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| SPOL1203-2 | Introduction to International Relations
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| Duration : | 60h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Sébastian Santander |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Introduction to key notions and features in international relations. We will consider- various theoretical approaches;- the State, territorial space, sovereignty, international organisations;- transnational partners;- the structure of the system, between order and disorder; - the historical development of the international system;- international economic relations;- strategic relations, between conflicts and cooperation. |
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| Course objective : | The course aims at providing students with clues to understand major trends in the contemporary world, among which - major issues in international security- dynamics at work in the globalisation and regionalisation processes- international institutions and organisations- changes in economic relationships both in countries of the North and incountries of the South- multiplication of the number of partners in international relations. |
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| Prerequisites : | Students who wish to take this course have to be able to read and refer to works and periodicals in English. Passive knowledge of english is required. |
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| Workshops : | Students will have readings as well in english as in french. They will get the readings during the year. |
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| Organization : | Ex Cathedra lectures
If the opportunity arises, there will be external interventions.
It is also possible the students will have to follow a couple of conferences related to topics tackled during the course. |
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| Written notes : | The course is based on notes prepared by the responsable of the course and some obligatory readings given during the course.Obligatory reading for 2010-2011:
François Heisbourg, Les conséquences stratégiques de la crise, Paris, Odile Jacob 2010, 191 pages.
Recommended reading:
Thierry de Montrial et Philippe Morreau Defarges, Ramses 2008, Paris, ifri, Dunod, 2007.
Diane Ethier, Introduction aux relations internationales, Montréal, Presse universitaire de Montréal, 2006
Jean-Christophe Victor, Virginie Raisson, Franck Tétard et Frédéric Lernoud, Les dessous des cartes: atlas géopolitique, 2006
Jean-Claude Zarka, "Relations internationales", Paris, Ellipse, 2e éd., 2005;
We highly recommend students to refer to a chronology of international relations. We highly recommend students to refer to a chronology of international relations.
We also highly recommend students to refer to dictionaries of international relations (e. g., Dictionnaire des relations internationales, published by Marie-Claude Smouts, Dario Battistella and Pascal Vennesson, Dalloz, 2006) |
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| Assessment : | Written examination both in the first and second session: open questions and may be multiple choice |
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| Contacts : | - Professor: Sebastian Santander (Office: R71, level 0 - tel. 04 366 30 46)
- Assistant : Sophie Wintgens (Office R10 - level 0 - tel. 04 366 43 89). |
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| Remarks : | The course evolves, year by year, according to the political topicality of international relations.
The exam (open questions and may be multiple choice) for the students of the 2d bac in Sciences humaines et sociales will be adapted to the 60 hours mentioned in their programme. |
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