Unit INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Course
- Political sciences and international relations
- Study-unit Code
- 10027909
- Curriculum
- Relazioni internazionali
- Teacher
- Silvia Bolgherini
- Teachers
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- Silvia Bolgherini
- Hours
- 63 ore - Silvia Bolgherini
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- SPS/04
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
(Some seminars with invited guests in ENGLISH) - Contents
- Lectures aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. The main theories of International Relations and the debates related to them will be approached. The course explores some specific topics and key-issues of contemporary dynamics and discusses their theoretical and policy implications to understand the global political system and its development.
- Reference texts
- Joseph M. Grieco, G. John Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno (2017) a cura di V.E. Parsi
Introduzione alle relazioni internazionali, UTET, Torino - Educational objectives
- To develop a general understanding of the concepts, theories, and methodological toolkits associated with the study of international politics; to know the main theories in international relations and to develop analytical skills to read, understand, and criticize the scholarly literature in these fields; to understand how the international political system interacts with the economic and institutional system; to make connections between theory and practice, past and present, expectations and reality; to develop a critical sense of how best to alternate between the various theoretical approaches.
- Prerequisites
- Basic Knowledge of Political Science
- Teaching methods
- Lectures are supplemented by seminars and short courses with invited experts. Readings on case studies and specific topics will also be provided. Through lectures and readings, discussions, and individual and group exercises, this course is intended to provide the conceptual tools and methodological skills that will enable the student to form his or her own critical judgments about certain current issues in RI.
Students are expected to play an active role in class and to study carefully and prepare any in-class readings. - Other information
- Should the Covid-19 health emergency impede frontal teaching, teaching will regularly be held online through the MS TEAMS platform, according to the indications of the University and the Department. Assessments and exams will be carried out following procedures that will be promptly notified to students.
- Learning verification modality
- Exams will assess theoretical awareness of major issues in contemporary international relations; the ability to critically discuss them; and apply explanatory strategies of the theories studied to empirical cases.
Attending student: Oral presentation during the course and final essay on a specific topic discussed in the seminars.
Non-attending student: Oral examination.
Grade Breakdown:
Attending students (i.e., those who have attended at least 80% of the class): Oral presentation (10%), class participation (10%), final essay (80%)
Non-attending student: Oral exam (100%). - Extended program
- -Readings assigned in class
-From the Textbook, the chapters:
1 Capire le relazioni internazionali
2 La nascita di un sistema globale di Stati
3 Teorie delle relazioni internazionali
8 Attori non statali e sfide alla sovranità
9 Ambiente e relazioni internazionali