POLI5523
INTERNATIONALRELATIONSTHEORY1:
ORDER,CONFLICT,ANDCHANGE
Classmeetings:Wednesdays,10:35‐1:25pm,LSCBiol&EarthBuilding,RmB812
ProfessorBrianBow([email protected])
Office:HHAAB355(tel:494‐6629)
Officehours:Tuesdays,10:00am‐noon
Introduction
ThedepartmentofferstwosurveycoursesonInternationalRelationstheory,POLI5523Xand
POLI 5524Y. POLI 5523X explores classic and contemporary work on the nature of the
internationalsystem,warandpeace,andthebasesfororderandchange.POLI5524Ylooksat
cooperation,institutions,andinternationalpoliticaleconomy.
The aim, in both courses, is to develop a sound understanding of the basic premises,
expectations, and recommendations of the various theoretical perspectives, to assess them
logically and empirically, and to think about how we might incorporate them into our own
theoretically‐groundedresearch.
Note that while these courses were originally designed as “core courses” for graduate
students in Political Science, well‐prepared, fourth‐year undergraduates may be admitted
withspecialpermissionfromthecourseinstructor.
Assignmentsandassessment
Shareoffinal
Assignment
Duedate
grade
Classparticipation
everyweek…
15%
Discussionpaper/presentation#1
seebelow
5%
Discussionpaper/presentation#2
seebelow
5%
Discussionpaper/presentation#3
seebelow
5%
Majorpaper#1(bookreview)
October16
35%
Majorpaper#2(researchpaper)
December4
35%
Classparticipation
This class will feature some small‐scale lecturing from time to time, but this is a (graduate‐
level)seminarclass,andallstudentsareexpectedtocontributetothediscussion.Yourclass
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participation grade will be based on the quantity and quality of your contributions to class
discussion. Attendance is mandatory. Students that miss more than two classes (without a
validreason—e.g.,seriousillness)willgetazeroforthe“classparticipation”portionoftheir
grade.
Beforeeachclass,everystudentshould:1.carefullyreadalloftherequiredreadingsassigned
forthegivenweek;2.carefullyreadthediscussionpapersforthegivenweek(seebelow);and
3.makeafewpreparatorynotesfordiscussion—e.g.,afewsentencesonthemainideasfrom
eachreading,plusashortlistofideasorquestionsforfurtherdiscussion.
Overthecourseofthesemester,eachstudentwilltakespecialresponsibilityforleadingpart
ofthediscussioninthreeclasses.Foreachofthosethreeclasses,thestudentwillpreparea
shortdiscussionpaper(500‐750words),summarizingaparticularreading,explaininghowit
relatestootherreadingsfromthatweek,andofferinghisorherowncommentsandcriticisms
of that assigned reading. And for each of those three classes, the student will also make a
short,in‐classpresentation(5‐8minutes),reprisingtheirassessmentoftheassignedreading,
andsuggestingpotentially‐fruitfulavenuesforfurtherdiscussion.
Discussionpaperswillbedueatleast48hoursbeforetheclasswhichwilltackletherelevant
readings(i.e.,10:30amontheMondaybeforeyourassignedclass).Eachstudentwillsendhis
or her discussion paper to everyone intheclass (including the professor) through the OWL
email system. Because these discussion papers are supposed to be an important part of all
students’seminarpreparation,latepapers(withoutavalidexcuse)willbeseverelypenalized.
MajorPapers
Forbothofthetwopapers,studentswillchoosetheirowntopics/questions,buteachwillbea
differentkindofessay.Presentationisimportanthere,inthesenseofhavingclearandcorrect
prose, careful editing, and proper citations, but also in the sense of being methodical, well‐
organized,andconcise.
BOOKREVIEW(5000words):Thefirstpaper(dueOctober24)willbeapublishable‐quality
review of a recent book on any aspect of International Relations. Please choose something
with a solid theoretical core, rather than an atheoretical current‐events book. Reviews
should:1.Giveabriefsummaryofwhatquestionsthebookposes,whatkindsofanswersit
rejects, and what kind of answer it supports; 2. Explain how the book fits into a larger
literature on a particular subject or cluster of subjects; 3. Be sure to make it clear which IR
theories are in play, and how the author’s main arguments “fit” (or don’t “fit”) with various
theories; and 4. Be presented in a way that is lively and interesting, so that it would be
appealing to a wide (academic) audience. Obviously, students will need to read more than
justonebookinordertowriteagoodreview.Eachstudentshouldtrytomakehim‐orherself
an expert on both the theoretical debates and the real‐world subject matter covered in the
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book they are reviewing, and that will require background reading that is both broad and
deep;studentsshouldgetstartedonthisrightfromthefirstweekofthesemester.Withthe
submissionofthereview,eachstudentshouldbesuretoattachabriefnote(orsendabrief
email)outlininghisorherplanstopursuepublicationofthereview:Whatjournalswouldbe
appropriatevenues,andwhichonedoyouplantoapproach?Whatfurthereditsdoyouthink
youmightneedtomake,inordertomakethereviewsuitableforthatjournal?
RESEARCH PAPER (10,000 words): The second paper (due December6) willbe a research
paper, which will use a particular historical case or small number of related cases (e.g., a
historicaleventortrend,likeWWIIordecolonization,orasetofevents,likeacomparisonof
theGulfWarandtheIraqWar)asanempirical“test”forcompetingIRtheories:e.g.,“Which
theoreticalperspectivebestaccountsforGorbachev’sdecisiontomakeunilateralcutstothe
USSR’snucleararsenalinthelate1980s—Realism,Liberalism,orConstructivism?”Theidea
here is not that the paper will revolutionize our understanding of the historical episode(s)
itself/themselves, or that it will decisively confirm or defeat any of the theoretical
perspectives,butratherthatthestudentwillshowthatheorsheunderstandswhat’sinvolved
inapplyingandevaluatingthetheoriesempirically.Allstudentsarestronglyencouraged(but
notstrictlyrequired)todiscusstheirresearchpaperideaswiththeprofessorassoonasthey
arereasonablysolid.(Thisshouldreallyhappenatleasttwoweeksbeforethepaperisdue,
but I will give feedback on proposals or outlines right up until a few days before the due
date...)
Generalpoliciesconcerningassignments,deadlines,andgrades
TheUniversityCalendarmakesplainthat“[s]tudentsareexpectedtocompleteclassworkby
theprescribeddeadlines.Onlyinspecialcircumstances(e.g.thedeathofacloserelative)may
aninstructorextendsuchdeadlines.”Lateessayswillbeassessedapenaltyattheinstructor’s
discretion.Studentswhomissthedeadlineforadiscussionpaperormajorpaperonaccount
ofillnessareexpectedtohandtheassignmentinwithinoneweekoftheirreturntoclass,with
amedicalcertificateinhand,peracademicregulationsintheDalhousieCalendar.
Plagiarism(intentionallyorunintentionallyrepresentingotherpeople’sideasasyourown)is
aviolationofacademicethics,andwillbetakenseriouslyinthisclass.Informationonwhat
plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and the penalties for not doing so, is available at:
http://academicintegrity.dal.ca/index.php
Resources
In order to keep the cost of readings down, on‐line readings have been used wherever
possible.Mostoftheseareavailablethroughtheuniversitylibrary’ssubscriptionstoon‐line
indexeslikeJSTORandProQuest.Theseitemsaremarkedbelowwith“.”
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There were a number of readings which were not available on‐line or through Dalhousie’s
libraries; these items have been put together as a course reader. The readers are available
fromJulia’sCopyServices,onthecornerofLeMarchantandCobourg(inthegroundlevelof
theapartmentbuildingthere).Itemsinthereaderaremarkedwith“.”
Disclaimer
This course syllabus is intended as a general guideline. The instructor reserves the right to
rescheduleorreviseassignedreadings,assignments,lecturetopics,etc.,asnecessary.
ClassSchedule
WEEKONE
Introduction
Classmeeting:
September11
Topics/themes:
•Overviewofcourse,orientation,etc.
•HistoricaldevelopmentofI.R.
Requiredreading:
1. JackSnyder,“OneWorld,RivalTheories”ForeignPolicy145
(2004):53‐62.
2. MartinHollisandSteveSmith,ExplainingandUnderstanding
InternationalRelations(Clarendon,1990),chs.1‐2.
3. StanleyHoffman,“AnAmericanSocialScience:International
Relations”(orig.publ.1977),inRobertM.CrawfordandDarryl
Jarvis,eds.,InternationalRelations:StillanAmericanSocial
Science?(SUNY,2000).
4. ChristianReus‐SmitandDuncanSnidal,“BetweenUtopiaand
Reality:ThePracticalDiscoursesofInternationalRelations,”in
Reus‐SmitandSnidal,editors,TheOxfordHandbookof
InternationalRelations(NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,2008),
3‐40.
Recommended
reading:
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•
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NgaireWoods,“TheUsesofTheoryintheStudyofInternational
Relations”inNgaireWoods,ExplainingInternationalRelations
Since1945(Oxford,1996).
BrianSchmidt,“OntheHistoryandHistoriographyofInternational
Relations’,inWalterCarlsnaes,ThomasRisseandBethSimmons,
editors,HandbookofInternationalRelations(London:Sage,2002),
3‐22.
BarryEichengreen,“DentalHygieneandNuclearWar:How
InternationalRelationsLookfromthePerspectiveofEconomics”
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InternationalOrganization52(1998):993‐1012.
BarryBuzanandRichardLittle,“WhyInternationalRelationsHas
FailedasanAcademicProject,andWhattoDoaboutIt”
Millennium:JournalofInternationalStudies30(2001):19‐39.
WEEKTWO
REALISM(S)
REMINDER:
Choosediscussionpapersandpresentationdates–September23
Classmeetings:
September18
Topics/themes:
•
•
•
Requiredreading:
1. E.H.Carr,TheTwentyYearsCrisis,1919‐1939:AnIntroductionto
InternationalRelations(Palgrave,2001),chs.1‐3,5‐7,9.
“Classical”Realism
StructuralRealism(aka“Neorealism”)
Internalandexternalcritiquesofrealism(s)
rd
2. JohnVasquez,ClassicsofInternationalRelations(3 ed.,Prentice‐
Hall,1996):Thucydides;Machiavelli;Niebuhr;Kennan.
th
3. HansJ.Morgenthau,PoliticsAmongNations(6 ed.,Knopf,1985),
chs.1‐4.
4. KennethN.Waltz,TheoryofInternationalPolitics(Addison‐
Wesley,1979),chs.4‐6.
5. CharlesGlaser,“RealistsasOptimists:CooperationasSelf‐Help,”
InternationalSecurity19(1994/95):50‐90.
Recommended
reading:
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KennethN.Waltz,Man,theState,andWar(Columbia,1959),esp.
chs.1‐2,4,6.
ArnoldWolfers,DiscordandCollaboration(JohnsHopkins,1967),
chs.6,8.
RobertGilpin,WarandChangeinWorldPolitics(Cambridge,
1981),esp.chs.4‐5.
CharlesGlaser,“TheSecurityDilemmaRevisited,”WorldPolitics
Vol.50(1997):171‐201.
RobertGilpin,“TheRichnessoftheTraditionofPoliticalRealism”
inRobertO.Keohane,ed.,NeorealismandItsCritics(Columbia,
1986).
KennethN.Waltz,“StructuralRealismaftertheColdWar”
InternationalSecurity25(2000):5‐41.
JohnJ.Mearsheimer,“WhyWeWillSoonMisstheColdWar”
AtlanticMonthly266(1990):35‐50.
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•

JohnJ.Mearsheimer,TheTragedyofWorldPolitics(Norton,2001),
esp.chs.1‐2.
MichaelW.Doyle,WaysofWarandPeace:Realism,Liberalism,
Socialism(Norton,1997),part1.
WEEKTHREE
LIBERALISM(S)
Classmeeting:
September25
Topics/themes:
•
“Classical”Liberalism
•
Neoliberalism
•
Internalandexternalcritiquesofliberalism(s)
Requiredreading: 1. MichaelW.Doyle,“LiberalismandWorldPolitics”American
PoliticalScienceReview80(1986):1151‐1169.
2. RobertO.Keohane,“NeoliberalInstitutionalism:APerspectiveon
WorldPolitics”inInternationalInstitutionsandStatePower
(Westview,1989).
3. MarkZacherandRichardMatthew,“LiberalInternationalTheory:
CommonThreads,DivergentStrands”inCharlesW.Kegley,ed.,
ControversiesinInternationalRelationsTheory(St.Martin’s,
1994).
4. AndrewMoravscik,“TakingPreferencesSeriously:ALiberalTheory
ofInternationalPolitics”InternationalOrganization51(1997):
513‐554.
5. ChristianReus‐Smit,“TheStrangeDeathofLiberalIRTheory,”
EuropeanJournalofInternationalLaw12(2001):573‐593.
Recommended
reading
•
JohnOwen,“HowLiberalismProducesDemocraticPeace”
InternationalOrganization19(1994):87‐125.
•
BruceRussettandJohnOneal,“TheKantianPeace:ThePacific
BenefitsofDemocracy,Interdependence,andInternational
Organizations,1885‐1992,”WorldPolitics52(1999):1‐37.
•
SebastianRosato,“TheFlawedLogicofDemocraticPeaceTheory,”
AmericanPoliticalScienceReview97(2003):585‐602.
•
RobertO.Keohane,AfterHegemony:CooperationandDiscordin
theWorldPoliticalEconomy(Princeton,1984),esp.ch.3.
•
RobertAxelrodandRobertKeohane,“AchievingCooperationin
Anarchy:StrategiesandInstitutions”inKennethA.Oye,ed.,
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CooperationUnderAnarchy(Princeton,1986).
•
LisaMartin,“Interests,Power,andMultilateralism”International
Organization46(1992):765‐792.
•
RobertPowell,“AbsoluteandRelativeGainsinInternational
Relations”inDavidA.Baldwin,ed.,NeorealismandNeoliberalism:
TheContemporaryDebate(Columbia,1993).
•
RobertJervis,“Realism,Neoliberalism,andCooperation:
UnderstandingtheDebate”InternationalSecurity24(1999):42‐63.
•
KennethW.AbbottandDuncanSnidal,“HardandSoftLawin
InternationalGovernance”InternationalOrganization54(2000):
421‐456.
•
JenniferSterling‐Folker,“RealistEnvironment,LiberalProcess,and
Domestic‐LevelVariables”InternationalStudiesQuarterly41
(1997):1‐25.
WEEKFOUR
CONSTRUCTIVISM(ANDTHEENGLISHSCHOOL)
Classmeeting:
October2
Topics/themes:
•
Constructivismascritiqueof“rationalist”theories
•
Constructivismasaresearchproject
•
TheEnglishSchool—aprecursortocontemporaryconstructivism?
Requiredreading: 1. AlexanderWendt,“AnarchyisWhatStatesMakeofIt:TheSocial
ConstructionofPowerPolitics”InternationalOrganization46
(1992):391‐425.
2. TimothyDunne,“TheSocialConstructionofInternationalSociety”
EuropeanJournalofInternationalRelations3(1995):367‐390.
3. MarthaFinnemoreandKathrynSikkink,“InternationalNorm
DynamicsandPoliticalChange,”InternationalOrganization52
(2005):887‐917.
4. JenniferMitzen,“OntologicalSecurityinWorldPolitics:State
IdentityandtheSecurityDilemma”EuropeanJournalof
InternationalRelations12(2006):341‐370.
Strongly
recommended
reading:

DaleC.Copeland,“TheConstructivistChallengetoStructural
Realism:AReviewEssay”InternationalSecurity25(2000):187‐
212.
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PeterJ.Katzenstein,RobertO.Keohane,andStephenD.Krasner,
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“InternationalOrganizationandtheStudyofWorldPolitics”
InternationalOrganization52(1998):645‐686.
Recommended
reading
•
HedleyBull,TheAnarchicalSociety:AStudyofOrderinWorld
Politics(Columbia,1977),chs.1‐2.
•
GerritGong,TheStandardof‘Civilization’inInternationalSociety
(Clarendon,1984),esp.chs.1‐3.
•
AlexanderWendt,SocialTheoryofInternationalPolitics
(Cambridge,1990),esp.chs.1‐2.
•
JohnGerardRuggie,“WhatMakestheWorldHangTogether?”
InternationalOrganization52(1998):855‐885.
•
ThomasRisse,“’Let’sArgue!’:CommunicativeActioninWorld
Politics”InternationalOrganization54(2000):1‐40.
•
AlexanderWendt,“DrivingwiththeRearviewMirror:Onthe
RationalScienceofInstitutionalDesign,”InternationalOrganization
55(2001):1019‐1049.
•
EmanuelAdler,“ConstructivisminInternationalRelations”in
WalterCarlsnaes,ThomasRisse,andBethSimmons,eds.,Handbook
ofInternationalRelations(Cambridge,2002).
•
JenniferSterling‐Folker,“CompetingParadigmsorBirdsofa
Feather?”InternationalStudiesQuarterly44(2000):97‐120
•
VincentPouliot,“Sobjectivism:TowardsaConstructivist
Methodology”InternationalStudiesQuarterly51(2007):359‐384.
WEEKFIVE
OUTSIDERS:MARXIST,FEMINIST,&CRITICALPERSPECTIVES
Classmeeting:
October9
Topics/themes:
•Feministcritiquesandtheories
•Marxistandneo‐Marxisttheories
•Criticaltheoryandinterpretivism
Requiredreading: 1. MilesKahler,“InventingInternationalRelations:International
Relationsafter1945”inMichaelW.DoyleandG.JohnIkenberry,
eds.,NewThinkinginInternationalRelations(Westview,1997).
2. J.AnnTickner,“YouJustDon’tUnderstand:TroubledEngagements
betweenFeministsandI.R.Theorists”InternationalStudies
Quarterly41(1997):611‐632.
3. RobertW.Cox,“SocialForces,StatesandWorldOrders:Beyond
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InternationalRelationsTheory”inRobertO.Keohane,ed.,
NeorealismanditsCritics(Columbia,1986).
4. RichardPriceandChristianReus‐Smit,“DangerousLiaisons:Critical
InternationalTheoryandConstructivism”EuropeanJournalof
InternationalRelations4(1998):259‐294.
Recommended
reading
•
AnthonyBrewer,MarxistTheoriesofImperialism(Routledge,
1980).
•
StephenGillandDavidLaw,“GlobalHegemonyandtheStructural
PowerofCapital”inGill,ed.,Gramsci,HistoricalMaterialism,and
InternationalRelations(Cambridge,1993).
•
JustinRosenberg,TheEmpireofCivilSociety:ACritiqueofRealist
TheoryofInternationalRelations(Verso,1994),chs.1,5‐6.
•
V.SpikePeterson,“What’satStakeinTakingFeminismSeriously”in
Peterson,ed.,GenderedStates:Feminist(Re)VisionsofInternational
RelationsTheory(LynneRienner,1993).
•
MarysiaZalewski,“Feminismand/inInternationalRelations:An
ExhaustedConversation?”inFrankHarveyandMichaelBrecher,
eds.,EvaluatingMethodologyinInternationalStudies(Michigan,
2002).
•
YosefLapid,“TheThirdDebate”InternationalStudiesQuarterly33
(1989):235‐254.
•
MarkNeufeld,“Interpretationandthe‘Science’ofInternational
Relations”ReviewofInternationalStudies19(1993):39‐61.
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ChrisBrown,“TurtlesAlltheWayDown”Millennium:Journalof
InternationalStudies23(1994):213‐236.
WEEKSIX
DECISION‐MAKING
Classmeeting:
October16
REMINDER:
FIRSTPAPERDUETODAY
Topics/themes:
•
Perceptionsandpsychology
•
Bureaucraticpolitics,organizationalroutines
•
Domesticpoliticalstructures
Requiredreading: 1. GrahamAllison,“ConceptualModelsandtheCubanMissileCrisis”
AmericanPoliticalScienceReview63(1969):696‐718.
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2. JackS.Levy,“OrganizationalRoutinesandtheCausesofWar”
3. JamesD.Fearon,“RationalistExplanationsforWar”International
Organization49(1995):379‐414.
4. PeterKatzenstein,“Conclusions:DomesticStructuresandStrategies
ofForeignEconomicPolicy”InternationalOrganization31(1977).

5. JackSnyder,MythsofEmpire:DomesticPoliticsandInternational
Ambition(Cornell,1992),chs.1,4.
Strongly
recommended
reading:

RobertPutnam,“DiplomacyandDomesticPolitics:TheLogicof
Two‐LevelGames”InternationalOrganization42(1988):427‐460.

Recommended
reading
•
RobertJervis,PerceptionandMisperception(Princeton,1976),chs.
1‐3.
•
StephenD.Krasner,“AreBureaucraciesImportant?”ForeignPolicy
7(1972):159‐179.
•
RobertJervis,“PerceivingandCopingwithThreats”inRobertJervis,
RichardNedLebow,andJaniceGrossStein,eds.,Psychologyand
Deterrence(JohnsHopkins,1985).
•
JackS.Levy,“ProspectTheory,RationalChoice,andInternational
Relations”InternationalStudiesQuarterly41(1997):87‐112.
•
BruceBeunodeMesquitaandDavidLalman,WarandReason(Yale,
1992),esp.chs.1‐2.
•
StephenR.David,“ExplainingThirdWorldAlignment”World
Politics43(1991):233‐256.
•
ThomasJ.Christensen,“PerceptionsandAlliancesinEurope,1865‐
1940”InternationalOrganization51(1997):65‐97.
•
HelenV.Milner,Interests,Institutions,andInformation:Domestic
PoliticsandInternationalRelations(Princeton,1997).
•
RonaldRogowski,CommerceandCoalitions:HowTradeAffects
DomesticPoliticalAlignments(Princeton,1989),chs.1‐6.
•
RandallSchweller,“DomesticStructureandPreventiveWar:Are
DemocraciesMorePacific?”WorldPolitics44(1992):235‐269.
•
HelenV.MilnerandTingley,“WhoSupportsGlobeEconomic
Engagement?:TheSourcesofPreferencesinAmericanForeign
EconomicPolicy”InternationalOrganization65(2011):37‐68.
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WEEKSEVEN
NON‐STATE/TRANSNATIONALACTORS
Classmeeting:
October23
Topics/themes:
•
When/whyarenon‐stateactorsabletoinfluencestatepolicies?
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Whataretransnationalactors,andwhymighttheybeimportant?
•
Doestheintensificationoftransnationalpoliticsseriouslyundercut
thevalueoftraditional(state‐centric)theories?
Required
reading:
1. StephenD.Krasner,DefendingtheNationalInterest:RawMaterials
InvestmentsandUSForeignPolicy(Princeton,1978),chs.1,8.
2. MatthewEvangelista,“TheParadoxofStateStrength:Transnational
Relations,DomesticStructures,andSecurityPolicyinRussiaandthe
SovietUnion”InternationalOrganization49(1995):1‐38.
3. MargaretE.Keck&KathrynR.Sikkink,ActivistsBeyondBorders:
AdvocacyinInternationalPolitics(Cornell,1998),ch.1.
4. RobertO.Keohane,“TheGlobalizationofInformalViolence,Theories
ofWorldPolitics,andthe‘LiberalismofFear’”Dialog‐IO(2002):29‐
43.
Recommended
reading
•
RobertGilpin,USPowerandtheMultinationalCorporation(Basic
Books,1975),esp.chs.1‐2,4‐6.
•
RobertO.KeohaneandJosephS.Nye,Jr.,Powerand
Interdependence:WorldPoliticsinTransition(Little,Brown,1977),
esp.chs.1‐3.
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DavidA.Welch,“TheOrganizationalProcessandBureaucratic
PoliticsParadigms:RetrospectandProspect”InternationalSecurity
17(1992):112‐146.
•
PeterM.Haas,“EpistemicCommunitiesandInternationalPolicy
Coordination”InternationalOrganization46(1992):1‐35.
•
JeffreyW.Knopf,“BeyondTwo‐LevelGames:Domestic‐International
InteractionintheIntermediateRangeNuclearForcesNegotiations”
InternationalOrganization46(1993):599‐628.
•
RichardPrice,“ReversingtheGun‐Sights:TransnationalCivilSociety
TargetsLandmines”InternationalOrganization52(1998):613‐644.
•
KathrynSikkink,“TransnationalPolitics,InternationalRelations
Theory,andHumanRights”PoliticalScienceandPolitics31(1998):
516‐523.
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DavidBachandAbrahamL.Newman,“TransgovernmentalNetworks
andDomesticPolicyConvergence:EvidencefromInsiderTrading
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Regulation”InternationalOrganization64(2010):505‐528.
WEEKEIGHT
THEORYANDMETHODINI.R.
Classmeeting:
October30
Topics/themes:
•
Averyquickandrelativelypainlessoverviewofthelogicand
techniquesbehindmultivariateregressionanalysis
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QualitativevsQuantitative,Formalvs“Informal”
Required
reading:
1. BearF.BraumoellerandAnneSartori,“Empirical‐Quantitative
ApproachestotheStudyofInternationalRelations”inDetlefSprinz
andYaelWolinsky‐Nahmias,eds.,Models,Numbers,andCases:
MethodsforStudyingInternationalRelations(Michigan,2004).
2. JackLevy,“QualitativeMethodsinInternationalRelations”inFrank
HarveyandMichaelBrecher,eds.,EvaluatingMethodologyin
InternationalStudies(Michigan,2002).
3. StephenM.Walt,“RigororRigorMortis?:RationalChoiceand
SecurityStudies”InternationalSecurity23(1999):5‐48.
Recommended
reading:
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MartinHollisandSteveSmith,ExplainingandUnderstanding
InternationalRelations(Clarendon,1990),chs.3‐4.
HedleyBull,“InternationalTheory:TheCasefortheClassical
Approach”inJohnVasquez,ed.,ClassicsofInternationalRelations
(3rd ed.,Prentice‐Hall,1996).
MilesKahler,“RationalityinInternationalRelations”International
Organization52(1998):919‐941.
GaryKing,RobertKeohane,andSidneyVerba,DesigningSocial
Inquiry:ScientificInferenceinQualitativeResearch(Princeton,
1994).
Symposium,“TheQualitative‐QuantitativeDisputation:King,
Keohane,andVerba’sDesigningSocialInquiry”AmericanPolitical
ScienceReview89(1995):454‐474.
BarryO’Neill,“WeakModels,NilHypotheses,andDecorative
Statistics:IsThereReallyNoHope?”JournalofConflictResolution39
(1994):731‐748.
AndrewBennett,“CausalInferenceinCaseStudies:FromMill’s
MethodstoCausalMechanisms”PaperpresentedtoAPSA,1999.
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bennetta/APSA99.html
FrankHarvey,“RigorMortisorRigor,MoreTests?”International
StudiesQuarterly42(1999):675‐707.
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JamesD.Fearon,“CounterfactualsandHypothesisTestinginPolitical
Science”WorldPolitics43(1991):169‐195.
IanLustick,"History,Historiography,andPoliticalScience"American
PoliticalScienceReview90(1996),pp.605‐618.
WEEKNINE
FROMTHEORYTORESEARCH:REALISMVSLIBERALISM
Classmeeting:
November6
Topics/themes:
•Who’swinning,RealismorLiberalism?
•Relativevsabsolutegains
•Tradeorwar:doesconquestpay?
•DemocraticPeace
Required
reading:
1. RobertGilpin,“TheTheoryofHegemonicWar”Journalof
InterdisciplinaryHistory18(1988):591‐613.
2. MichaelMastanduno,“DoRelativeGainsMatter?:America’sResponse
toJapaneseIndustrialPolicy”InternationalSecurity16(1991):73‐
113.
3. PeterLiberman,“TheSpoilsofConquest”InternationalSecurity18
(1993):125‐153.
4. ChristopherLayne,“KantorCant:TheMythoftheDemocraticPeace”
InternationalSecurity19(1994):5‐49.
Recommended
reading:
•
JohnGerardRuggie,“ContinuityandTransformationintheWorld
Polity:TowardaNeorealistSynthesis”inRobertO.Keohane,ed.,
NeorealismandItsCritics(Columbia,1986).
•
PeterLiberman,“TradingwiththeEnemy:SecurityandRelative
EconomicGains”InternationalSecurity21(1996):147‐175.
•
RobertB.McCalla,“NATO’sPersistenceaftertheColdWar”
InternationalOrganization50(1996):442‐472.
•
FareedZakaria,FromWealthtoPower:TheUnusualOriginsof
America’sWorldRole(Princeton,1998).
•
JosephS.Nye,“TransnationalRelationsandInterstateConflicts:An
EmpiricalAnalysis”InternationalOrganization28(1974):961‐996.
•
SusanMacmillan,“InterdependenceandConflict”Mershon
InternationalStudiesReview41(1997):31‐48.
•
DavidE.Spiro,“TheInsignificanceoftheLiberalPeace”International
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Security19(1994):50‐86.
•
EdwardD.MansfieldandJackSnyder,“Democratizationandthe
DangerofWar”InternationalSecurity19(1995):5‐38.
•
EricVoeten,“ThePoliticalOriginsoftheUNSecurityCouncil’sAbility
toLegitimizetheUseofForce,”InternationalOrganization59(2005):
527‐557.
WEEKTEN
FROMTHEORYTORESEARCH:RATIONALISMVSCONSTRUCTIVISM
Classmeeting:
November13
Topics/themes:
•
Howdowegetfromsayingthat“ideasmatter”toshowingthatideas
matter,andshowinghowtheymatter?
•
Can’twealljustgetalong?
Required
reading:
1. GeoffreyGarrettandBarryR.Weingast,“Ideas,Interests,and
Institutions:ConstructingtheEuropeanCommunity’sInternal
Market”inGoldsteinandKeohane,eds.,IdeasandForeignPolicy:
Beliefs,Institutions,andPoliticalChange(Cornell,1993).
2. NinaTannenwald,“TheNuclearTaboo:TheUnitedStatesandthe
NormativeBasisofNuclearNon‐Use”InternationalOrganization53
(1999):433‐468.
3. StephenG.BrooksandWilliamC.Wohlforth,“Power,Globalization,
andtheEndoftheColdWar:Re‐evaluatingaLandmarkCasefor
Ideas”InternationalSecurity25(2000‐2001):5‐53.
4. JamesD.FearonandAlexanderWendt,“Rationalismvs
Constructivism:ASkepticalView”inWalterCarlsnaes,ThomasRisse,
andBethSimmons,eds.,HandbookofInternationalRelations
(Cambridge,2002).
Strongly
recommended
reading:
•
MichaelC.Desch,“CultureClash:AssessingtheImportanceofIdeas
inSecurityStudies”InternationalSecurity23(1998).
•
MichaelC.Horowitz,“LongTimeGoing:ReligionandtheDurationof
Crusading,”InternationalSecurity34(2009):162‐193.
Recommended
reading:
•
NetaCrawford,“DecolonizationasanInternationalNorm:The
EvolutionofPractices,Arguments,andBeliefs”inLauraW.Reedand
CarlKaysen,eds.,EmergingNormsofJustifiedIntervention
(Cambridge,1993).
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•
AlastairIainJohnston,“CulturalRealism:StrategicCultureand
StrategyinMaoistChina”inPeterJ.Katzenstein,ed.,TheCultureof
NationalSecurity:NormsandIdentityinWorldPolitics(Columbia,
1996).
•
RichardPrice,“AGeneaologyoftheChemicalWeaponsTaboo”
InternationalOrganization49(1995):73‐103.
•
PeterJ.Katzenstein,CulturalNormsandNationalSecurity:Police
andMilitaryinPost‐WarJapan(Cornell,1996),chs.1‐3.
•
ElizabethKier,ImaginingWar:FrenchandBritishMilitaryDoctrine
betweentheWars(Princeton,1997),esp.ch.1.
•
ChristianReus‐Smit,TheMoralPurposeoftheState:Culture,Social
Identity,andInstitutionalRationalityinInternationalRelations
(Princeton,1999),esp.chs.1‐2.
•
DavidLumsdaine,MoralVisioninInternationalPolitics:TheForeign
AidRegime,1949‐89(Princeton,1993),esp.ch.1.
•
FrankSchimmelfennig,“TheCommunityTrap:LiberalNorms,
RhetoricalAction,andtheEasternEnlargementoftheEuropean
Union”InternationalOrganization55(2001):47‐80.
•
ChaimKaufmanandRobertPape,“ExplainingCostlyInternational
MoralAction:Britain’sSixty‐YearCampaignAgainsttheAtlantic
SlaveTrade”InternationalOrganization53(1999):631‐668.
•
MichaelC.Williams,“WhyIdeasMatterinInternationalRelations:
HansMorgenthau,ClassicalRealismandtheConstructionofPower
Politics,”InternationalOrganization58(2004):633‐655.
•
EmanuelAdler,“TheSpreadofSecurityCommunities:Communities
ofPractice,Self‐Restraint,andNATO’sPost‐ColdWar
Transformation,”EuropeanJournalofInternationalRelations14
(2008):195‐230.
WEEKELEVEN
THENEWREALISM:RE‐INVENTIONORSELF‐DESTRUCTION?
Classmeeting:
November20
Topics/themes:
•
“Classical”vs“Structural”vs“Neoclassical”
•
Progressivevsdegenerativeresearchagendas
•
HowmuchcanyouaddtoRealismbeforeitstopsbeingRealism?
Required
1. JeffreyW.LegroandAndrewMoravscik,“IsAnybodyStillaRealist?”
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reading:
InternationalSecurity24(1999):5‐55.
2. PatrickJackson,“BridgingtheGap:TowardARealist‐Constructivist
Dialogue,”InternationalStudiesReview6(2004):337‐352.
3. BrianRathbun,“ARosebyAnyOtherName:NeoclassicalRealismas
theLogicalandNecessaryExtensionofStructuralRealism,”Security
Studies17(2008):294‐321.
4. JeffreyW.Taliafero,StephenE.Lobell,andNorrinRipsman,
“Introduction”inLobell,etal,eds.,NeoclassicalRealism,theState,
andForeignPolicy(CambridgeUniversityPress,2009).
5. WilliamWohlforth,“GilpinianRealismandInternationalRelations,”
InternationalRelations25(2011):499‐511.
Strongly
recommended
reading:
Recommended
reading:
•
ThomasJ.ChristensenandJackSnyder,“ChainGangsandPassed
Bucks:PredictingAlliancePatternsinMultipolarity”International
Organization44(1990):137‐168.
•
StephenG.Brooks,“DuelingRealisms”InternationalOrganization51
(1997):445‐477.
•
GideonRose,“NeoclassicalRealismandTheoriesofForeignPolicy,”
WorldPolitics51(1998):144‐172.
•
StephenM.Walt,“AllianceFormationandtheBalanceofWorld
Power”InternationalSecurity9(1985):3‐41.
•
RichardNedLebow,“TheLongPeace,theEndoftheColdWar,and
theFailureofRealism”InternationalOrganization48(1994):249‐
277.
•
WilliamWohlforth,“RealismandtheEndoftheColdWar”
InternationalSecurity19(1994/95):91‐129.
•
StefanoGuzzini,“StructuralPower:TheLimitsofNeorealistPower
Analysis,”InternationalOrganization47(1993):443‐478.
•
JohnVasquez,“TheRealistParadigmandDegenerativeversus
ProgressiveResearchPrograms”AmericanPoliticalScienceReview
91(December1997):899‐912.
•
JenniferSterling‐Folker,“RealismandtheConstructivistChallenge,”
InternationalStudiesReview4(2002):73‐97.
•
RobertA.Pape,"SoftBalancingAgainsttheUnitedStates,"
InternationalSecurity30(2005):7‐45.
•
JeffreyW.Taliaferro,“StateBuildingforFutureWars:Neoclassical
RealismandtheResource‐ExtractiveState,”SecurityStudies15
(2006):464‐495.
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WEEKTWELVE
WHAT’STHEPOINT?
Classmeeting:
November27
REMINDER:
SECONDPAPERDUEDECEMBER6
Topics/themes:
•
Required
reading:
1. JosephLepgold,“IsAnyoneListening?InternationalRelationsTheory
andtheProblemofPolicyRelevance”PoliticalScienceQuarterly113
(1998):43‐63.
I.R.theoryandthepolicyrelevancequestion
2. JosephS.Nye,Jr.,“ScholarsontheSidelines”WashingtonPost,April
13,2009.
3. DanielDrezner,“SoYouWanttobePolicyRelevant?”ForeignPolicy
blog,February18,2010.
Recommended
reading:
•
•
PeterKatzensteinandRudraSil,“EclecticTheorizingintheStudyand
PracticeofInternationalRelations,”inReus‐SmitandSnidal,editors,
TheOxfordHandbookofInternationalRelations(Oxford,2008),109‐
131.
RobertW.Cox,“ThePointIsnotJusttoExplaintheWorldbutto
ChangeIt,”inReus‐SmitandSnidal,eds,TheOxfordHandbookof
InternationalRelations(Oxford,2008),84‐93.
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