Theories of
International Relations and
European Integration.
An introductory summary.
Lebenslauf – Kurzfassung
Reinhard Meyers, Jahrgang 1947, studierte
Politikwissenschaft, Anglistik, und Geschichte an der
Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität 1966 – 1970 mit
dem Abschluß Magister Artium. Forschungsstipendiat der
Wiener Library, London, an der Graduate School of
Contemporary European Studies, University of Reading
1970 – 1972 mit dem Abschluß Master of Philosophy.
Wissenschaftlicher Assistent bei Hans-Adolf Jacobsen und KarlDietrich Bracher am Seminar für Politikwissenschaft der
Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität 1972 – 1984. Promotion
zum Dr.phil. 1974; Habilitation im Fach Politikwissenschaft 1986;
seit 1987 Professor für Internationale Politik und Außenpolitik an der
Westfälischen Wilhelms - Universität.
Die Forschungsinteressen galten ursprünglich der
Geschichte der internationalen Beziehungen und der
Sicherheitspolitik im 20. Jahrhundert; daneben trat aber
schon vor der Habilitation die Wissenschaftsgeschichte
der Lehre von den Internationalen Beziehungen sowie
deren Epistemologie, Methodologie und Theorie. Seit
den achtziger Jahren wird dieser Schwerpunkt ergänzt
durch Arbeiten zur Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, seit
den neunziger Jahren auch zur Europapolitik.
Seit 1991 mehrfach Prodekan und Dekan des Fachbereichs Sozialwissenschaften der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, seit Oktober 1997
Ehrendoktor der Fakultät für Europastudien der Babes-Bolyai Universität
Klausenburg. Mitgründer und seit 1993 Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift für
Internationale Beziehungen. Programmbeauftragter für die internationalen
Doppeldiplomstudiengänge mit dem IEP Lille, der BBU Klausenburg (RO)
und der Universiteit Twente (NL)
Hobbies: Industriearchäologie des Transportwesens, italienische Küche
My email address:
• [email protected]
…whatever you do – don‘t forget the little
r behind the meyers – otherwise you‘ll
end up with Silke Meyer‘s email
account (and she is often in London)
• Homepage:
• http://reinhardmeyers.unimuenster.de
Contents:
1) What are and why do we deal with
theories?
2) Grand Theories and Theoretical
Debates in International Relations
and European Integration - a birds‘
eye view
3) Consequences of different international and integration theories:
differences of scientific world views
Subjects and Dates
Monday, April 20, 2009:
Introductory Hints, Semester Subjects,
Tasks to be fulfilled
Monday, April 27, 2009:
Reading Week: IR Theory – An Outline
(leave your email – we send you some
stuff…)
Monday, May 4, 2009:
Concepts and Functions of „Theory“ :
Subjects and Dates(2)
Monday, May 11, 2009:
Different World Views of IR – A scientific
ontology - Case Study: The first Great
Debate between Idealism and Realism
Monday, May 18, 2009:
Different Methodologies of IR - Case
Study: The second Great Debate between Traditionalism & Scientism
Subjects and Dates(3)
Monday, May 25, 2009:
Reading Week II: Theories of cooperation
and integration: an outline
Monday, June 1, 2009
Whitsun Holidays
Monday, June 8, 2009:
Cooperation Theories: Functional
Necessities versus the Shadow of the
Future
Subjects and Dates(4)
Monday, June 15, 2009:
Integration Theory: Federalism
Monday, June 22, 2009:
Integration Theory: Functionalism &
Neofunctionalism
Monday, June 29, 2009:
Integration Theory: Multi-Level
Governance
Subjects and Dates(5)
Monday, July 6, 2009:
Integration Theory: Policy Networks
Monday, July 13, 2009:
Integration Theory: Historical and New
Institutionalism
Monday, July 20, 2009:
Integration Theory: Social
Constructivism
Biblíography of Works to be
Reviewed – SS 09:
 choose one, analyse the main premisses,
arguments, and conclusions of the work chosen,
inform yourself about the author, his other main
works, his reception in the field, and the effect his
writings had on the study of International Relations
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Kenneth W. Thompson (ed.): Masters of
International Thought. Major Twentieth-Century
Theorists and the World Crisis. Baton Rouge:
Louisiana State UP 1980
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Iver B.Neumann/Ole Waever (eds.): The Future of
International Relations. Masters in the Making ?
London: Routledge 1997
• Classical Authors of International Relations
• Raymond Aron: Frieden und Krieg. Eine Theorie der
Staatenwelt. Frankfurt/Main: S. Fischer 1963 [or the French
edition: Paix et Guerre entre les nations. Paris : Calmann-Lévy
1962]
• Hedley Bull: The Anarchical Society. A Study of Order in World
Politics. 3. Aufl.Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2002
• Edward Hallett Carr: The Twenty Years’ Crisis 1919 – 1939. An
Introduction to the Study of International Relations. 2.Aufl.
London: Macmillan 1974
• Barry Buzan/Richard Little: International Systems in World
History. Remaking the Study of International Relations. Oxford:
Oxford University Press 2000
• F.H.Hinsley: Power and the Pursuit of Peace. Theory and
Practice in the History of Relations between States. Cambridge:
Cambridge U.P. 1967
• Stanley Hoffmann: Janus and Minerva. Essays in the Theory
and Practice of International Politics. Boulder & London:
Westview Press 1987
• Hans J. Morgenthau: Politics Among Nations. New York: Alfred
A.Knopf 1960
Classical Authors of I.R. (2)
• Edward L.Morse: Modernization and the
Transformation of International Relations. New York:
Free Press 1976
• Kenneth N. Waltz: Man, the state and war. A
theoretical analysis. New York: Columbia UP 1959
• Adam Watson: The Evolution of International
Society. A comparative historical analysis. London:
Routledge 1992
• Martin Wight: International Theory. The three
traditions, ed. Gabriele Wight & Brian Porter.
Leicester: Leicester U.P. 1991
• Quincy Wright: The Study of International Relations.
New York: Appleton-Century Crofts 1955
Introductions, Overviews and Critiques of IR
Theory
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John Baylis/Steve Smith (eds.): The Globalization of World Politics.
An Introduction to International Relations. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford UP
2008 [Please buy/use ONLY the FOURTH EDITION !]
Scott Burchill/Andrew Linklater (eds.): Theories of International
Relations. Basingstoke: 3rd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan
2005
Tim Dunne/Milja Kurki/Steve Smith (eds.): International Relations
Theories. Discipline and Diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press
2007 – RECOMMENDED TEXT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
James E.Dougherty/Robert L.Pfaltzgraff, Jr.: Contending Theories of
International Relations. A comprehensive survey. 5th ed. New York:
Longman 2001
Jim George: Discourses of Global Politics: A critical (re)introduction to
International Relations. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publ. 1994
Martin Hollis/Steve Smith: Explaining and Understanding International
Relations. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1990
Robert Jackson/Georg Sorensen: Introduction to International
Relations. Theories and approaches. 3.Aufl. Oxford: Oxford University
Press 2007 RECOMMENDED TEXT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
Charles W.Kegley, Jr. (ed.): Controversies in International Relations
Theory. Realism and the Neoliberal Challenge. New York: St. Martin’s
Press 1996
Introductions, Overviews and Critiques of IR
Theory (2)
• Gert Krell: Weltbilder und Weltordnung. Einführung in die
Theorie der internationalen Beziehungen. 2.Aufl. Baden-Baden:
Nomos 2003
• Siegfried Schieder/Manuela Spindler (eds.): Theorien der
Internationalen Beziehungen. 2. überarb. Aufl. Opladen: Leske
& Budrich 2006
• Steve Smith/Ken Booth/Marysia Zalewski (eds.): International
theory: Positivism and beyond. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P.
1996
• Jennifer Sterling-Folker (ed.): Making Sense of International
Relations Theory. Boulder & London: Lienne Rienner 2006
RECOMMENDED TEXT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
• John A. Vasquez: The Power of Power Politics. From Classical
Realism to Neotraditionalism. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P. 1998
• Cynthia Weber: International Relations Theory. A critical
Introduction. London: Routledge 2001
• Ngaire Woods (ed.): Explaining International Relations Since
1945. Oxford: Oxford U.P. 1996
Introductions to and Overviews of
Integration Theories
• Ben Rosamond: Theories of European Integration.
Basingstoke: Macmillan 2000
• Antje Wiener/Thomas Diez: European Integration
Theory. Repr. Oxford: OUP 2005
• Thomas Christiansen et al (eds.): The Social
Construction of Europe. London: Sage 2001
• Hans-Jürgen Bieling/Marika Lerch (eds.): Theorien
der europäischen Integration. 2. Aufl. Wiesbaden,
VS-Verlag 2006
• Katharina Holzinger et al.: Die Europäische Union.
Theorien und Analysekonzepte. Paderborn:
Schöningh/UTB 2005
• Other works recommended for occasional reading/browsing
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Michael Banks (ed.): Conflict in World Society. A new perspective on international
relations. Brighton: Wheatsheaf 1984
Tim Dunne/Michael Cox/Ken Booth (eds.): The Eighty Years’ Crisis. International
Relations 1919 – 1999. Cambridge: Cambridge UP 1998
A.J.R. Groom/Margot Light (eds.): Contemporary International Relations. A Guide to
Theory. London: Pinter 1994
Margot Light/A.J.R. Groom (eds.): International Relations. A Handbook of Current
Theory. London: Pinter 1985
Andrew Linklater: Beyond Realism and Marxism. Critical Theory and International
Relations. Basingstoke: Macmillan 1990
Ulrich Menzel/Katharina Varga: Theorie und Geschichte der Lehre von den
Internationalen Beziehungen. Einführung und systematische Bibliographie. Hamburg:
Deutsches Übersee-Institut 1999
Reinhard Meyers: Die Lehre von den Internationalen Beziehungen. Ein
entwicklungsgeschichtlicher Überblick. 2.Aufl. Königstein/Ts. 1981
Mark Neufeld: The Restructuring of International Relations Theory. Cambridge:
Cambridge UP 1995
William C. Olson/A.J.R. Groom: International Relations Then And Now. Origins and
Trends in Interpretation. London: HarperCollinsAcademic 1991
Trevor Taylor (ed.): Approaches and Theory in International Relations. London:
Longman 1978
Thanx for today