Unit INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Course
Political sciences and international relations
Study-unit Code
10027909
Curriculum
Relazioni internazionali
Teacher
Silvia Bolgherini
Teachers
  • Silvia Bolgherini
Hours
  • 63 ore - Silvia Bolgherini
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2022/23
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
(possibly 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 possibly 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%).
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