Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501933 Journalism | OT | 4 | 0 |
This course does not have academic prerequisites.
The student must have the habit of reading and consulting different channels of communication of general information, especially to follow international news, as well as opinion articles on global political issues.
This course has a basic training character. This means that it serves as a foundation from which international reality should be analyzed.
The basic objectives of the course are: that students know the fundamental concepts of the discipline, that they acquire analytical skills applicable to international relations; to become familiar with the set of processes and references that have shaped global contemporary society on a global scale; and, that they are able to express and defend orally and in writing their points of view on the most relevant international issues.
This course (one semester) has a double objective: to familiarize students with the analysis tools of International Relations and offer information on international events. This (selected) information will help students, on the one hand, to know relevant facts at an international level and, on the other, to examine these facts within an analytical framework.
The course has been divided into three major blocks: "theory and concepts", "international system" and "global international society". Each of these blocks, in turn, is divided into several lessons or themes. Not all subjects or lessons will have an identical treatment (in terms of class hours). The content of the course will be sensitive to aspects related to the gender perspective.
Students must do a series of compulsory readings for each subject (as well as the two compulsory readings for the follow-up of the whole course), as well as any other reading that the teachers indicate to the students throughout the course (whether offered in paper or electronic format through the Campus Virtual). The readings, together with the material delivered in classes, will be the object of the evaluations. For the update of the topics, the follow-up of some yearbooks is recommended (see the final section with reference works). It is very important for students to have this combined system of work / classes in the classroom complemented by work (readings) that must be done outside the classroom to follow correctly the course and its content.
PROGRAMME
PART I. THEORY AND CONCEPTS
Topic 1. International relations as an area of study
Topic 2. International theory: the great traditions of thought
Topic 3. Theoretical approaches to international relations
PART II. INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
Topic 4. The actors of the international system (I)
Topic 5. The actors of the international system (II)
Topic 6. The dynamics of the international system: conflict and cooperation
Topic 7. The structure of the international system
PART III. THE INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL SOCIETY
Topic 8. Presentation of the great dynamics of contemporary international society
Topic 9. Political order (I): From the CW Society to the post-CW
Topic 10. Political order (II): The United Nations system
Topic 11. Economic order: The Bretton Woods system and the commercial order
Topic 12. Challenges of the global agenda in the 21st Century
Compulsory readings
- BARBÉ, Esther, International Relations, Madrid: Tecnos, 2007 (3rd edition). This book serves as a manual for the whole subject. It also includes a series of complementary readings (brief texts of political or analytical order) that must be made throughout the course following the instructions of the professor. In each of the chapters there is complementary bibliography on the subjects of the program.
- McMahon, Robert, The Cold War. A brief introduction, Madrid: Alianza, 2009. This book serves to follow the origins and evolution of the international Cold War system, very important for part III of the agenda (The International Global Society)
- Reading of the international section of the national and international press.
- Other readings that the teacher considers appropriate for the correct monitoring of the topics that make up the program. These readings include from news items to academic journals and can be delivered by the teacher in class, can be purchased at the Photocopies Service or can be found posted on the Virtual Campus.
The dedication of the students to this subject is divided into several types of activities, each one of them with a determined weight of working hours. This variety of work forms materializes in differentiated methodologies.
-Activities in the classroom, with the presence of the teaching staff: master classes (with the support of ICT and with the possibility of developing debates in a large group); seminars to discuss the readings and documentaries in which cases, problems and examples related to the course syllabus will be analyzed.
- Supervised activities carried out by the students outside the classroom according to a work plan, designed and subsequently supervised and evaluated by the teaching staff. Students must: read and prepare texts; conduct group work consisting of gathering documentation on a specific international relations topic and write an academic work, a report or a documentary
- Autonomous activities that the students do on their own and in accordance with the requirements of the course to successfully pass the course, can be basic and complementary readings, study of class notes or all those other activities that complement the training that is achieved in this course
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Debates and seminars on theory and international dynamics | 17 | 0.68 | 6, 1, 5, 4, 7 |
Master classes with use of ICT and group discussions | 34 | 1.36 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Reading and preparation of texts that will be subject to control in class | 8 | 0.32 | 2, 3, 4 |
Writing group report | 13 | 0.52 | 6, 1, 5, 4, 7 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study of the syllabus of the course and complementary readings | 56 | 2.24 | 2, 3, 4 |
1. The realization of a written exam relative to the theoretical and practical content that represents 50% of the final grade of the subject and
that must be overcome with a minimum grade of five points (5/10) as an indispensable condition to pass the course.
In the event that this face-to-face written examination could not be carried out in the classroom, for reasons that are in the public domain, Covid 19 and confinement situation,
an individual exercise will be carried out, which will be indicated in due course.
2. The elaboration of a written group work and defended orally (30% of the total of the final grade of the subject). This work is mandatory to pass the subject (must be overcome with a minimum grade of five points (5/10).
3. The readings and comments of a series of texts (the guidelines and criteria for reading the texts will be indicated during the course) which will be carried out in seminar format (15%). Likewise, the student's participation (comments, discussion of texts, exposition of topics, etc.) in the classes (readings, comments and participation 5% of the final grade of the subject) will be valued in the overall final grade.
Students who do not pass the written exam will have the opportunity to take part in the compensation activities, that is, they will be able to take the suspended exam again on the day determined by the Faculty.
The evaluable seminars with note and the group work can not be done again, they do not have compensation activities.
Important: Students who do not obtain the minimum grade, five points out often, in thewritten exam, will have the subject suspended, even if they have approved the work done in a group, the corresponding seminars and other evaluation guidelines.
The fact of submitting to the partial written exam exempts the student from the grade "NOT PRESENTED".
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Assistance and participation (classes, seminars and debates, text comments and other activities prepared by the teaching staff) | 5% | 0 | 0 | 6, 1, 2, 4 |
Group work related to a topic of the current international agenda | 30% | 15 | 0.6 | 6, 1, 2, 4, 7 |
Oral and written presentations of the research groups, small group discussions and written summary of the debate, comments and analysis of texts, documents or news assigned in class) | 15% | 4 | 0.16 | 6, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 7 |
Written exam in classroom on the totality of the content worked on in the programme (notes, obligatory readings and student research) | 50% | 3 | 0.12 | 2, 3, 4 |
Bibliography
Mandatory readings
- BARBÉ, Esther, International Relations, Madrid: Tecnos, 2007 (3rd edition). This book serves as a manual for the whole course. It also includes a series of complementary readings (brief political or analytical texts) that must be done throughout the course following the instructions of the teaching staff. In each of the chapters there is complementary bibliography on the subjects of the program.
- McMahon, Robert, The Cold War. A brief introduction, Madrid: Alianza, 2009. This book serves to follow the origins and evolution of the international Cold War system, very important for part III of the agenda (The International Global Society)
Although it is not compulsory reading, they are highly recommended:
- BAYLIS, John; SMITH, Steve. and OWENS, Patricia. (eds.), The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations (Sixth Edition), Oxford University Press, 2014
- LUNDESTAD, Geir, East, West, North, South. Major developments in International Politics since 1945 (Seventh Edition), SAGE, 2014.
- Reading of the international section of the national and international press
- Other readings that the teacher considers appropriate for the correct monitoring of the topics that make up the program. These readings include from news items to academic journals and can be delivered by the teacher in class, can be purchased at the Photocopies Service or can be found posted on the Campus Virtual.
Recommended Bibliography (Basic texts and reference material)
AA.VV., El estado del mundo, Madrid: Ed. Akal (edició 20..l).
Anuario Internacional CIDOB, Barcelona, Fundación CIDOB.
ARACIL, Rafael.; OLIVER, Joan.; SEGURA, Antoni., El mundo actual: De la Segunda Guerra Mundial a nuestros días, Barcelona: Publicacions Universitat de Barcelona, 1995.
ARENAL, Celestino del, Introducción a la relaciones internacionales, Madrid: Tecnos, 1990 (3ª edició)
ARON, Raymond., Paz y Guerra entre las Naciones, Madrid: Alianza, 1985 (2 vols.)
ATTINÀ, Fulvio, El Sistema político global: introducción a las relaciones internacionales, Barcelona: Paidós, 2001
BANCO MUNDIAL, Informe sobre el Desarrollo Mundial (anual), Washington, Banco Mundial.
BIMBI, Linda (ed.), No en mi nombre: Guerra y Derecho, Madrid: Editorial Trotta, 2003
BOYD, Andrew, An Atlas of World Affairs, Londres: Routledge, 1991 (9ª ed.)
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew, El Gran Tablero Mundial, Barcelona: Paidós, 1998.
BULL, Hedley, La sociedad anarquica: un estudio sobre el orden en la política mundial, Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata, 2005.
CALVOCORESSI, Peter, Historia Política del mundo contemporáneo. De 1945 a nuestros días, Madrid: Akal, 1999 (Setena edició).
CARLSNAES, Walter; RISSE, THomas.; SIMMONS, Beth A. (eds.), Handbook of International Relations, Londres: SAGE, 2002.
CARR, Edward H., La crisis de los veinte años (1919-1939). Una introducción al estudiode las relaciones internacionales, Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata, 2004.
CARRILLO SALCEDO, Juan Antonio (comp.), Textos básicos de Naciones Unidas, Madrid: Tecnos, 1982.
CASTELLS, Manel., La era de la Información. Economía, sociedad y cultura (3 vols.), Madrid: Alianza,1997-98.
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PARA LA PAZ (CIP), Anuario delCIP. Conflictos y dilemas de la sociedad internacional, Madrid: CIP / Icaria.
CHALIAND, Gerard i RAGEAU, Jean P., Atlas stratégique et géopolitique, Brussel·les: Complexe, 1994
DER DERIAN, James (ed.), International Theory. Critical Investigations, London: MacMillan, 1995
DONELLY, Jack, Realism and International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
DOUGHERTY, James E. i PFALTZGRAFF JR., Robert L., Contending Theories of International Relations: A Comprehensive Survey (4th edition), New York: Longman, 1997.
DOYLE, Michael W., Ways of War and Peace, New York / London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997.
EVANS, Graham i NEWNHAM, Jeffrey, The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations, London: Penguin Books, 1998
GARCÍA DE CORTÁZAR, Fernando i LORENZO, José María, Historia del mundo actual, 1945-1989, Madrid: Alianza, 1990.
GRIFFITHS, Martin, Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations, London: Routledge, 1999.
GRIFFITHS, Martin i O’CALLAGHAN, Terry, International Relations: The Key Concepts, London: Routledge, 2002
HALLIDAY, Fred, Las relaciones internacionales en un mundo en transformación, Madrid:Los Libros de la Catarata, 2002.
HELD, David, La democracia y el orden global: del estado moderno al gobierno cosmopolita, Barcelona: Paidós, 1997
IFRI, Ramses, Rapport annuelmondial sur le sistème economique et strategique, París.
IGNATIEFF, Michael, Los derechos humanos como política e idolatría, Barcelona: Paidós, 2003
JACKSON,Robert i SORENSEN, Georg, Introduction to International Relations: Theoriesand Approaches, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003
JOUVÉ, Edmond, Relations Internationales, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1992.
KALDOR, Mary, Las nuevas guerras, Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, 2001.
LAWSON, Stephanie (ed.), The New Agenda for International Relations: From Polarisation to Globalisation in World Politics?, Polity Press, 2001
LINKLATER, Andrew (ed.), International Relations. Critical Concepts in Political Science (5 vols.), London: Routledge, 2000.
MERLE, Marcel, Sociologíade las relaciones internacionales, Madrid: Alianza Universidad, 2000 (3ª edición revisada y ampliada).
MORGENTHAU, Hans, Escritos sobre política internacional, Madrid:Tecnos, 1990.
NAÍM, Moises, El fin del poder, Madrid: Debate, 2014.
NASSAU, Adams Worlds apart: the north-south divide and the international system, London: Zed Books, 1993.
NYE Jr., Joseph S., La paradoja del poder norteamericano, Madrid: Taurus, 2003.
NYE Jr., Joseph S., The Future of Power, New York: Public Affairs, 2011
PEÑAS, Francisco J., Hermanos y enemigos. Liberalismo y Relaciones Internacionales, Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata, 2003.
PNUD, Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano (anual).
SIPRI Yearbook on Armament and Disarmament, Oxford: Oxford University Press (anual).
STEGER, M., Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
TRUYOL, A., La sociedad internacional, Madrid: Alianza, 1993 (2ª edició).
VIOTTI, P.R.and M.V.KAUPPI, International Relations Theory. Realism, Pluralism, Globalism, and Beyond,Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999 [3ª edició]
WALZER, M., Guerras justas einjustas.Un razonamiento moral con ejemplos históricos, Barcelona: Paidós, 2001.
WHITE, Brian, LITTLE, Richard i SMITH, Michael (eds.), Issues in World Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2001 (Second Edition - Revised, Expanded and Updated)
ZORGBIBE, Charles, Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales (2 vols), Madrid: Alianza, 1997.
Journals
- Afers Internacionals (CIDOB)
- Alerta 2010! Informe sobre conflictos, derechos humanos y construcción de paz (Escola de Cultura de Pau de la UAB)
- Anuario 2010 de Procesos de Paz (Escola de Cultura de Pau de la UAB)
- Anuario Internacional CIDOB 2008
- Cooperation and Conflict
- European Journal of International Relations (UK)
- Foreign Affairs (USA)
- Foreign Affairs en español (Méxic)
- Foreign Policy – Edición Española (Espanya)
- International Affairs (UK)
- International Organization (USA)
- International Security (USA)
- International Studies Quarterly
- Keesing’s World New Archives (www.keesings.com)
- Le Monde Diplomatique (França-Espanya)
- Política Exterior (Espanya)
- Revista Electrònica d’Estudis internacionals (Espanya): http://www.reei.org
- Review of International Studies (UK)
- Third World Quarterly (UK)
- La Vanguardia Dossier (Espanya)
- World Politics (USA)
- The World Today (UK)
Web pages
Amnistia Internacional: http://www.a-i.es/
CIDOB: <ahref="http://www.cidob.es/">http://www.cidob.es
Comitè d´ajuda al desenvolupament de l’OCDE: http://www.oecd.org/cad
FIRST (Facts on International Relations and Security Trends) - http://first.sipri.org/
FMI: http://www.imf.org/external/spa/index.htm
ForeignAffairs -http://www.foreignaffairs.org/
Foreign Affairs en español –http://www.foreignaffairs-esp.org
Foreign Policy – Edición Española -http://www.fp-es.org
Heidelberg Institute of International Conflict Research (HIIK) - http://www.hiik.de/en/index.htm
International Relations and Security Network - http://www.isn.ethz.ch/
Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) - http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?home_index.html
Le Monde Diplomatique: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/
Naciones Unidas: http://www.un.org/spanish
Observatori de crisis del Cidob: http://observatori.barcelona2004.org/observatorio/home_c.htm
Revista electrònica de relacions internacionals: http://www.reei.org
The Swedish Institute of International Affairs - http://www.ui.se/
The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources <ahref="http://www2.etown.edu/vl/">http://www2.etown.edu/vl/