This course introduces students to the history of international relations. It is concerned with how this historical development has gone hand in hand with the evolution of the important theories of international relations. In this sense the course is concerned with outlining the theoretical – and intellectual – tradition of international relations.
This course lasts for one semester. It will mainly be conducted through lectures. This outline indicates some of the important literature in the field. Students are required to read these in order to participate effectively in the discovery of the intellectual tradition of international relations. This intellectual tradition – and intellectual history- of international relations is fundamental to the BA programme in international studies. Students who engage meaningfully in it will find the rest of the BA programme interesting and enriching.
Students are required to write two essays during the semester. The essays must be handed in at the time indicated, and late essays shall not be marked. The essays must not be longer than 5 pages, double spaced, in font 12. Essays must contain a reference of at least five items. Students are warned that plagiarizing shall not only lead to a zero mark, but could also lead to discontinuation from the programme.
Question: Analyse the contributions of the Renaissance city states to modern states (5 pages) deadline 20th December 2011
Question: Examine the relevance of a historical tradition in international relations
Lecture 1: Introduction to international relations
Booth, K. and S. Smith, eds. 1995. International Relations Theory Today. University Park PA:Pennsylvania State University Press.
Brown, C. 1993. International Relations Theory: New Normative Approaches. New York NY:Columbia University Press.
Lecture 2: The course of international relations
Burchill, S. and A. Linklater, eds. 1996. Theories of International Relations. New York: St.Martin's.
Clark, I., I. B. Neumann. 1999. Classical Theories in International Relations. New York: St.Martin's Press.
Lecture 3: The origins of international relations
Kauppi, M. 1995. Development of International Relations Theory. Lexington Books.
Lecture 4: Inter-state relations during the renaissance
Clark, I., I. B. Neumann. 1999. Classical Theories in International Relations. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Kauppi, M. 1995. Development of International Relations Theory. Lexington Books.
Lecture 5: The birth of the modern state system
Knutsen, T. L. 1997. A History of International Relations Theory. Manchester University Press.
Porter, B. 1993. War and the Rise of the Nation-State. New York NY: Free Press.
Lecture 6: International relations in the 17th century
Clark, I., I. B. Neumann. 1999. Classical Theories in International Relations. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Vasquez, J. A., ed. 1986. Classics of International Relations. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall.
Lecture 7: The rise of popular sovereignty in the 18th century
Hoffman, J. 1998. Sovereignty. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press.
Kuehls, T. 1996. Beyond Sovereign Territory. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota
Press.
Lecture 8: Ideologies, revolutions and international relations in the 19th century
Holsti, K. J. 1991. Peace and War: Armed Conflicts and International Order, 1648-1989.
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
Nicolson, The Congress of Vienna
Lecture 9: The world in the early 20th century
Boulding, K. 1964. The Meaning of the Twentieth Century: The Great Transition. New York
NY: Harper and Row.
Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991
Lecture 10: Between world war 1 and 2: The twenty years crisis
Carr,The Twenty Years Crisis
Houweling, H. and J. G. Siccama. 1988. Studies of War. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff.
Howard, M. E. 1983. The Causes of Wars and Other Essays. Cambridge MA: Harvard
University Press.
Long, D. and Pl. Wilson. 1995. Thinkers of the Twenty Years Crisis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
McAleavy, T. 1996. Modern World History: International Relations from the First World Warto the Present. Cambridge University Press.
Wright, Q. 1965. A Study of War. Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press.
Waltz, K. W. 1959. Man, the State, and War. New York NY: Columbia University Press.
Lecture 11: International relations of the Cold War
Ball, S. 1997. The Cold War: An International History, 1947-1991. Edward Arnold.
Gaddis, J. L. 1987. The Long Peace: Inquiries into the History of the Cold War. New YorkNY: Oxford University Press.
Lecture 12: International relations after the Cold War
Booth, K., ed. 1998. Statecraft and Security: The Cold War and Beyond. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Lebow, R. N. and T. Risse-Kappen, eds. 1995. International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War. Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press
Lecture 12a: Emergent paradigms of international relations
