Political Science 205: Introduction to International Relations
Spring 2009
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Sophia University
Office: Building #10, Room 525
Instructor: Tadashi Anno
E-mail: t-anno@ sophia.ac.jp
Phone: 3238-4027
Office Hours: Tue & Fri: 13:00-14:30
COURSE OUTLINE
This is a lecture course designed to introduce the student to the study of international
relations. While the courses on international security (PS 353) and on international political
economy (PS 354) offers detailed treatment of the major issues in contemporary international
relations, this course emphasizes the broad historical and theoretical foundations of contemporary
international relations. As such, this course should provide a good springboard for taking courses on
security and IPE, and other IR-related courses. While the course is primarily designed for beginning
students of international relations, it may also benefit those students who have already taken
“standard” courses on security or IPE, but who wants to broaden their perspective by exploring the
historical and theoretical foundations of contemporary international relations.
The course is divided into two major parts. The first will focus on the historical evolution
of the theory and the practice of international relations. In contrast to many “standard” IR courses,
we treat theories of IR not as purely “scientific” theories constructed to grasp the “truth” about
international relations, but as hypotheses which evolved in close interaction with the historical
reality – reflecting the latter while at the same time “constituting” them. The second part of the
course provides a brief overview of some of the major issues in contemporary international relations.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
The course requirements include class participation (attendance and reading the
required texts – may also include on-line quizzes), one take-home mid-term examination, and a
final, in-class exam. The mid-term questions will be handed out in class, and the essays (4-6 pages)
are due in class two weeks later. The final exam will be conducted during the final exam week.
Announcements on current topics assignments will be made on-line and in class. Grading will be
based on the student’s performance in these areas. There may also be occasional assignments that
allow students to earn extra points.
The mid-term paper and the final exam will each count for 35-40% of the grade, and class
participation and other assignments will account for the remainder of the term grade. Although the
weight of class participation in the term grade is low, you will receive a failing grade (or a low
grade) if you score very low in the class participation score (for instance, if you miss too many
classes without legitimate, compelling reasons, or if you fail to do too many of the required
readings).
There is one required textbook for this course: Robert Jackson & Georg Sorensen,
Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches, 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press,
2007). The textbook may be purchased at the Enderle bookstore. (In the basement of Building
#10). While the textbook is put on reserve at the Library, it is recommended that students purchase a
copy for easy reference.Other readings will be made available through the Moodle course website.
COURSE READINGS AND SCHEDULE
[NB: The course readings and schedule are provisional, and are subject to change]
Readings in bold typeface are required. Other readings are recommended. All the required readings
except for those from the textbook can be found on the Moodle course website. The lecture schedule
is tentative, and changes are possible. Please pay attention to any updates on the course website.
Introduction: Between Theory and History (Apr 14)
Textbook, Chapter 6 (Social Constructivism, pp. 162-167)
E.H. Carr, What Is History (Alfred Knopf, 1965), entire – Japanese translation available as E.H.カー、
『歴史とは何か』(岩波新書) (this is one book you MUST read before you graduate)
Max Weber, Economy and Society (UC Press, 1978), pp. 1-31. (the nature of social reality and social
science)
PART I: THEORY AND HISTORY
1) Foundations of Political Analysis (Apr 17-21)
Joshua Goldstein, International Relations (Harper Collins, 1996), pp. 108-125. (how gender
affects politics/ IR)
Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political (University of Chicago Press, 1992 – a deceptively simple,
but incisive analysis of the concept of the political by a controversial German political
philosopher)
2) The Modern European States System (Apr 24-28)
Textbook, Chapter 1 (pp. 2-26)
S.N. Eisenstadt, ed. The Decline of Empires (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967),
pp. 21-30.
Yasusuke Murakami, Anti-Classical Political Economic Analysis (Stanford UP, 1997), pp. 33-56
Adam Watson, The Evolution of the International Society (London: Routledge, 1992 – a clear,
comprehensive account of the history of the international system)
Hendryk Spruyt, Sovereign States and Its Competitors (Princeton UP, 1994 – an incisive analysis of
the origins of the system of sovereign states. Helps us think about the future of the
sovereign states)
No Class on April 29 – National Holiday
3) Realism and the Balance of Power (May 1-8)
No Class on May 6 – National Holiday
Textbook, Chapter 3 (pp. 60-94)
Thomas Hobbes, from Leviathan, Chaps. 10, 13, 17-18 (classic text of realism)
Max Weber, “Politics as Vocation,” in Weber, Political Writings (Cambridge UP, 1994), マックス･
ウェーバー、
『職業としての政治』(岩波文庫)(a classic statement of a realist position on
the relnship between politics and morality)
4) Liberalism and Progress in International Relations (May 12-15)
Tadashi Anno, “Modern Political Ideologies,” unpublished manuscript (an analysis of three
basic modern political ideologies).
Textbook,Chapter 4 (pp. 98-126)
Norman Angell, The Great Illusion, pp. 3-12, 25-43, 90-106, 125-156.
Immanuel Kant, “An Idea for Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Intent” and “Eternal Peace” in
Carl J. Friedrich, ed., The Philosophy of Kant (New York: Vintage, 1954 – a real classic of
liberal theory of international relations
5) Socialism and the Revolutionary Imagination (May 19-22)
Stephen Hobden and Richard Wyn Jones, “Marxist Theories of International Relations,” in
John Baylis and Steve Smith, eds., The Globalization of World Politics, 3rd ed.,
(Oxford UP, 2004), pp. 225-234.
V.I. Lenin, “Imperialism,” in Carl Cohen, ed. Communism, Fascism, Democracy pp. 148-164
(classic statement of the “Marxist-Leninist” theory of capitalist international politics)
6) Sociological Approaches to International Relations (May 26-29)
Textbook, Chapter 6 (Chapter 5 is recommended)
John Meyer, “Keynote Address: Standardizing and Globalizing of the Nation-State,” AGLOS
News, No. 5 (November 2004), pp. 5-11.
May 30 MID-TERM TAKE-HOME EXAM HANDED OUT
7) Western Expansion and Non-Western Responses (June 2-9)
Theodore Von Laue, Why Lenin? Why Stalin? (J.B. Lippincott, 1964), pp. 7-9, 15-36.
(psychological dilemma faced by non-Western elites especially those of Russia)
Samuel Kim, “The Traditional Chinese Image of the World Order” in Kim, China, United
Nations, and the World Order, (Princeton UP, 1979), pp. 367-389.
Sato Seizaburo, “Response to the West,” in Albert Craig, ed. Japan: A Comparative View
(Princeton UP, 1979), pp. 105-129. (A rigorous comparison of East Asian states’
responses to the West)
平川祐弘、
「西洋の衝撃と日本」(講談社学術文庫､1985 年― a very readable account of Japan’s
response to Western impact, from the viewpoint of comparative literature)
8) The Crisis of the Liberal World Order, 1914-1945 (June 12-16)
Susan Carruthers, “International History, 1900-1945,” in John Baylis and Steve Smith, eds.,
The Globalization of World Politics, 3rd ed., (Oxford UP, 2004), pp. 63-89.
E.H. Carr, The Twenty Years’ Crisis (Harper & Row, 1964), pp. 41-88.
Anno Tadashi, “The Liberal World Order and Its Challengers: Nationalism and the Rise of
Anti-Systemic Movements in Russia and Japan, 1860-1950,” (Ph.D. Dissertation), pp.
318-411. [analysis of changes in Japanese foreign policy in the context of the crisis of the
world order in the interwar period]
June 13 MID-TERM TAKE HOME EXAM DUE IN CLASS
8) The Reconstitution of the Liberal World Order under American Leadership (June 19-23)
Samuel Huntington, “American Ideas and American Institutions” in G. John Ikenbery, ed.,
American Foreign Policy, pp. 223-258 (a incisive account of the basic characteristics of
US foreign policy from the viewpoint of one of its most prominent advocates today).
Ido Oren, “The Subjectivity of the Democratic Peace” International Security Vol. 20, No. 2
(Fall 1995), pp. 147-184 (an incisive realist critique of the democratic peace thesis)
村田晃司、
『アメリカ外交:希望と苦悩』(講談社現代新書、2004 年) an excellent, concise, and
comprehensive introduction to US foreign policy. Highly recommended.
9) The United Nations System (June 26-30)
Paul Taylor and Devon Curtis, “The United Nations,” in Baylis and Smith, eds., The
Globalization of World Politics, 3rd ed., (Oxford UP, 2004), pp. 405-424.
10) International Political Economy (July 3-7)
Textbook, Chapter 8, 179-220.
Joshua Goldstein International Relations , Excerpts from Chapters 8-9. (the basis of
international trade theory, particularly the notion of the comparative advantage).
PART II: SOME MAJOR ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1) American “Empire” and Its Limits (July 10-14)
Reading(s) to be announced
藤原帰一『デモクラシーの帝国』(岩波新書、2003 年)
2) Problems of Global Governance
(July 17-21)
Readings to be announced
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3) Global Democracy? Global Justice? (July 24)
Readings to be announced
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