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| ECON0898-1 | Contemporary International Relations | ||||||||
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| Duration : | 30h Th | ||||||||
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| Holder(s) : | Michel Hermans | ||||||||
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| Course contents : | Plan introduction 1 Selecting an analysis technique 2 Analysed period of time 3 The 4 elements in the analysis of the international relations Part I Problematic of Inter relations - Political analysis 1. International relations factors 2. International relations forces 3. Relations between independant states : political systems and means (pole systems war : defence economy and states domination - East-West tension, peace, free trade and economic domination North-South tensions, new International order) Part II Diplomatic history : milestones of contemporary international relations 1. Summary of Internationales Relations from the Middle Ages until 1945 2. Milestones of Contempory Internationales Relations -1948 to 1973 : EAST-West Confrontation 1973 to 1986 : trnasistion period : economic crisis and development of multipolarization of IR; North-South opposition; West-West commercial and technological conflict; stagnation of the Detente; from 1986 to 1991 : the end of the East-West confrontations Gorbatchev comes into power in the USSR in 1986; collapse of communism A new definition of International Relations : towards a new international order or how difficult it hes been to find a new world balance since 1991. Part III Cas study research by the students | ||||||||
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| Course objective : | Need to master relations between States (main actors of international relations) to understand economic developments | ||||||||
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| Prerequisites : | ECO 426 Introduction to Economics ECO 425 Macroéconomics ECO 418 Economic Policy ECO 322 IInternational Relations Organizations | ||||||||
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| Organization : | Course based on a theoretical presentation of the international relations theory and the anlysis of a few recent real-life cases. | ||||||||
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| Written notes : | - Annuaire statistique de l'O.N.U. - Rapports de la Banque Mondiale. - Rapports du F.M.I. - Rapports du P.N.U.D. - Rapports de l'O.M.C. - Eurostat. - Bilans économique et social du Monde. - Dossiers et Documents du Monde. - Etats du Monde. - Le Monde Diplomatique. - Manière de voir du Monde Diplomatique. - Courrier International. - The Economist. | ||||||||
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| Assessment : | 1st session assessment : oral examination based on knowledge and a case study commented on the basis of the theory 2nd session assessment : idem prolonged 2nd session assessment : idem | ||||||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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