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EM7432 International Politics

Michaelmas Term/Semester 1 2016

10 ECTS

Duration: 12 weeks

Wednesday, 11am-1pm

Room G16

Coordinator: Prof. Gillian Wylie/Dr Damian Jackson

wylieg@tcd.ie / Damian.Jackson@tcd.ie

Lecturers: Prof. Gillian Wylie, Dr Damian Jackson, Prof. Etain Tannam

Office Hours:

Wednesdays 15:00-17:00 (Room 2.03)

or email wylieg@tcd.ie or Damian.Jackson@tcd.ie for appointment

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Introduction

The end of the Cold War was a watershed in the theory and practice of international

relations. The adequacy of dominant neorealist theories of International Relations

was sharply challenged at this juncture, raising fundamental questions about

traditional approaches to the subject. At the same time the conditions in which

states interrelated changed dramatically from the bipolar system of nuclear

confrontation to the emergence of a single hyperpower. The world changed again

with the response of the US-led coalition to 9/11 and its radical commitment to

rewriting the rules of the game. And now, with the rise of globalisation, the

emergence of new powers and events like the Arab Spring and the Syrian war, our

world is moving once more into uncharted territory. This course is an attempt to

grasp these shifts of terrain and direction and to construct an account of where we

are and where we want to be in the new international order.

Module Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students should be able to:

Understand several contending approaches to theorising international

politics (exemplified in the course through realism, constructivism and

feminism) and to engage in critical debate about and analysis of these

approaches.

Comprehend key debates in the discipline concerning actors, agency,

anarchy, power and security.

Make analytical sense of events and processes in contemporary international

politics, such as globalisation, ‘the war on terror’ and events in the Middle-

East.

Prepare and lead lively seminars which enable all students to engage in

greater depth with the material and debates covered in the lectures.

Acquire knowledge of a broad range of literature in the field and an ability to

read this critically.

Teaching Method

The teaching method on this course consists of a two-hour lecture/seminar format

each week.

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Assessment

Assessment is by a 4000 word essay (word count excludes footnotes and

bibliography). Essay topics are provided at the end of this outline.

Essay deadline: January 16 2016 at 17:00. Submit hard copy to Mary Priestman by

5pm and also submit using turnitin

All assignments must be submitted via turnitin, a programme designed to detect

plagiarism, used by Trinity. The “TurnItIn Student Quickstart guide” is available

through the CAPSL (Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning) page on the TCD

website (https://www.tcd.ie/CAPSL/students/integrity-plagarism).

You will first need to register and create a user profile on TurnItIn (see CAPSL guide

above). The password interpol16 and Class ID 13691378. Then you will be able to

submit your essays electronically by following the Quickstart guide. You will also

need to submit a hard copy of the essay to Mary Priestman, Executive Officer,

International Peace Studies, by the essay deadline.

Note on Plagiarism

From the Dean of Graduate Studies:

To ensure that you have a clear understanding of what plagiarism is, how Trinity

deals with cases of plagiarism, and how to avoid it, you will find a repository of

information at http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/ plagiarism

We ask you to take the following steps:

(i) Visit the online resources to inform yourself about how Trinity deals with

plagiarism and how you can avoid it at http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. You

should also familiarize yourself with the 2016-17 Calendar entry on plagiarism

located on this website and the sanctions which are applied;

(ii) Complete the ‘Ready, Steady, Write’ online tutorial on plagiarism

at http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism/ready-steady-write. Completing the

tutorial is compulsory for all students.

(iii) Familiarise yourself with the declaration that you will be asked to sign when

submitting course work at http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism/declaration;

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(iv) Contact your College Tutor, your Course Director, or your Lecturer if you are

unsure about any aspect of plagiarism.

Neville Cox

Dean of Graduate Studies

Trinity College Dublin

Dean's Secretary: Ms. Michelle Hogan ph. +353-1-896 2722; email: deanssec@tcd.ie

Reading

There is no one text book for the entire module. Texts that are particularly useful are

highlighted in bold. However, this does not imply that you must read all of these

texts necessarily. Students are recommended to read at least two readings per topic

each week. If you are submitting an essay on a topic, then more extensive reading is

required.

In addition, this module makes substantial use of on-line journals. These are

accessed via the main TCD library web-page, under ‘Journal Titles’. Students are

strongly advised to undertake a library tour to familiarise themselves with this

system, if they are unfamiliar.

Text Books

NB: Most text books will have chapters of relevance to each topic. Consult as

appropriate

IR Theory

Art, Robert J., and Robert Jervis, International Politics: Enduring Concepts and

Contemporary Issues, 11th ed (White Plains, N.Y. : London: Longman ; Pearson

Education [distributor], 2012)

Brown, C. & Ainley, K., 2009. Understanding international relations 4th ed.,

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Burchill, Scott, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak, Jack Donnelly, Terry Nardin,

Matthew Paterson, and others, Theories of International Relations, 5th edition

edition (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)

Carlsnaes, Walter, Thomas Risse, and Beth A. Simmons, Handbook of International

Relations, Second Edition (Los Angeles: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012)

Diez, Thomas, Ingvild Bode, and Aleksandra Fernandes da Costa, Key Concepts in

International Relations (Los Angeles ; London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011)

Griffiths, Martin, ed., International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An

Introduction, New Ed edition (London ; New York: Routledge, 2007)

———, Rethinking International Relations Theory (Houndmills, Basingstoke,

Hampshire, UK ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)

Jackson, Robert, and Georg Sørensen, Introduction to International Relations:

Theories and Approaches, 5 edition (Oxford: OUP Oxford, 2012)

Jørgensen, Professor Knud Erik, International Relations Theory: A New Introduction

(Basingstoke ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)

Reus-Smit, Christian, and Duncan Snidal, eds., The Oxford Handbook of

International Relations (Oxford; New York: OUP Oxford, 2010)

European Journal of International Relations, 19(3) (2013), (Special Edition: The End

of International Relations Theory?)

Useful Websites

http://www.e-ir.info/

http://www.euobserver.com

http://www.ft.com

http://www.europa.eu

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Lecture Schedule: Wednesday, 11-1pm

Week 1. Introduction: international relations theory and peace studies (GW)

Week 2. International Relations Theory (IRT): Realism and Neo-realism (DJ)

Week 3. IRT: Constructivism and Norms (GW)

Week 4. IRT: Feminist and Post-colonial Theories (GW)

Week 5. Globalisation, Environment and Trade (DJ)

Week 6. The Migration Crisis of 2016 - Security or Rights? (GW)

Week 7. Reading Week: no lectures/classes

Week 8. Borders, Sovereignty and Intervention (DJ)

Week 9. The EU, Brexit and the UK (ET)

Week 10: Guest Lecture

Week 11: Guest Lecture

Week 12: Thinking about International Politics (DJ and GW)

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Lecture Topics and Reading

Week 1: International relations theory and Peace Studies (GW)

Booth, K. & Wheeler, N., 2007. The Security Dilemma: Fear, Cooperation and Trust in

World Politics, Basingstoke England ; New York, N.Y: Palgrave Macmillan.

Carlsnaes, W., Risse, T. & Simmons, B.A., 2012. Handbook of International

Relations Second Edition., Los Angeles: SAGE Publications Ltd., ch. 1- 2

European Journal of International Relations, 19(3) (2013), (Special Edition: The End

of International Relations Theory?)

Griffiths, M. 2013. 'John Burton versus International Relations: the costs of criticism', Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 67, No. 1, 55-70.

Morgenthau H., ‘The Intellectual and Political Functions of Theory’, in Der Derian, J.

ed., 1994. International Theory: Critical Investigations, Basingstoke: Palgrave

Macmillan., ch 2

Richmond, O.P. 2008 Peace in International Relations, London: Routledge

Snyder, J. 2004. ‘One World, Rival Theories’, Foreign Policy, 2004, 52–62

<http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4152944>

Wight, M., 1995, ‘Why Is There No International Theory?’, in Der Derian, J. ed., 1994.

International Theory: Critical Investigations, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan., ch 1

Week 2: Realism and Neo-Realism (DJ)

Chp 2 & Chp 3 in Brown, C. & Ainley, K., 2009. Understanding international

relations 4th ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Smith, S., 1996, ‘Positivism and Beyond’, in Smith, S., Booth, K. & Zalewski, M. eds.,

1996. International Theory: Positivism and Beyond, Cambridge ; New York:

Cambridge University Press.

Carlsnaes, W., Risse, T. & Simmons, B.A., 2012. Handbook of International

Relations Second Edition., Los Angeles: SAGE Publications Ltd., ch 10-11

Cox, Michael, ‘Why Did We Get the End of the Cold War Wrong?’, The British Journal

of Politics & International Relations, 11 (2009), 161–76

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Mearsheimer, John J., ‘A Realist Reply’, International Security, 20 (1995), 82

Mearsheimer, J., 2014. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Updated edition., New

York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Bull, H., 2012. The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics 4th edition

edition., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Burchill, S. et al., 2013. Theories of International Relations 5th edition., New York:

Palgrave Macmillan.

Donnelly, J., 2008, ‘The Ethics of Realism’ in Reus-Smit, C. & Snidal, D. eds., 2010. The

Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford; New York: OUP Oxford.

Donnelly, J., 2000. Realism and International Relations, Cambridge England ; New

York: Cambridge University Press.

Jervis, R., 1999. Realism, neoliberalism, and cooperation: understanding the debate.

International Security, 24(1), pp.42–63.

Waltz, K.N., 2001. Man, the State and War: A Theoretical Analysis 2nd Revised

edition., New York: Columbia University Press.

Week 3. Constructivism and Norms (GW)

Finnemore, M. and Sikkink, K., 1998, 'International Norm Dynamics and Political

Change,' International Organization 52(4), 887-917.

Guzzini, S. & Leander, A. eds., 2006. Constructivism and International Relations:

Alexander Wendt and his critics New Ed edition., London etc.: Routledge.

Guzzini, S., 2013. Power, Realism and Constructivism, New York, NY: Routledge.

Katzenstein, P., 1996, The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World

Politics, Chichester: Colombia University Press.

Krook and True, 2012, ‘Rethinking the Life Cycle of International Norms: The UN

and the Global Promotion of Gender Equality’, European Journal of Gender

Equality, 18:103.

Onuf, N., 2012. Making Sense, Making Worlds: Constructivism in Social Theory and

International Relations, London ; New York: Routledge.

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Reich, S., 2010, Global Norms, American Sponsorship and the Emerging Patterns of

World Politics, Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Segerlund, L., 2010, Making Corporate Social Responsibility a Global Concern: Norm

Construction in a Globalizing World, Farnham: Ashgate.

Smith, S., Booth, K. & Zalewski, M. eds., 1996. International Theory: Positivism and

Beyond, Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.

Wendt, A. et al., 2000. Forum on Social Theory of International Politics. Review of

International Studies, 26(1), pp.123–180.

Wendt, A., 1999. Social Theory of International Politics, Cambridge, UK ; New York:

Cambridge University Press.

Zehfuss, M., 2002. Constructivism in International Relations: The Politics of Reality,

Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press.

Wk. 4 Feminist and Post-colonial Theories (GW)

Acharya, A. 2014. ‘Global International Relations (IR) and Regional Worlds: A New

Agenda for International Studies’, International Studies Quarterly, 58, 647–659.

Acharya, A. 2011. ‘Dialogue and Discovery: In Search of International Relations Theories Beyond the West’, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 39(3) 619–637.

Enloe, C., 2014. Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International

Politics 2nd Revised edition., Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Parpart, J.L. & Zalewski, M. eds., 2008. Rethinking the Man Question : Sex, Gender

and Violence in International Relations First edition., London ; New York : New York:

Zed Books.

Shepherd, L.J., 2008. Gender, Violence and Security : Discourse as Practice, London ;

New York : New York: Zed Books Ltd.

Steans, J., 2013. Gender and International Relations 3rd Edition edition., Cambridge:

Polity Press.

Tickner, J.A. 2011. Retelling IR's foundational stories: some feminist and postcolonial perspectives, Global Change, Peace & Security, 23:1, 5-13.

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Tickner, J.A. 2014. A Feminist Voyage through International Relations. Oxford: OUP. Sylvester, C. 2013 Experiencing the end and afterlives of International Relations/theory’, European Journal of International Relations, 19(3) 609 –626.

Week 5. Globalisation, Environment and Trade (DJ)

Bauman, Z., 1998. Globalization: The Human Consequences 1 edition., Polity.

Bauman, Z., 2004. Wasted Lives: Modernity and Its Outcasts 1 edition., Polity.

Baylis, J., Smith, S. & Owens, P. eds., 2013. The Globalization of World Politics: An

Introduction to International Relations 6 edition., Oxford ; New York, NY: OUP

Oxford.

Corry, O., 2013. Constructing a Global Polity: Theory, Discourse and Governance,

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Held, David, and Anthony G. McGrew. Globalization/Anti-Globalization: Beyond the

Great Divide. 2nd edition. Cambridge: Polity, 2007.

Holton, P.R.J., 2011. Globalization and the Nation State: 2nd Edition 2 edition.,

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Holton, P.R.J., 2005. Making Globalisation, Houndmills, Basingstoke,Hampshire; New

York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Payne, R.J., 2012. Global Issues 4 edition., Boston: Pearson.

Scholte, J.A., 2008. Defining Globalisation. World Economy, 31(11), pp.1471–1502.

Scholte, J.A., 2005. Globalization: A Critical Introduction 2 edition., New York:

Palgrave Macmillan.

Stiglitz, J., 2015. Globalization and Its Discontents New Ed edition, Penguin.

Week 6: The Migration Crisis of 2015-16 - Security or Rights

Couldrey, M. and Herson, M. (eds) 2016. Issue of Forced Migration Review on

European Migration Crisis - available through TCD library e-journals.

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FitzGerald, S. 2012. 'Vulnerable Bodies, Vulnerable Borders: Extraterritoriality and

Human Trafficking', Feminist Legal Studies, 20, 227-244.

Huysmans, J. 2000. 'The European Union and the Securitization of Migration',

Journal of Common Market Studies, 38, 5, 751-777.

Huysmans, J. and Buonfino, A. 2008. ‘Politics of Exception and Unease: Immigration,

Asylum and Terrorism in Parliamentary Debates in the UK’, POLITICAL STUDIES: 2008

VOL 56, 766–788.

Milivojevic, S. and Pickering, S. 2013. 'Trafficking in People, 20 Years On: Sex,

Migration and Crime in the Global Anti-Trafficking Discourse and the Rise of the

‘Global Trafficking Complex’', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 25, 2, 585-604.

Vietti, F. and Scribner, T. 2013. 'Human Insecurity: Understanding International

Migration from A Human Security Perspective', Journal on Migration and Human

Security, vol. 1 issue 1, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14240/jmhs.v1i1.6

Weber, L. and Pickering, S. 2014. Globalization and Borders: Death at the Global

Frontier. London: Palgrave

Week 7: Reading Week: no lectures

Week 6: Borders, Sovereignty and Intervention(DJ)

Agnew, J., 2008. Borders on the mind: Re-framing border thinking. Ethics & Global

Politics, 1(4). Available at:

http://journals.sfu.ca/coaction/index.php/egp/article/viewArticle/1892 [Accessed

January 29, 2010].

Agnew, J., 2003. Geopolitics: Re-visioning World Politics Second., London: Routledge.

Albahari, Maurizio. “Death and the Modern State: Making Borders and Sovereignty

at the Southern Edges of Europe.” May 2006. Web. 17 Mar. 2010.

Anderson, B., Gibney, M.J. & Paoletti, E., 2011. Citizenship, deportation and the

boundaries of belonging. Citizenship Studies, 15, pp.547–563.

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Bakewell, Oliver. “Some Reflections on Structure and Agency in Migration Theory.”

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36.10 (2010): 1689. Informaworld. Web.

Brown, C., 2001. Borders and Identity in International Political Theory. In M. Albert,

D. Jacobson, & J. Lapid, eds. Identities, Borders, Orders: Rethinking International

Relations Theory. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, pp. 117–136.

Chimni, B.S., 2000. Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee

Protection. Journal of Refugee Studies, 13(3), pp.243 –263.

Cholewinski, R. & Taran, P., 2009. Migration, Governance and Human Rights:

Contemporary Dilemmas in the Era of Globalization. Refugee Survey Quarterly, 28(4),

pp.1–33.

Ferguson, Y.H. & Mansbach, R.W., 2012. Globalization: The Return of Borders to a

Borderless World? 1 edition., New York: Routledge.

Munck, R., 2008. Globalisation, Governance and Migration: an introduction. Third

World Quarterly, 29(7), pp.1227–1246.

Murphy, A.B., 1996. The sovereign state as a political-territorial ideal. In T.

Biersteker & C. Weber, eds. State Sovereignty as Social Construct. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press.

Shapiro, M. & Alker, H. eds., 1996. Challenging Boundaries: Global Flows, Territorial

Identities, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Xenos, N., 1996. Refugees: The Modern Political Condition. In M. Shapiro & H. Alker,

eds. Challenging Boundaries: Global Flows, Territorial Identities. Borderlines.

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, pp. 233–246.

Week 9: The EU, Brexit and the UK (ET)

Cini, Michelle, and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, eds., European Union Politics, 4

edition (Oxford: OUP Oxford, 2013)

Keukeleire, Prof Stephan, and Dr Tom Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European

Union, 2nd edition (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), ch 10,12

Müller, Patrick, EU Foreign Policymaking and the Middle East Conflict: The

Europeanization of National Foreign Policy, Reprint edition (London; New York

(N.Y.): Routledge, 2013)

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Smith, Karen E., European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World, 3rd edition

(Polity Press, 2014)

Smith, Michael, Stephan Keukeleire, and Sophie Vanhoonacker, eds., The

Diplomatic System of the European Union: Evolution, Change and Challenges

(London ; New York: Routledge, 2015)

Tannam, Etain, International Intervention in Ethnic Conflict (Basingstoke ; New York:

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), pp. 58-64, pp. 132-35, pp. 143-47

Wallace, Helen, Mark A. Pollack, and Alasdair R. Young, eds., Policy-Making in the

European Union, 7 edition (Oxford, UK: OUP Oxford, 2014)

Week 10: Guest lecture: TBC

Week 11. Guest lecture

Week 12. Conclusion: Thinking about International Politics (DJ & GW)