Paradigms in International Relations
Course code
RIR7068.YK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Rahvusvaheliste suhete paradigmad
Course title in English
Paradigms in International Relations
ECTS credits
5.0
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Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The course helps to develop an understanding of intellectual origins of International Relations (IR) as a discipline and provide an in-depth knowledge of IR theory, based on familiarity with key texts and contributions to the study of IR and their contemporary reception and critique. The course will help students to understand the broader intellectual context of their own research and successfully employ IR theory in their dissertations.
Brief description of the course
The first part of the course investigates the roots of the traditional mainstream IR theories including realism and liberalism. The second part of the course is dedicated to an in-depth analysis of such IR approaches as the English School, structuralism and critical theory, constructivism and post-structuralism, as well as to the critique that these approaches have mounted on the ‘mainstream’ IR, notably realism and liberalism. Post-Western IR is included as well.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the historical and social context of the discipline of IR;
- understands of different theoretical approaches to the study of international relations and the can use theory in research.
- understands the historical and social context of the discipline of IR;
- understands of different theoretical approaches to the study of international relations and the can use theory in research.
Teacher
Terry McDonald
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