06915 - International Politics (G.A)

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8050)

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to achieve advanced knowledge of the main contemporary theories of international relations (realism, liberalism, constructivism). At the end of the course, students will command the most important debates within the IR literature, and will have developed the analytical skills necessary to understand the functioning of the contemporary international system.

Course contents

The course is divided into two sections: an historical introduction on the evolution of the international system, which requires the reading ofPaul Kennedy, 1987, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Random House, and a review of the theoretical literature, which focuses on Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011 as well as a series of articles.

1) Introduction
- Jack Snyder, 2004, One World, Rival Theories, Foreign Policy, nov., 52-62
- Martin Wight, 1960, Why is there no International Theory?, International Relations, 2, 1, 35-48
- Robert Jervis, 2002, Theories of War in an Era of Leading-Power Peace, The American Political Science Review, 96, 1, 1-14

2) Classical realism
- Gianni Dessì, Reinhold Niebuhr: l'etica del realismo,in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
- Francesco Raschi, Raymond Aron: la sociologia delle relazioni internazionali, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
- Michele Chiaruzzi, Edward H. Carr: utopia e realtà in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.

3) Balance of power
- Lorenzo Zambernardi, Hans Morgenthau: la politica di potenza, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
- Marco Clementi, Kenneth Waltz: l'anarchia della politica di potenza, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
- Angelo Panebianco, George Liska: la rivincita della storia, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.

4) Hegemony
- Robert Gilpin, 1988, The Theory of Hegemonic War, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18, 4, 591-613
- William C. Wohlforth, 1999, The Stability of a Unipolar World, International Security, 24, 1, 5-41
- George Modelski, 1978, The Long Cycle of Global Politics and the Nation-State, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 214-235.

5) Causes of wars
- James Fearon, 1995, Rationalist Explanations for War, International Organization, 49 (Summer), 379-414.
- Jack Levy, 1988, The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace. American Review of Political Science, vol. 1 pp. 139-165
- Carl Kaysen, 1990, Is War Obsolete?: A Review Essay, International Security, 14, 4, 42-64

6) Liberalism and institutions
- Francesco Raschi, Norman Angell: il liberalismo e la pace, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
Filippo Andreatta, Inis Claude: le soluzioni istituzionali, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
G. John Ikenberry, 1998, Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Persistence of American Postwar Order, International Security, 23, 3, 43-78

7) Democratic and capitalist peace
- Michael W. Doyle, 1983, Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs, Part 1 & 2, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 12, 3, 4, 205-235, 323-353
- Eugenia Baroncelli, Bruce Russett e John Oneal: la teoria neokantiana della pace perpetua, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
- Erik Gartzke, 2007, The Capitalist Peace, “American Journal of Political Science”, 51, 1, pp. 166-191;

8) Constructivism, civilizations and the society of states
- Lorenzo Zambernardi, Alexander Wendt: la costruzione sociale delle relazioni internazionali, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
- Emanuele Castelli, Samuel P. Huntington: alle radici dello scontro di civiltà, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
- Michele Chiaruzzi, Hedley Bull: la ricerca dell'ordine internazionale, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
- Brunello Vigezzi, Hedley Bull e Adam Watson: la globalizzazione del sistema degli stati, in F. Andreatta (a cura di), Le grandi opere delle relazioni internazionali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.

9) International cooperation
- Joseph M. Grieco, 1988, Anarchy and the limits of cooperation: a realist critique of the newest liberal institutionalism, International Organization, 42, 3, 485-507
- Robert Axelrod, Robert O. Keohane, 1985, Achieving Cooperation under Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions, World Politics, 38, 1, 226-254
- Robert Jervis, 1978, Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma, World Politics, 30, 2, 167-214

10) Economics and politics
- Helen Milner, 1998, International Political Economy: Beyond Hegemonic Stability, Foreign Policy, 110, 112-123
- Johan Galtung, 1971, A Structural Theory of Imperialism, Journal of Peace Research, 8, 2, 81-117
- Stephen D. Krasner, 1976, State Power and the Structure of International Trade, World Politics, 28, 3, 317-34

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