| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
| 1 |
General Introduction and Wellcome |
No Readings Assigned |
| 2 |
Theory and Its Uses |
David Marsh and Paul Furlong, “A Skin not a Sweater: Ontology and Epistemology in Political Science”, David Marsh and Gerry Stoker (Ed.s), Theory and Methods in Political Science, Houndsville, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, pp. 17 – 41 Martin Hollis and Steve Smith, Explaining and Understanding International Relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991, Chpt.s 1 – 4, pp. 1-91 |
| 3 |
History and International Relations Theory |
Paul W. Schroeder, “History and International Relations Theory: Not Use or Abuse, but Fit or Misfit.” in International Security, Symposium: History and Theory, Vol. 22, No. 1, Summer 1997, pp. 64–74 John Lewis Gaddis, “History, Theory, and Common Ground,” in International Security, Symposium: History and Theory, Vol. 22, No. 1, Summer 1997, pp. 75–85 Jack S. Levy, “Too Important to Leave to th |
| 4 |
Political Science and International Relations Theory |
John Maclean, “Political Theory, International Theory, and Problems of Ideology, Millenium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, Robert H. Jackson, “The Political Theory of International Society”, Ken Booth and Steve Smith (Ed.s), International Relations Theory Today, Cambridge, Polity Press, pp. 110 -128 Chris Brown, “International Relations as Political Theory”, Tim Dunne, Milja |
| 5 |
The International Relations Theories: A General Overview |
Andrew Linklater, “General Introduction”, Andrew Linklater (Ed.), International Relations: Critical Concepts in Political Science, Vol.I, London, Routledge, 2000, pp. 1 -22 Scott Burchill and Andrew Linklater, “Introduction”, Scott Burchill et. al. (Ed.s), Theories of International Relations, Houndsville, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, pp. 1 – 28 Steve Smith, “The Self Images of a Discipline: A Gen |
| 6 |
The Lasting Tradition of Classical Realism |
Richard Ned Lebow, “Classical Realism,” in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith, (Eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp 52-69 Michael C. Williams, The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 1-9, 128-137, 145-168 Peter J. Ahrensdorf, “Thucydides’ Realis |
| 7 |
The Idealist vs. Realist Debate |
Andreas Osiander, “Reading Early Twentieth-Century IR Theory”, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 42, 1998, pp. 409 -432 Edward Hallet Carr, The Twenty Years Crisis, London, Macmillan & Co., 1961, pp. 1 - 10 Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, Brief Edition, Rev. by Kenneth W. Thompson, Boston, McGraw Hill, 1993 [1948]) Chaps. 1-3, 8-14, 16 |
| 8 |
Structural Realism |
Kenneth N. Waltz, Theory of International Politics, Boston, McGraw Hill, 1979, Chaps. 5-6, 8. Miles Kahler, “Inventing International Relations: International Relations Theory After 1945”, Michael W. Doyle and G. John Ikenberry (Ed.s), New Thinking in International Relations Theory, Boulder, Westview, 1997, pp. 20 -53 Stephen G. Brooks, “Dueling Realisms,” International Organization, Vol. 5, No |
| 9 |
The English School |
Richard Little, "Neorealism and English School: A Methodological, Ontological, and Theoretical Assessment," EJIR 1:1 (1995) 9-34. Tim Dunne, “The English School”, Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith, (Eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp.127 -165 Barry Buzan, The English School: An Underexploited Resource in I |
| 10 |
The Neo-Realist vs. Neo-Liberal Debate |
Andrew Linklater, “Neo-Realism in Theory and Practice”, International Relations Theory Today, Ken Booth and Steve Smith (Ed.s), Cambridge, Polity Press Daniel Garst, “Thucydides and Neo-Realism,” International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 33, March 1989, pp. 3-28 Kenneth N. Waltz, “Realist Thought and Neorealist Theory”, Charles W. Kegley Jr. (Ed.), Controversies in International Relations Theory: |
| 11 |
The Constructivist Turn and Post-Reflectivists |
Alexandr Wendt, “Constructing International Politics”, International Security, Vol. 20, No. 1, Summer 1995, pp. 71 - 81 Ted Hopf, “The Promise of Constructivism in International Relations Theory”, International Security, Vol. 23, No. 1, Summer 1998, pp. 171 - 200 Stuart McAnulla, “Structure and Agency”, Theory and Methods in Political Science, David Marsh and Gerry Stoker (Ed.s), Houndsville, |
| 12 |
The End of the Cold War and Its Effects on International Relations Thinking |
William C. Wohlforth, “Reality Check: Revising Theories of International Politics in Response to the End of the Cold War,” WP 50:4 (July 1998) 650-679. Richard Ned Lebow, “The Long Peace, the End of the Cold War, and the Failure of Realism,” IO 48:2 (spring 1994) 249-277. John Lewis Gaddis, “International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War,” International Security, Vol. 17, No. 3, Wi |
| 13 |
Innovation in International Relations Theory |
Jeffrey Legro and Andrew Moravcsik, “Is Anybody Still a Realist?” IS 24:2 (fall 1999) 5-55; and correspondence in IS 25:1 (summer 2000) 457-474. Stefano Guzzini, “The Enduring Dilemmas of Realism in International Relations”, European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2004, pp. 533 – 568 Steve Smith, “Is the Truth out There? Eight Questions About International Order”, T. V. Pa |
| 14 |
Where do we go from here? |
Ole Waever, “Still a Discipline After All These Debates?”, Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith, (Eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 288 -308. Ian Hurd, “The Strategic Use of Liberal Internationalism: Libya and the UN Sanctions, 1992- 2003,” IO 59:3 (summer 2005) pp. 495-526. Daniel Lynch,Chinese Thinking on the Futur |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
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