are reuired)
Part I
1. General explanations
*Snyder, J. (2004) «One World, Rival Theories», Foreign Policy,
145, pp. 52-62.
*Jervis, R. (2002) «Theories of War in an Era of Leading-Power
Peace», American Political Science Review, 96 (1), pp. 1-14.
Bowles, S. (2008) «Conflict: Altruism Midwife», Nature, (456), pp.
326-327.
Levy, J. S. e Thompson, W. R. (2010) Causes of War, Chichester:
Wiley-Blackwell.
Pinker, S. (2011) The better angels of our nature. Why violence has
declined, New York, Viking, Trad. it. Il declino della violenza,
Milano: Mondadori, 2013, [capp. 1-6].
2. Realist explanatios
*Gilpin, R. (1988) «The Theory of Hegemonic War» Journal of
Interdisciplinary History, 18 (4), pp. 591-613.
*Waltz, K. (1988) «The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory»,
Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18 (4) pp. 615-628.
*Jervis, R. (1978) «Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma», World
Politics, 30 (2), pp. 167-214.
Waltz, K. (2000) Structural Realism after the Cold War,
International Security, 25 (1), pp. 5-41.
Mearsheimer, J. (2001) The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New
York: W.W. Norton, Trad. it. La logica di potenza. L'America, le
guerre, il controllo del mondo, Milano: Bocconi, 2008, [capp.
1-4].
Luttwak E. (1999) «Give War a Chance», Foreign Affairs, 78 (4), pp.
36-44.
Andreatta, F. (2008) «Leadership ed egemonia nel sistema
internazionale. Un'analisi storica con un'occhiata al futuro»,
Equilibri, 12 (3), pp. 387-406.
3. Liberal explanations
*Russet, B. and O'Neale, J. (2001) Triangulating Peace. Democracy,
Interdependence and International Organizations, New York: W. W.
Norton, [cap. 1].
*Gartzke, E. (2008) «The Capitalist Peace», American Journal of
Political Science, 51 (1), pp. 166-191.
*Ikenberry, J. (1998) Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the
Persistence of American Postwar Order, International Security, 23
(3), pp. 43-78.
Fearon, J. (1995) «Rationalist Explanations for War», International
Organization, 49 (3), pp. 379-414.
Keohane, R. (1988) «International Institutions: Two Approaches»,
International Studies QUarterly, 32 (4), pp. 379-396.
Axelrod, R. and Keohane, R. (1985) «Achieving Cooperation under
Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions», World Politics, 38 (1), pp.
226-254.
Kaysen, C. (1990) «Is War Obsolete?: A Review Essay», International
Security, 14 (4) pp. 42-64.
Chua, A. (2007) Day of Empire. How Hyperpowers Rise to Global
Dominance, and How They Fall, New York: Doubleday.
Andreatta, F. and Koenig-Archibugi, M. (2001) «L'orizzonte della
cooperazione. La controversia sui vantaggi relativi nelle relazioni
internazionali», Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 31 (2), pp.
235-276.
4. Alternative explanations
*Jervis, R. (1988) «War and Misperception», Journal of
Interdisciplinary History, 18 (4), pp. 675-700.
*Allison, G. (1969) «Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile
Crisis», The American Political Science Review, 63 (3), pp.
689-718.
*Wendt, A. (1992) «Anarchy is what states make of it: the social
construction of power politics», International Organization, 46
(2), pp. 391-425.
*Wight, M. (1987) «An anatomy of International Thought», Review of
International Studies, 13, 221-227.
Howard, M. (2001) The Invention of Peace. Reflections on Peace and
International Order, London: Profile Books, trad. it. L'invenzione
della pace: guerra e relazioni internazionali, Bologna: Il Mulino,
2002.
North, D., Wallis, J. e Weingast, B. (2009) «Violence and the Rise
of Open-Access Orders», Journal of Democracy, 20 (1), pp.
55-68.
Olson Jr, M. (1993) «Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development»,
American Political Science Review, 87 (3), pp. 567-576.
Jervis, R. (1997) «Complexity and the Analysis of Political and
Social Life», Political Science Quarterly, 112 (4), pp.
569-593.
Huntington, S. (1993) «The Clash of Civilizations?», Foreign
Affairs, 72 (3), pp. 22-49.
Fioretos, O. (2011) Historical Institutionalism in International
Relations, International Organization, 65 (2), pp. 367-399.
PART II: Europe's Role in the World
Downing, B. (1989) «Medieval Origins of Constitutional Government
in the West», Theory and Society, 18 (2), pp. 213-247.
Abernethy, D. B. (2000) The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European
Overseas Empires (1415-1980), New Haven: Yale University
Press.
Cohen, B. J. (1973) The question of imperialism. The political
economy of dominance and dependence, New York: Basic Books.
Cipolla, C. M. (1965) Guns and Sails in the Early Phase of European
Expansion, London: Collins and Sons; trad. it. Vele e cannoni,
Bologna: Il Mulino, 1983.
Findlay, R. and O'Rourke, K. (2007) Power and Plenty. Trade, War
and the World Economy in the Second Millennium, Princeton:
Princeton University Press.
Allin, D. and Jones, E. (2012) Weary Policeman. American Power in
an Age of Austerity, Adelphi Papers, (52: 430-431) London:
International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Giegerich, B. (ed.) (2010) Europe and Global Security, Adelphi
Papers (50: 414-415), London: International Institute for Strategic
Studies.
Hoslag, J. (2010) Trapped Giant. China's Military Rise, Adelphi
Papers (50: 416), London: International Institute for Strategic
Studies
Further Reading on EU Foreign Policy
Hill, C. and Smith, M. (2011) International Relations and the
European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed.
Krotz , U. and Maher, R. (2011) «International Relations Theory and
the Rise of European Foreign and Security Policy» World Politics,
63 (03) pp. 548-579
Rosato, S. (2011) «Europe's Troubles: Power Politics and the State
of the European Project», International Secutiry, 35 (4), pp.
45-86.
Hyde-Price, A. (2006) «'Normative' power Europe: a realist
critique», Journal of European Public Policy, 13 (2), pp.
217-234.
Posen, B. (2006) «European Union Security and Defense Policy:
Response to Unipolarity?» Security Studies, 15 (2), pp.
149-186.
Diez, T. Sletter, S and Alberrt, M. (2006) «The European Union and
Border Conflicts: The Transformative Power of Integration»,
International Organization, 60 (3), pp. 563-593
Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, M. and Verdier, D. (2005) «European
Integration as a Solution to War» European Journal of International
Relations, 11 (1), pp. 99-135.
Maull, H. (2005) «Europe and the New Balance of Global Order»,
International Affairs, 81 (4), pp. 775-799.
Jupille, J., Caporaso, J. and Checkel, J. (2003) «Integrating
Institutions: Rationalism, Constructivism, and the Study of the
European Union», Comparative Political Studies, 36 (1-2), pp.
7-40.
Tsebelis, G. and Garrett, G. (2003) «The Institutional Foundations
of Intergovernmentalism and Supranationalism in the European
Union», International Organization, 55 (2), pp. 357-390.
Parsons, C. (2002) «Showing Ideas as Causes: The Origins of the
European Union», International Organization, 56 (1), pp.
47-84.
Jupille, J. (1999) «The European Union and International Outcomes»,
International Organization, 53 (2), pp. 409-425.
Finnemore, M. and Sikkink, K. (1998) «International Norm Dynamics
and Political Change», International Organization, 52 (4) pp.
887-917.
Art, R. (1996) «Why Western Europe Needs the United States and
NATO», Political Science Quarterly, 111 (1), pp. 1-39.
Rosamond, B. (1995) «Mapping the European Condition: The Theory of
Integration and the Integration of Theory», European Journal of
International Relations, 1 (3), pp. 391-408.
Koenig-Archibugi, M. (2004) «Explaining Government Preerences for
Institutional Change in EU Foreign and Security Policy»,
International Organization, 58 (1), pp. 137-174.
Koenig-Archibugi, M. (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), pp.
147-188.
Gordon, P. (1997) «Europe's Uncommon Foreign Policy», International
Security, 22 (3), 74-100.
Metodi didattici
Twenty two hour classes.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Written examination. Students will be required to answer three
questions out of seve in 45 minutes.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Power point presentations.
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Filippo Andreatta