440 IR Theory Fall 2011

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1 440 IR Theory Fall 2011 Ian Hurd Scott Hall Class meetings: Monday, 9 to 12:00, Ripton Room Office hours Tuesday, 12:30 to 2:30 This seminar examines the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of international relations. All discussion of international politics rests on conceptual foundations and assumptions; these are sometimes made explicit and sometimes not. Disagreements about policy choices are often have their roots in disagreements about these conceptual foundations. This course examines the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of international politics, both inside and outside the discipline of International Relations. It is intended to support students who have research projects that involve international relations by providing examples of how the theoretical foundations of international politics can be studied and how they sustain the practices of world politics. Requirements Class participation 30% Class presentation 20% Weekly response papers 10% Research paper 40% Required texts Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations. Oxford University Press. Ian Shapiro, Rogers Smith, and Tarek Masoud Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics. Cambridge University Press. Friedrich V. Kratochwil, Rules, Norms, and Decisions: On the Conditions of Practical and Legal Reasoning in International and Domestic Affairs. Cambridge University Press,

2 SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS September 26th - The Anarchy Problematique and International Structure Kenneth N. Waltz. Anarchic Orders and Balances of Power, in Waltz Theory of International Politics. Wiley, Hedley Bull, Ch.1 and Ch.2 of The Anarchical Society. Columbia University Press, Michael Barnett and Raymond Duvall, Power in Global Governance, in Barnett and Duvall eds. Power in Global Governance. Cambridge University Press, Steve Smith, Introduction: Diversity and Disciplinarity in International Relations Theory, in TIm Dunne, Milja Kurki, and Steve Smith eds. International Relations Theory: Discipline and Diversity. Oxford University Press, October 3rd - Hierarchy David Lake Escape from the State of Nature: Authority and Hierarchy in World Politics, International Security, 32(1): Siba Grovogui Regimes of Sovereignty: International Morality and the African Condition, European Journal of International Relations, 8(3): Gerry Simpson Great Powers and Outlaw States: Unequal Sovereigns in the International Legal Order. Chapters 2 and 3. Walter W. Powell Neither Market Nor Hierarchy: Network forms of Organization, Research in Organizational Behavior, 12: Lisa Wedeen in Shapiro, Concepts and Commitments, in Ian Shapiro et al. Problems and Choices in the Study of Politics. Cambridge University Press, Robert Dahl, What Have we Learned? in Shapiro et al. Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2004, p October 10th - States, Interests, Agency 2

3 Cornelia Woll, Ch. 6, Who Captures Whom? in Woll Firm Interests: How Governments Shape Business Lobbying on Global Trade. Cornell University Press, Beth Simmons, Ch. 4, Theories of Compliance in Simmons Mobilizing for Human Rights International Law in Domestic Politics. Cambridge University Press, Markus Kornprobst, The Agentʼs Logics of Action: Defining and Mapping Political Judgement, International Theory, 2011, 3(1). G. John Ikenberry and Charles A. Kupchan, Socialization and Hegemonic Power, International Organization, Alexander Wendt. The Agent-Structure Problem in International Relations Theory, International Organization, 1987, 41(3) Andrew Moravscik, The New Liberalism, in Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford University Press, Michael Byers, International Law, in Oxford Handbook of International Relations. Oxford University Press, October 17th - Power Lloyd Gruber, Power Politics and the Free Trade Bandwagon, Comparative Political Studies, John Gaventa Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley. Chapter 1. Ian Hurd, The Strategic Use of Liberal Internationalism: Libya and the UN Sanctions, , International Organization, 59(3). Frank Schimmelfennig, Strategic Calculation and International Socialization: Membership Incentives, Party Constellations, and Sustained Compliance in Central and Eastern Europe, International Organization, Benno Teschke, Demystifying Westphalia, Ch. 7 of The Myth of Steven Lukes Moral Conflicts and Politics. Chapter 6, Power and Authority. 3

4 ---- William Wohlforth, Realism, in Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford University Press, Ian Shapiro, Problems, Methods, and Theories in the Study of Politics, in Shapiro et al. Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics. Cambridge University Press October 24th - no meeting October 31st - Norms and Ideas Charli Carpenter, ʻWomen and Children Firstʼ: Gender, Norms, and Humanitarian Evacuation in the Balkans , International Organization, 2003, 57(4). Stacie Goddard, Brokering Change: Networks and Entrepreneurs in International Politics, International Theory, 2009, 1(2). Jonah Eaton, An Emerging Norm? Determining the Meaning and Legal Status of the Responsibility to Protect, Michigan Journal of International Law, 2009, 32-. James Fearon and Alexander Wendt, Rationalism versus Constructivism: A Skeptical View, in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, and Beth Simmons eds. Handbook of International Relations, Sage, John Ferejohn External and Internal Explanation, in Shapiro et al. Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics. Cambridge University Press, Rosecrance in Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford University Press, Ian Hurd, Constructivism, in Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford University Press, John Mearsheimer, What Have we Learned? in Shapiro et al. Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics. Cambridge University Press, November 7th -- Institutions 4

5 G. John Ikenberry, Crisis of the Old Order, Ch. 1 of Liberal Leviathan, Princeton University Press, 2011 Samuel Moyn, Soft Sells, The Nation, Oct. 3, John Mearsheimer, False Promise of International Institutions, International Security, 1994/95, 19(3): Orfeo Fioretos, Historical Institutionalism in International Relations, International Organization, 2011, 65(2). Garrett Hardin The Tragedy of the Commons, Science, 162: Tim Dunne, English School, in Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford University Press, Anne Norton, Political Science as a Vocation, in Shapiro et al. Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics. Cambridge University Press, November 14th --Choices and Decisions Jonathan Mercer Rationality and Psychology in International Politics, International Organization, 59(1). Nehal Bhuta, State-Building, Democratization, and ʻPolitics as Technology,ʼ working paper Friedrich Kratochwil, Rules, Norms, and Decisions. Cambridge University Press, Charles E. Lindblom The Science of Muddling Through, Public Administration Review Barnett and Sikkink in Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford University Press, Andrew Kydd, MIRC in Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford University Press,

6 Alan Ryan Problems and Methods in Political Science: Rational Explanation and its Limits, in Shapiro et al. Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics. Cambridge University Press, November 21st -- International Rules Andrew Guzman, Ch. 2, A General Theory of International Law, in Guzman How International Law Works. Oxford University Press. Rachel Brewster, The Limits of Reputation, International Theory, 2009, 1(2). Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink, International Norm Dynamics and Political Change, International Organization, 1998, 52(4): Charles Taylor,... to follow a rule, in Richard Shusterman Bourdieu: A Critical Reader. Blackwell. Abram Chayes and Antonia Handler Chayes, On Compliance, International Organization, 1993, 47(2). 6