Great Powers and Great Debates in International Relations
GOVT 121
Spring 2012
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01
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Great powers--such as the Napoleon's France, the British Empire, the U.S.S.R., and the U.S.--have been the focal point of international relations since the creation of the international system in 1648. This course offers students an introduction to the study of great powers and some of the critical debates in international relations. It will look at the evolution of the Westphalian system and the modern state system. The course also examines how contemporary challenges of world politics are changing how we conceptualize great power. Major topics include conceptualizing great powers, the role of great powers in war and peace, the structure of international order by the great powers, the rise of "new" great powers such as China and India, the rule of law under great powers, the effect of globalization on great power status and the role of great powers in the Cold War and post-Cold War era. |
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Essential Capabilities:
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYI |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
John Dunbabin, THE COLD WAR: THE GREAT POWERS AND THEIR ALLIES, Second Edition (New York: Longman, 2007)
Robert Kagan, PARADISE & POWER: AMERICA AND EUROPE IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER (London: Knopf, 2003)
Paul Kennedy, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS: ECONOMIC CHANGE AND MILITARY CONFLICT FROM 1500-2000 (New York: Random House, 1987)
John Measheimer, THE TRAGEDY OF GREAT POWER POLITICS (New York: Norton, 2001)
Anne-Marie Slaughter, A NEW WORLD ORDER (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004)
Eric Hobsbawm, THE AGE OF EXTREMES: THE SHORT TWENTIETH CENTURY 1914-1991 (London: Michael Joseph, 1994)
G. John Ikenberry, ed., AMERICA UNRIVALED: THE FUTURE OF THE BALANCE OF POWER (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002)
Richard Ned Lebow & Thomas Risse-Kappen, eds., INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995)
Christopher Alan Bayly, THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN WORLD 1780-1914 (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004)
Hedley Bull, THE ANARCHICAL SOCIETY: A STUDY OF ORDER IN WORLD POLITICS (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1977)
Robert Jackson, THE GLOBAL COVENANT: HUMAN CONDUCT IN A WORLD OF STATES (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)
Joseph S Nye, THE PARADOX OF AMERICAN POWER (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)
Kenneth Waltz, THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Book Review: 1,500 words (15%)
Minor Essay: 3,000 words (20%)
Major Essay: 6,500 words (50%)
Participation/Presentations: (15%) |
| Instructor(s): Williams,Michael John Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC104; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 19 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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