Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak

Kar

Társadalomtudományi Kar

Szervezet

TÁTK Nemzetközi és Európai Tanulmányok Tanszék

Kód

IRB114

Cím

International Relations seminar

Tervezett félév

Tavaszi

Meghirdetve

2023/24/2

ECTS

5

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

International Relations seminar (IRB- 114-6) Course syllabus, Spring 2024 Instructor: Bertalan Bordás, Assistant Professor (based on the syllabi of Ákos Kopper, Áron Tábor, and Kinga Soós) Annotation The aim of the seminar is to complement the material and lectures studied on IRB-111, and provide a panoramic yet thorough overview on the Theory of International Relations. The course aims to provide therefore the necessary skills for the students to navigate themselves in the coming semester over the various schools and theories of International Relations. The seminar work – as intended by its Humboldtian origins – strives to provide knowledge over the tasks of group work, projects, papers, discussions, and presentations.

Tantárgy tartalma

Content of the course: The main goal of the seminar on the theory of international relations is to process and supplement the knowledge acquired in a passive form in a lecture with a similar title in an active, applied form. During the semester, students work on topics related to the schools they learned during the lecture, analyzing their work related to those schools but also well illustrating the practical implications of the theories. Students also give group presentations, in which they apply the basics of a theoretical school in practice with the help of a free- choice case study. The main task of the semester is to get to know the theoretical framework described in the lecture in more detail, to practice their application in an interactive form. In the analysis of the debates that accompany and determine the development of the theory of international relations, it is important for the student to be able to identify the most basic elements of reasoning and the development of reacting positions. There will also be a strong emphasis on the proper interpretation and use of concepts during the seminar.

Számonkérés és értékelés

Therefore, the requirements are: (1.) mid-term and (2.) end-of-year short (multiple-choice + short essay) exams; and (3.) 20-25-minute-long presentations on a chosen topic. The objective of the seminar is to familiarize the participants of how to access information from world politics, how to make sense of it all and how to position their mind with the help of the analytical toolkit developed and the theories covered throughout the semester. Each student is expected to: show up for our classes (except 3 occasions – in accordance with the absence policy of the university), prepare a 20-25 minute long presentation on a relevant topic found in our syllabus, – group presentations are also encouraged, prepare questions for group discussion, based on the readings provided for each class (i.e. seminar activity), write the aforementioned annual exams: mid-term and end of the semester.

Irodalomjegyzék

Viotti and Kauppi, International Relations Theory 5th Edition.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjjpJru1d38AhUEpIsKHSyCBawQFnoECAgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fedisciplinas.usp.br%2Fpluginfile.php%2F5526025%2Fmod_folder%2Fcontent%2F0%2FViotti%2520and%2520Kauppi%252C%2520International%2520Relations%2520Theory%25205th%2520Edition.pdf%3Fforcedownload%3D1&usg=AOvVaw0pDuFn4V4RDpL_fAW9S_zJ Zalewski, Marysia: Itt van ez a sok elmélet, a holtak meg csak tornyozódnak. - elmélet, kutatók és paradigmák. in: Szűcs Anita (szerk.): Nemzetközi politikai viszonyok (Szöveggyűjtemény). Budapest: Corvinus Kiadó, 2016. 24-32. Hobbes on the Natural Condition of Mankind https://escholarship.org/content/qt089437ct/qt089437ct_noSplash_a19ed8f8e33e12fefdda024a583a4665.pdf John J. Mearsheimer, "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault." Foreign Affairs, Vol. 93 № 5 (September/October 2014), pp. 1-12. Adewunmi Falode. The Theoretical Foundation of Realism. 2009. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228277628_The_Theoretical_Foundation_of_Realism Idealist Internationalism and the security dilemma. World Politics, Vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 157-180. Kőváriné Ignáth Éva: „A demokratikus béke koncepciója az új nemzetközi rendszerben.” in: 60 éves a Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetem: A Jubileumi Tudományos Konferencia alkalmából készült tanulmányok. Budapest: Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, 2008. Michael W. Doyle. Liberalism and World Politics. American Political Science Review, Vol. 80, №. 4, 1986, pp. 1151-1169. https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/5475241/mod_resource/content/2/Michael%20Doyle%201986.pdf Burchill, Scott et al. (ed..), 2005, Theories of International Relations 3rd edition, London: Palgrave.https://professorbellreadings.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/scott_burchill_et-al-_theories_of_intern.pdf Romsics Gergely: „Az amerikai hegemonikus rend teorizálása a kilencvenes évek realista-liberális szintézisében”. MKI Tanulmányok T-2010/23(2010). David Baldwin, Neorealism and neoliberalism and world politics. 1993. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjcr8Oki978AhUhmIsKHYbnA0IQFnoECBkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fedisciplinas.usp.br%2Fpluginfile.php%2F4399723%2Fmod_folder%2Fcontent%2F0%2FBaldwin%2520%25281993%2529.pdf%3Fforcedownload%3D1&usg=AOvVaw0DL5yM8bIzh8YjfSbGlPZY Viotti and Kauppi, International Relations Theory 5th Edition. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjjpJru1d38AhUEpIsKHSyCBawQFnoECAgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fedisciplinas.usp.br%2Fpluginfile.php%2F5526025%2Fmod_folder%2Fcontent%2F0%2FViotti%2520and%2520Kauppi%252C%2520International%2520Relations%2520Theory%25205th%2520Edition.pdf%3Fforcedownload%3D1&usg=AOvVaw0pDuFn4V4RDpL_fAW9S_zJ John J. Mearsheimer, (1994). The False Promise of International Institutions. International Security, Vol. 19, No. 3, 5-49. Robert Gilpin: Nemzetközi politikai gazdaságtan (BUCIPE 2004) 15. fejezet.; Arrighi, Giovanni -Silver, Beverly J.: A Polányi-féle „kettős mozgás": A-brit és az amerikai hegemónia Belle Époque-jainak összehasonlítása. Fordulat, 2008. (új folyam) 1 (1): 38-66. J Frieden. International Political Economy. https://oconnell.fas.harvard.edu/files/jfrieden/files/stateofdiscipline.pdf Robert O. Keohane (2009) The old IPE and the new, Review of International Political Economy, 16:1, 34-46. Susan Strange (1994). “Rethinking Structural Change in the International Political Economy: States, Firms, and Diplomacy.” In Political Economy and the Changing Global Order, edited by Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 103–115. Szálkai Kinga: Transznacionális terrorizmus a nemzetközi kapcsolatok elméletében: külpolitikai válaszok és válaszlehetőségek az al-Káida és az „Iszlám Állam" tevékenységére. Nemzet és Biztonság 2016/1. szám 19-39. Burchill, Scott et al. (ed..), 2005, Theories of International Relations 3rd edition, London: Palgrave.https://professorbellreadings.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/scott_burchill_et-al-_theories_of_intern.pdf Jeffrey T. Checkel (1998): The Constructivist Turn in International Relations Theory (Review Article). World Politics, 50: 2, 324-48. Jenny Edkins (1999) Post-structuralism and IR: Bringing the Political Back ln. 1-20. Bonny Norton And Brian Morgan. 2012. Poststructuralism. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288854478_Poststructuralism Walker, RBJ (2006): Lines of Insecurity: International, Imperial, Exceptional. Security Dialogue 37(1):65-82. Marysia Zalewski, 'Feminist International Relations: Making Sense ... ,' in Gender Matters in Global Politics. A feminist introduction to International Relations, ed. Laura J. Shepherd (Abingdon: Routledge, 2010), 28-43. Burchill, Scott et al. (ed..), 2005, Theories of International Relations 3rd edition, London: Palgrave.https://professorbellreadings.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/scott_burchill_et-al-_theories_of_intern.pdf Zalewski, M. (1993) ‘Feminist Standpoint Theory Meets International Relations Theory’, The Fletcher Forum for World Affairs, 75(1). pp. 13-32. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45288849.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A146ab918759f1b228dee2b7baa02c7b9&ab_segments=&origin=&acceptTC=1 Christine Sylvester (1994): Contestations and el(l)e-phants. in Feminist Theory and International Relations in a Postmodern Era. Cambridge, CUP. 1-19. Burchill, Scott et al. (ed..), 2005, Theories of International Relations 3rd edition, London: Palgrave.https://professorbellreadings.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/scott_burchill_et-al-_theories_of_intern.pdf Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval. Positivism, Postmodernism, or Critical Theory? A Case Study of Communications Students’ Understandings of Criticism. Journal For Critical Education Policy Studies, 6, (2). 112-141. http://www.jceps.com/wp-content/uploads/PDFs/6-2-07.pdf Burchill, Scott et al. (ed..), 2005, Theories of International Relations 3rd edition, London: Palgrave.https://professorbellreadings.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/scott_burchill_et-al-_theories_of_intern.pdf Oran R. Young. (1989) The Politics of International Regime Formation: Managing Natural Resources and the Environment. International Organization. Vol. 43, № 3. pp. 349-375. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2706651.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A5dac27090e319fc14b3f79e54e5103f4&ab_segments=&origin= Wohlforth, William (2011). “No One Loves a Realist Explanation.” International Politics 48 (4/5) (July/Sept 2011), pp. 441-459. Nau, Henry (2011). “Ideas Have Consequences: The Cold War and Today.” International Politics 48 (4/5) (July/Sept 2011), pp. 460-481.

Ajánlott irodalom

Schedule/topics and mandatory readings Introduction, annotation, course overview, discussion of requirements. (15 February) Theories – and how IR can be utilised? (22 February) Burchill, Scott & Linklater, Andrew: Introduction. In: Burchill, Scott & Linklater, Andrew (eds.): Theories of International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. pp. 1-28. Zalewski, Marysia. “All these theories yet the bodies keep piling up”: theories, theorists, theorizing (In: Smith et al. (eds.): International Theory: Positivism and Beyond, Cambridge University Press, 1996, chapter 18, pp. 340-354). Liberalism (29 February) Doyle, Michael: Liberal Peace: Selected Essays. Abingdon: Routledge, 2012. pp 61-80. Realism (7 March) Korab-Karpowicz, W. J.: ‘Political Realism in International Relations.’ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2023. (online) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/realism-intl-relations/ Mearsheimer, J.J.: ‘Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault.’, Foreign Affairs, vol. 93. no. 5., pp. 1-12. Smith, Nicholas Ross, Grant Dawson, 2022. “Mearsheimer, Realism, and the Ukraine War,” Analyse & Kritik: Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory, 44(2): 175–200. Neorealism and Neoliberalism (14 March) Keohane, Robert O. and Martin, Lisa L. “The promise of institutionalist theory.” International Security 20(1), 1995, pp. 39-51. Jervis, Robert. “Realism, Neoliberalism, and Cooperation: Understanding the Debate.” International Security 24(1), 1999, pp. 42-63. Political Economy (21 March) Marlin-Bennet, Renée & Johnson, David K.: International Political Economy: Overview and Conceptualization. Oxford Research Encyclopedias, International Studies. (Mid-term on the lecture before) Spring break Constructivism (4 April) Weldes, Jutta. “Constructing National Interests.” European Journal of International Relations 2(3), 1996, pp. 275-318. Reus-Smit, Christian. “International Relations Theory Doesn’t Understand Culture.” Foreign Policy (online), March, 2019. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/21/international-relations-theory-doesnt-understand-culture/ The English School (11 April) Linklater, Andrew: The English School. In: Burchill, Scott – Linklater, Andrew (eds.): Theories of International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. p. 84-109. Marxism (18 April) Linklater, Andrew: Marxism. In: Burchill, Scott & Linklater, Andrew (eds.): Theories of International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Post-structuralism (25 April) Shepherd, L.J. (2015), 'Constructing Civil Society: Gender, Power and Legitimacy in United NationsPeace-building Discourse', European Journal of International Relations, 21: 887-891. Wendt, Alexander, 1987. “Anarchy is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics,” International Organization, 46: 391–425. Postcolonialism (2 May) Böröcz, J. & Sarkar, M. (2012) Colonialism. In Anheier, H. K.; Juergensmeyer, M. & Faessel, V. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, SAGE Reference Online. Web. 22 Mar. 2012. https://www.academia.edu/1485352/Colonialism Feminism (9 May) Zalewski, Marysia: Feminist International relations: Making Sense… In: Shepherd, Laura J. (ed.): Gender Matters In Global Politics. A feminist introduction to International Relations. 2014. pp. 28-43. Final exam + Remaining presentations (16 May)

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