Module Descriptors
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
HIPO70214
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 7
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Sita Bali
Email: S.Bali@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 22
Independent Study Hours: 278
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 35%
- COURSEWORK - SECOND ESSAY weighted at 65%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
The First World War and the origins of IR as a discipline. The League of Nations and idealism in the study and practice of international relations. The idealist-realist debate. E.H. Carr and the early political realists.
Impact of the Second World War. Realism in the ascendency. The impact of Morgenthau and others. IR as 'an American social science'. The behavioural revolution and IR's second great debate.
The break up of Bretton Woods, OPEC and the MNC. The development of the pluralist perspective. Interdependence and transnational relations. Demands for a new international economic order and dependency theory.
An inter-paridigm debate in the 1980s. Impact of the end of the cold war.
Impact of the Second World War. Realism in the ascendency. The impact of Morgenthau and others. IR as 'an American social science'. The behavioural revolution and IR's second great debate.
The break up of Bretton Woods, OPEC and the MNC. The development of the pluralist perspective. Interdependence and transnational relations. Demands for a new international economic order and dependency theory.
An inter-paridigm debate in the 1980s. Impact of the end of the cold war.
Module Learning Strategies
A programme of 11 lectures will provide background knowledge, structure to the module and identify highly significant themes, concepts and theories. 11 tutorial sessions will be used for discussion and debate on substantive issues drawn from the programme and structured weekly by a module handbook. Video presentations will also be made. 278 hours are allocated to self-directed study aided by the handbook and comprehensive reading lists. This time should be used for researching topics and theoretical material, preparing for tutorial discussions and working on the two essays required for assessment
Module Resources
Overhead projector and video player
Module Texts
R. Little & M. Smith (eds) Perspectives on World Politics (2nd ed.) (1991).
S. Smith, K. Booth & M. Zalewski (eds), International Theory: Positivism and Beyond (1996).
E.H. Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis (1939, 1946)
S. Smith, K. Booth & M. Zalewski (eds), International Theory: Positivism and Beyond (1996).
E.H. Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis (1939, 1946)
Module Additional Assessment Details
The first essay will require you to apply conceptual and theoretical insight to a problem associated with a substantial aspect of the 20th century history (outcomes 1, 2) The second essay will require you to address the development of IR as a discipline in the context of IR theoretical debates (outcomes 2,3). In general assessment will look for how you integrate concepts and general themes with detailed research appropriate to the topic chosen giving you every opportunity to demonstrate the general learning outcomes.
A pass is awarded only when all of the assessment is complete and the work meets the learning objectives of the module.
A merit performance in the module will be indicated by an exemplary performance in meeting the learning objectives of the module.
A distinction performance in the module will be indicated by excellence in meeting the learning objectives of the module.
A pass is awarded only when all of the assessment is complete and the work meets the learning objectives of the module.
A merit performance in the module will be indicated by an exemplary performance in meeting the learning objectives of the module.
A distinction performance in the module will be indicated by excellence in meeting the learning objectives of the module.