POL2/3TWP Theories of World Politics Reading Guide Semester 2‚ 2013 Subject Coordinator Dr Daniel Bray SS Room 323 d.bray@latrobe.edu.au @DanBrayLatrobe #IRLaTrobe Lectures Monday 12pm – 2pm‚ Undercroft LT Tutorials Weekly‚ beginning in Week 1 Sign up on LMS 1. Tutorial Program at a Glance Week 1 Date 29 July Tutorial Topic 1. Introduction and Admin Part A: Rationalist Approaches 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 Aug 12 Aug 19 Aug 25 Aug 2 Sep 9 Sep 16 Sep 2. Realism 3. Liberalism IR Theory 4. The English
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The phenomena of employment relations are found in all countries where people work for others in paid employment. According to (Bamber et al 2004) employment relations deal with all aspects of employment relations‚ including human resource management (HRM). Therefore‚ in this paper the term employment relations will be used to encompass industrial relations and HRM. As a generic subject‚ therefore‚ industrial relations are ubiquitous. The field of employment relations‚ on the other hand‚ is one
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Realism and Neo-Realism? Theories provide something better than just guessing‚ they offer a systematic and coherent way of conceptualizing about the world we live in. Theories act as ‘lenses’ through which we look at and understand the social phenomena and the dimensions that characterize Politics and International Relations. Every theory is based on an assumption and backed by facts. Theory is a testable concept or idea. In science‚ a theory is not merely a guess. A theory is a fact-based framework
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Chicago and mother deeply engaged with social justice and peace‚ it would have been no stretch to assume Keohane’s values and world view from an early age would fall within liberal boundaries. Indeed in analysing Keohane’s understanding of the international system‚ and his view that ‘we study world politics not because it is easily amenable to scientific investigation‚ but because human welfare‚ the fate of our species‚ and the future of the fragile global ecology itself
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Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 State ≠ Nation What is a theory? Basic problem: what information matter? A theory is: a simplifying device to help you decide which facts matter and which do not Can be implicit or explicit More formally‚ it is: a coherent set of propositions and concepts that seeks to explain phenomena by specifying the relation ships among the concepts Purpose of theory is explanations and predictions Good theory generates testable hypotheses Major Theoretical Approaches
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makes up international relations‚ scholars have devised theories of interaction. Sometimes called lenses‚ they are created to give a certain perspective from which to review the international sphere. Since the development of the first chair of International Relations (IR) in 1919‚ two theories have prevailed over the rest‚ namely Realism and Liberalism. While designed with a uniform purpose‚ the values and concepts prevalent in the two theories are starkly contrasting. Yet each of the theories is effective
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realism established by Han’s Morgenthau through to Kenneth Waltz’s structural realism which introduced in 1979. Many theorists see classical realism and structural realism as two distinct theories‚ as Knud Erik Jorgensen claims structural realism can be viewed as a significant rupture with classical realist theory. Realist thinkers have seen human nature as acquisitive and aggressive. Machiavelli and Hobbes were both concerned with the struggle for survival in a harsh world. Unlike the philosophers
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Realism Reconsidered The Legacy of Hans Morgenthau in International Relations This page intentionally left blank Realism Reconsidered The Legacy of Hans Morgenthau in International Relations Edited by Michael C. Williams 1 Great Clarendon Street‚ Oxford ox2 6 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research‚ scholarship‚ and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape
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Gender in International Relations Gender in International Relations Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security J. Ann Tickner New York Columbia University Press 1992 Bibliographic Data To Joan‚ Heather‚ and Wendy --feminists for the future Preface 1. Engendered Insecurities 2. Man‚ the State‚ and War: Gendered Perspectives on National Security 3. Three Models of Man: Gendered Perspectives on Global Economic Security 4. Man over Nature: Gendered Perspectives on Ecological Security
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Explain the liberal challenge to realism‚ and assess its effectiveness. Liberalism poses as an alternate framework to realism for understanding international relations. There are three main positions held by liberals that contrast those views held by realists. The issues of conflict and cooperation‚ relative and absolute gain‚ and the pessimistic and optimistic outlook on individuals will be focused on. Liberalism is effective‚ to an extent‚ in illustrating the rather one-dimensional approach
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