INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The course aims to introduce students to the institutions, policies and current political issues of the global political system and to help them to acquire basic knowledge about the most important International Relations theories, the policy-making structures and functions of the international institutions, and the main issues in the global political agenda.
Course Description
Course aims
The course aims to introduce students to the institutions, policies and current political issues of the global political system and to help them to acquire basic knowledge about the most important International Relations theories, the policy-making structures and functions of the international institutions, and the main issues in the global political agenda.
Expected outcomes
On completion of this course, at the end of the five units, students will have developed a significant knowledge in the International Relations field. They will have learned how different theoretical approaches can be used to read the global political system dynamics, to understand the role of institutions and relations among states, to empirically investigate case studies. They will have been provided with all abilities for proceeding on further readings and develop their own research interests.
Students willing to enroll in this course should already have some basic knowledge of Political Science.
Course overview
Unit One: Introduction to theories of International Relations
Unit Two: Actors of the Global Political System
Unit Three: War and Peace in the Global Political System
Unit Four: Global Security management and multilateralism
Unit Five: Global Political Agenda and global policies
Curriculum
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- Unit One: Introduction to theories of International Relations
- Step Two – Politics as the result of war and conflict
- Step Three – Explaining the reasons for cooperation among states
- Step Four – Politics as the result of cooperation and agreement
- Step Five – Constructivism
- Deepen and advance
- Unit Two: Actors of the Global Political System
- Step One – The structure of the Global Political System
- Step Two – United Nations
- Step Three – NATO
- Step Four – THE EUROPEAN UNION
- Step Five – Rules of the global political system
- Step Six – Globalization and its effects
- Deepen and advance
- Unit Three: War and Peace in the Global Political System
- Step One – War in contemporary global system
- Step Two – At the end of the Cold War
- Step Three – More developments in peace-keeping
- Step Four – UN Department of Peacekeeping operations
- Deepen and advance
- Unit Four: Global Security management and multilateralism
- Step One –Cooperation among states in the security field
- Step Two – International regions and regionalism
- Step Three – Test yourself
- Deepen and advance
- Unit Five: Global Political Agenda and global policies
- Step One – The global political agenda
- Step Two – Test yourself
- Deepen and advance
About Author
Daniela Irrera is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Catania (Italy) where she serves as Erasmus Coordinator and Deputy Dean of Internationalization and Research. She is Convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations, member of the ISA governing council, Secretary General of the Italian Political Science Association, Associate editor of the Journal of Contemporary European Research. She has been visiting professor in several Universities in Europe, Asia, US. She has been DAAD Fellow at the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt; faculty member of the ERASMUS MUNDUS MUNDUSMAPP program at IBEI, Barcelona; grant holder at the EU Center of Excellence, University of Victoria, Canada; visiting professor at OSCE Academy, Bishkek. Her website is danielairrera.wordpress.com