Queens University of Belfast
School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy
PAI1006
World Politics
Convenor: Dr. Neophytos Loizides
Spring Semester 2009-2010
Module Convenor:
Room
[18.201]
Email address:
Consultation Hours:
[n.loizides@qub.ac.uk]
[Tues. 3-4 &
Wed.11:30-12:30
except weeks 3&8]
Timetable
Lectures:
[Monday 11:00-12:00 Physics/LARM &
Tuesday 12:00-13:00 Physics/EMEL]
Assessment:
Coursework:
Deadlines:
Examination:
[Essay 35%, Exam 55% & Tutorial Participation 10%]
[An essay of 1500-2000 words in due Friday March 26 by noon]
[The exam requires you to answer two questions out of six – date TBA]
School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy
Student Handbook
This module guide should be read in conjunction with the Postgraduate Student
Handbook which contains important details of School policies.
A copy of the Postgraduate Student Handbook can be obtained from the School Office
(21 University Square) or downloaded from the resources section of any PAI or PHL
module on Queen‟s Online.
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MODULE DESCRIPTION
The module examines the development of the international system and raises questions
about how and whether this system is changing in light of processes of globalisation.
International relations theories which relate to state and territory, sovereignty and order will
be introduced, as well as issues of war and conflict, global inequality, poverty, climate
change, race and gender.
The module is designed to acquaint students with the conceptual tools used in the study of
international relations, as well as the historical and substantive debates that have shaped
practice at this level. A variety of subjects will be covered in an attempt to provide an
overview of a large field of study. The module is built around an introduction, which focuses
on how world politics differs from other levels of politics. The module itself is structured
around a number of weekly themes, relating to power and conflict, institutions and cooperation, war and peace, race and gender as well emerging issues such as poverty and
inequality, climate change and protest. Particular attention will be devoted to the question of
how all of these are influenced by processes of globalisation.
The module is also a good introduction to level two and three modules currently offered in
the department, such as International Relations and Diplomacy, Deeply Divided Societies,
and Conflict Intervention.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
To provide an introduction to two important sub-disciplines of Politics, International Relations
and Comparative Politics, while enlarging students' knowledge of current affairs.
SKILLS
This module will assist in developing students‟ skills in a number of important areas. These
include:
To enable students to follow world affairs intelligently and to appreciate the historical
background to contemporary developments, as well as how current conflicts are related to
structures of political and economic power in the world.
Moreover, upon completion of this module, students should understand the various elements
of world politics. In addition, they should be able to communicate ideas to others in a clear
and concise manner, both orally and in written form. They should also be able to pursue
intellectual questions in a rigorous and academic manner, employing analytical skills and
critical thinking.
Finally, the course helps students develop intellectual skills including managing and
prioritising knowledge on world affairs as well as organisational skills including demonstrating
the ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear arguments.
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Assessment
1. Attendance and Tutorial Participation
Students must attend two lectures per week
Students must attend one tutorial per week
Students receive a mark out of 10 for their participation and general contribution to tutorials
on all undergraduate modules excluding the dissertation, internship or project. This mark will
count as 10% of the overall mark for the module. Marks will be awarded for individuals not
groups. No more than 5% of tutorial marks should be allocated for tutorial presentations,
should these be used by the tutor. For further details, see the School‟s Undergraduate
Student Handbook.
This module is worth 10 credits on the ECTS scale (equivalent to 20 Queen‟s University CATS
points, Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme). This is calculated by the University as the
equivalent of 200 hours‟ academic study over the course of the semester (12 „teaching‟
weeks plus the three week examination period). Students should therefore expect to spend
on average at least 13 hours each week undertaking academic study associated with this
module.
2. Coursework Assignments
Submission of assignments
A single copy of each assessed assignment must be submitted to the School Office (21
University Square) on or before 1200 noon on the due date indicated above.
All coursework assignments shall be submitted using TURNITIN software. See
Undergraduate Student Handbook for further details.
When submitting an assessed assignment, you must complete and sign an „Essay Cover
Sheet‟ available from the School Office. The School uses a system of anonymous marking so
do not include your name on the assignment.
All assignments are retained by the School for scrutiny by internal and external examiners.
All assignments submitted after the deadline will be penalized 5 percentage points per day
after 12 noon.
Essays must be chosen from the list below and should be 1,500 - 2,000 words in length.
Assignment Questions
Choose ONE essay from the following:
1.
What explains cooperation in World Politics?
2.
How do globalization and its consequences affect our understanding of sovereignty?
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3.
“Nationalism is not the result of ethnic grievances but an outcome of modernity and
industrialization” Discuss
4.
Does globalization exacerbate or mitigate ethnic and/or religious conflict, and how?
5.
“War is the continuation of political relations by other means” Discuss
The School is committed to return feedback to students within three weeks of the deadline
for submission of coursework. All essays should be submitted by 12 noon on the date of
submission. Students will be penalized 5% per day after 12 noon.
For details on submission arrangements see below
The submission deadline is: 1200 noon on [March 26].
To submit coursework for this module you must submit a hard copy to the School Office by
the date and time above and upload an electronic copy of your coursework onto the
TurnitinUK website (https://submit.ac.uk/static_jisc/ac_uk_index.html) using the password:
PISP and Class ID no: 155786 by the same date and time (March 26, 1200 noon).
3. Examination
An examination worth 55% of the overall assessment which will be of two hours‟ duration
and involve the student answering two questions from six.
Conceptual Equivalents Marking Scale
The School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy uses the University‟s conceptual
equivalent marking scheme for all undergraduate assessment. Individual pieces of work are
allocated a „discrete‟ mark. For further information on the University‟s conceptual equivalent
marking scheme and the marks used, see the School‟s Undergraduate Student Handbook.
This is available from the School Office and will be posted on the resources page on QOL for
each module. This is University‟s conceptual equivalent marking scale can also be accessed
on line at: www.qub.ac.uk/pisp/Education/Undergraduates/Assessment/.
Feedback
The School is committed to aiming to return feedback to students within three weeks of the
deadline for submission of coursework. But please note that for larger modules such as
World Politics it can take a little longer also because of the Easter Holidays.
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It is important that students who submit their essays by the deadline receive feedback in a
timely fashion so that they can properly prepare for their exams or further assignments.
Students can therefore expect to receive feedback on their essays within no later than 3
weeks of the submission deadline (this policy does not apply to students who submit their
coursework after the deadline). The module convenor will contact all students advising them
when hardcopies of their essay report sheets are available to collect in the Main Office, 21
University Square. If students have not received feedback within 3 weeks of the deadline,
they should contact their module convenor directly. Students who wish to discuss their
grade should do so with the convenor during his or her office hours.
School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy
Student Handbook
This module guide should be read in conjunction with the Undergraduate Student
Handbook which contains important details of School policies.
A copy of the Undergraduate Student Handbook can be obtained from the School
Office (21 University Square) or downloaded from the resources section of any PAI or
PHL module on Queen‟s Online.
Plagiarism
The School takes a very severe line on students who plagiarise work. Students
who attempt to pass off another‟s work as their own will receive a mark of
ZERO. In some cases, acts of plagiarism can result in the student failing the
entire degree. Remember, plagiarism includes information from books,
newspapers, journals and the Internet. All suspected cases of plagiarism will be
investigated in line with University procedures.
For details of University Regulations on Academic Offences, see:
www.qub.ac.uk/pisp/Education.
The page also provides a link to guidance on how to identify and so avoid
plagiarism. Please also refer to the School‟s Student Handbook Guide for more
information about referencing and plagiarism, as well as general advice on essaywriting:
www.qub.ac.uk/pisp/FileStore/PDFfiles/Filetoupload,38127,en.pdf
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Study Skills
At enrolment you will have received a copy of Cottrell, S. The Study Skills Handbook,
3rd edition (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). Do consult it for various tips on
note-taking, researching, critical thinking, essay writing, revision etc.
The Bookshop at Queen’s Books Bursary Scheme
You can check if you are eligible for a Sport and Books Bursary at the Student Guidance
Centre and at Bookshop at Queen's by bringing your student card. The amount will show up
when they read the card. You can use your award (usually of £105.00) for services and
goods in the Physical Education Centre and at the Bookshop at Queen‟s. If you have been
studying at Queen's for more than one year you may even have more than £105.00 to
spend, if you received the Bursary previously but did not spend the full amount. Do
remember, the purpose of the Bursary is to benefit you. If you do not spend your Bursary
money before you graduate, YOU LOSE IT.
Lecture Schedule
Module includes one introductory/business/plenary meeting in week one focusing on module
aims, learning outcomes and assessment requirements. This is followed by 9 weeks of
substantive lecturing in-put, and then one plenary session for summary/conclusions, revision
of learning outcomes. Please note that week twelve in semester two is reading week.
There are also two substantive lectures on a related topic each week (starting in week
two) and one tutorial in the week following the relevant lectures. An initial introductory
tutorial will be held in Week 2 which will also incorporate a study skills session
The required textbooks for this course are available at the bookstore:
John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens, eds. The Globalization of World Politics: An
Introduction to International Relations, (4th ed.)(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
Jenny Edkins and Zehfuss, Maja, eds. Global Politics: A New Introduction (London:
Routledge, 2008)
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A clear indication of a SEMESTER ONE lecture schedule is as follows:
WEEK
DAY, TIME &
PLACE
Monday 11-12
TOPIC
Two ( 8- 12 Feb)
Two ( 8- 12 Feb)
Three (15-19 Feb)
Three (15-19 Feb)
Four (22-26 Feb)
Four (22-26 Feb)
Five (01-05 March)
Five (01-05 March)
Six (8-12 March)
Six (8-12 March)
Seven (15-19 March)
Seven (15-19 March)
Eight (22-26 March)
Eight (22-26 March)
Easter Break (29
March – Friday 16 April)
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
State and Territory (NL)
Sovereignty (NL)
Order and Anarchy (JG)
Cooperation (MB)
Power (MB)
Security (MB)
War (MB)
Peace (MB)
Nationalism (NL)
Ethnic Conflict (NL)
Human Rights (DB)
Humanitarian Intervention (DB)
IPE and Trade (JB)
Poverty and Inequality (JB)
No Classes
Nine (19 April -23 April)
Nine ( 19 April- 23
April)
Ten (26 April – 30 April)
Ten (26 April – 30 April)
Eleven (3 May – 7 May)
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
Class, Gender and Race (DL)
Identity and Religion (NL)
Monday 11-12
Tuesday 12-1
Tuesday 11-12
Climate Change (JB)
Protest and Civil Society (JB)
Summary and Conclusions
(NL)
Reading Week (no classes))
One (1 – 5 Feb)
Introduction and Administration (NL)
Twelve (10 May – 14
May )
John Barry (JB), Mike Bourne (MB), Dan Bulley (DB), Neophytos Loizides (NL).
Please note Monday May 3 is a Bank Holiday
Tutorial Schedule
Tutorials will be held once a week beginning the second week of the semester. You should
consult Queens online (https://learn.qol.qub.ac.uk/home/) to sign up for your tutorial
groups. You are advised to do this as soon as possible to be sure you sign up for a
suitable time. Once tutorial groups are full, students will be automatically blocked from
signing up. Tutorials are compulsory in the School, and tutorial participation (see below)
counts for 10% of your final grade. If you cannot attend a tutorial for legitimate reasons,
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you MUST contact your tutor beforehand to explain your absence (contact either directly or
through the School Office). You must make every effort to acquire the class material if you
are absent.
Below is a clear indication of a SEMESTER ONE tutorial schedule is as follows (these dates
are correct for spring 2010.
Week
Date
Topic
1 (1 – 5 Feb)
2 ( 8- 12 Feb)
3 (15-19 Feb)
4 (22-26 Feb)
5 (01-05 March)
6 (8-12 March)
7 (15-19 March)
8 (22-26 March)
29 March – Friday 16
April
No Tutorial
Study Skills Tutorial (Level 1 or other stated modules)
State, Territory and Sovereignty
Order, Anarchy and Cooperation
Power and Security
War and Peace
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
Human rights and humanitarian interventions
Easter Break – No Lecturers, Seminars or Tutorials
9 (19 April- 23 April)
10 (26 April – 30 April)
11 (3 May -7 May)
12 (10 May – 14 May )
Trade and Poverty
Identity
Climate Change and Protest
Reading Week
*St Patrick's Day:
**May Day:
Wednesday 17 March – tutorials on this date will be rescheduled
Monday 3 May- tutorials on this date will be rescheduled
Tutorials that would have fallen on St. Patrick’s and May 3 day should be
rescheduled by teaching assistants. Please contact Joanne Canavan at
(j.canavan@qub.ac.uk).
Tutorial Topics and Readings
Week 3: State, Territory and Sovereignty (15-19 Feb)
Tutorial Questions
What is the function of a state border? Why is the world divided territorially?
Why is sovereignty important in a globalized world?
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this tutorial, students will be able to understand how our
understandings of the concepts of the state, territory and sovereignty have changed the past
few decades and centuries.
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Required Readings and Videos:
Stuart Elden, 'Why is the World Divided Territorially?' in Edkins & Zehfuss
Anthony McGrew, 'A World Transformed: Globalization and Distorted Global Politics' section,
pp. 23-29 in his chapter 'Globalization and Global Politics' chapter 1 in Baylis and Smith
Conversations with History: Sovereignty, with Stephen D. Krasner
http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=7882
Recommended Reading
Nicholson, Chapter 4, „A Brief History of the Twentieth Century,‟ pp. 50-66.
Richard Mansbach, Global puzzle: issues and actors in world politics, Chapter 2, „Medieval
Europe to Westphalia,‟ pp.42-58; and Chapter 3, „The Power Politics Tradition, pp. 59-72.
CTorbjorn L. Knutsen, A History of International Relations Theory. Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 1992, pp. 11-127
Baylis and Smith, Chapter 4, „International History 1945-1990,‟ pp. 71-88.
E.H. Carr, The Twenty Years‟ Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International
Relations. London: Harper and Row, 1964, pp. 63-145
Richard Mansbach, Global puzzle: issues and actors in world politics, Chapter 10,‟Force in
Global Politics,‟ pp. 324-362.
Daniel H. Deudney, “The Philadelphian System: Sovereignty, Arms Control, and Balance of
Power in the American States-Union, Circa 1787-1861,” International Organization, Vol. 49,
No. 2. (Spring, 1995), pp. 191-228.
Stephen Krasner, “Sovereignty: an Institutional Perspective,” Comparative Political Studies,
21 (April 1988), pp 66-64
Week 4: Order, Anarchy and Cooperation (22-26 Feb)
Tutorial Question
When is cooperation possible in international relations?
In what ways do nation-states produce and are produced by order and anarchy within the
world system of states?
Learning Outcomes:
Upon the completion of this tutorial, students will be able to understand why the world so
frequently has moved from order to anarchy to cooperation.
Required Readings
Kenneth Waltz, 'The Anarchic Structure in World Politics' in Art. Robert J. and Robert Jervis.
2005. International Politics: Enduring concepts and Contemporary Issues. Seventh Edition.
New York: Pearson Longman [We'll need to order this textbook and scan this chapter online
Baylis, Smith and Owens, ch. 17, „International regimes„ pp. 298-307.
Baylis, Smith and Owens, ch. 6, „Liberalism,‟ pp. 108-123.
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Recommended Videos
Conversations with History: Waltz
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Waltz/waltz-con0.html
Conversations with History: Keohane
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people4/Keohane/keohane-con0.html
Recommended Reading
Snidal, D. „Relative Gains and Patterns of International Cooperation‟, American Political
Science Review, 85 (3), 1991, pp. 701-726 [EJ]
Jervis, Robert, „Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma‟, World Politics, 30 (2), 1978, pp.
167-214 [EJ]
Grieco, Joseph. „Anarchy and the limits of cooperation: a realist critique of the newest liberal
institutionalism,‟ International Organization, 42 (3), 1988, pp. 485-507 [EJ]
Week 5: Power and Security (1-5 March)
Tutorial Questions
Which concept of power is the most useful in studying world politics?
Is security about a stable distribution of power?
Should states be the only referent of security?
Learning Outcomes
Understanding the concept of security both physical and psychological or objective and
subjective will be the main learning outcome of this tutorial.
Required Reading
Chris Brown with Kirsten Ainley, ch. 5 „Power and Security‟ in Chris Brown and Kirsten Ainley,
Understanding International Relations: Third Edition, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2005.
Baylis, John, „ International and global security,‟ pp228-241 in John Baylis, Steve Smith and
Patricia Owens (eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International
Relations , 4th edition Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008
Recommended Reading
Edkins and Zehfuss, Ch 5, „Why do we obey?,‟ pp.123-146.
Krause, Keith and Williams, Michael (eds.), Critical Security Studies, London. UCL, 1996.
[JX1952/KRAU]
Lipschutz, Ronnie, On Security. New York: CUP, 1995. [JXZ5588/LIPS]
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Mutimer, David, „Beyond Strategy: Critical Thinking on the New Security Studies‟ in Craig A.
Snyder (Ed), Contemporary Strategy and Security: Second Edition, (Basingstoke: Palgrave,
2008).
Rothschild, Emma, “What is Security?” Daedalus, Vol.124, No.3 (1995), pp.53-98. [Offprint].
Sheehan, Michael, International Security: An Analytical Survey, Boulder, Lynne Rienner,
2005. [JXZ5588/SHEE].
Terriff, Terry; Croft, Stuart; James, Lucy; and Morgan, Patrick M. „Traditional Views of
Security in International Politics‟, in Terriff, Terry; Croft, Stuart; James, Lucy; and Morgan,
Patrick M. Security Studies Today, (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999), pp. 29-64.
[UA10.5/TERR]
Wheeler, Nicholas J. and Kenneth Booth, „The Security Dilemma‟ in John Baylis and Nicholas
J. Rengger (eds.) Dilemmas in World Politics: International Issues in a Changing World
(Oxford University Press, 1992). [D860/BAYL].
Week 6: War and Peace (8-12 March)
Tutorial Questions:
How has the nature of war changed?
Is war still just the continuation of political relations by other means?
Can there be peace by peaceful means?
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this tutorial, students should understand basic arguments about the changing
nature of war and be familiar with basic concepts of peace.
Required Reading:
Baylis, Smith and Owens, ch. 12, „The changing character of war„ pp. 210 -225.
Peter Lawler, „Peace Studies„ in Paul D. Williams (Ed), Security Studies: An Introduction,
Routledge, 2008), pp 73-88. [JXZ5588/WILL]
Recommended Reading:
Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Princeton University Press, 1976 [D25/CLAU].
Christopher Coker, Humane Warfare: The new ethics of postmodern war, Routledge, 2001.
[JX1395/COKE].
Edkins and Zehfuss, ch 17. „What makes the world dangerous?„ pp.397-427.
Edkins and Zehfuss, ch 16. „Why does politics turn to violence?„ pp.370-396.
Lawrence Freedman, War, Oxford University Press, 1994, [B105.W3/FREE].
Johan Galtung. Peace by peaceful means: peace and conflict, development and civilization,
Sage, 1996. [JX1904.5/GALT].
Ho-Won. Jeong, Peace and Conflict Studies: An Introduction, Ashgate, 2000. [JX1952/JEON],
especially chapters 2, 4, 17, and 18.
John Keegan, A History of Warfare, Pimlico, 1994. [U27/KEEG].
Paul Rogers, „Peace Studies‟ in Alan Collins (Ed), Contemporary Security Studies, Oxford
University Press, 2007, pp 35-52. [ JXZ5588/COLL]
Martin Shaw, War and Genocide: Organized killing in modern society, Polity, 2003.
[HV6322.7/SHAW].
Paul D. Williams, „War„ in Paul D. Williams (Ed), Security Studies: An Introduction, Routledge,
2008, pp 151-170. [JXZ5588/WILL]
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Week 7: Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (15-19 March)
Tutorial Questions:
What explains events of the past decades such as genocides in Central Africa, ethnic
cleansing in the Balkans, and deadly riots in cities of the Indian sub-continent?
What are the effects of globalization on nationalism and ethnic conflict?
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this tutorial, we will review competing theories of nationalism and ethnicity,
and alternative explanations of ethnic conflict.
Required Reading and Online Video:
Baylis, Smith and Owens, ch. 23, „Nationalism„ pp. 402-418.
Edkins and Zehfuss, Ch 16, Mass Killing as a Cultural Phenomenon?,‟ pp.123-146
Conversations with History-Chua
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QenLlFx4cCQ
Recommended Reading:
Michael E. Brown, “The Causes of Internal Conflict: An Overview,” in Michael E. Brown,
Owen R. Coté Jr., Sean Lynn-Jones, and Steven E. Miller, eds., Nationalism and Ethnic
Conflict: An International Security Reader, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997, pp. 3-26.
Anthony Smith, “Anthony D. Smith‟s Opening Statement,” Nations and Nationalism 2, 3
(1996): 357-65.
Ernest Gellner, “Do Nations have Navels,” Nations and Nationalism 2, 3 (1996): 365-70.
Anthony Smith, “Memory and Modernity: Reflections on Ernest Gellner‟s Theory of
Nationalism,” Nations and Nationalism 2, 3 (1996): 371-88
Susan L. Woodward, Balkan Tragedy (Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War),
Washington: Brookings Institution, 1995. (Read the introduction where Woodward
summarizes her main arguments about the dissolution of Yugoslavia. To what extent does
her description of events comply with the security dilemma reasoning?)
Samantha Power, A Problem from Hell (America and the Age of Genocide), New York: Basic
Books, 2002. (pp.329-390)
Robert D. Kaplan, Balkan Ghosts (A Journey through History), New York: St. Martin‟s Press,
1993 (pp. 3- 79) - A travelogue that became very influential in shaping perceptions of the
Balkans among western policymakers. Experts on Yugoslavia and nationalism dismissed
Kaplan‟s primordialist reasoning. Discuss weaknesses.
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Yiannis Papadakis, Echoes from the Dead Zone (Across the Cyprus Divide), I.B. Tauris, 2005.
(read introduction, Chapter 2 and conclusion)
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities (Reflection on the Origin and Spread of
Nationalism), London: Verso, 1-47
Jack Snyder, and Karen Ballentine, “Nationalism and the Market Place of Ideas,” in Michael
E. Brown, Owen R. Coté Jr., Sean Lynn-Jones, and Steven E. Miller, eds., Nationalism and
Ethnic Conflict: An International Security Reader, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001, pp.6197. (see why newly-liberalized media are more powerful than state-controlled media and
applications in the case of Rwanda and Yugoslavia)
Barry Posen, “Chapter 6: The Security Dilemma and Ethnic Conflict,” in Michael Brown, ed.,
Ethnic Conflict and International Security, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993, pp. 103-123.
(See cases of the USSR and Yugoslavia in Barry Posen‟s article.)
Stephen Van Evera , “Hypotheses on Nationalism and War,” in Michael E. Brown, Owen R.
Coté Jr., Sean Lynn-Jones, and Steven E. Miller, eds., Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: An
International Security Reader, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1997, pp. 26-61 (reviews security
dilemma and other competing hypotheses).
James D. Fearon, “Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict,” Chapter 5 in
David A. Lake and Donald Rothchild, eds., The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict,
Princeton University Press, 1998, pp. 107-127. (Conflict occurs because one or more groups
cannot credibly commit themselves to uphold mutually beneficial agreements they have
reached in the past. When power structures, beliefs, economic settings, and demographic
balances between two groups are not stable, at least one of the groups cannot effectively
reassure the other that it will not break their agreement.)
Šumit Ganguly, “Explaining the Kashmir Insurgency: Political Mobilization and Institutional
decay” in Brown, M.E., Coté O.R. Jr., Lynn-Jones S., and Miller S.E. Eds.(1997), Nationalism
and Ethnic Conflict (An International Security Reader), (Cambridge MA: MIT Press), pp. 200235.
Gary Bass, “Are Democracies Really More Peaceful,” New York Times Magazine, Jan 1, 2006.
Michael Doyle. “Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs,” in Robert Art and Robert Jervis
eds. International Politics (Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues), 6th Edition,
Longman, 2003 (pp.95-107)
Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder, “Democratization and War,” Foreign Affairs 74, 3
(May/June 1995): 79-97.
Atul Kohli, “Can Democracies Accommodate Ethnic Nationalism? The Rise and Decline of
Self-Determination Movements in India” in Wolfgang Danspeckgruber ed. The SelfDetermination of Peoples (Community, Nation and State in an Interdependent World),
London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002) pp.287-315 28
Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan, “Political Identities and Electoral Sequences: Spain, the Soviet
Union and Yugoslavia,” Daedalus, Spring 1992, 121, (2): 123-139.
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Neil DeVotta, “Illiberalirism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka”, Journal of Democracy, Volume
13, Number 1, January 2002.
Donald Horowitz, A Democratic South Africa (Constitutional Engineering in a Divided
Society), Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991. (Read chapter 5 on “Electoral
Systems for a Divided Society 163-204.)
Ted Gurr, Why Men Rebel, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970. Read chapter on
“Relative Deprivation and the Impetus to Violence” and discuss problems and challenges in
operationalizing Gurr‟s relative deprivation concept.
Ashutosh Varshney, “Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society (India and Beyond),” World Politics 52
(April 2001), 362-98.
Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, “On the Threshold: Environmental Changes as Causes of Acute
Conflict,” International Security 16, 2 (Fall 1991): 76-116. How can environmental scarcity
affect acute conflict? Should the environment be linked to national security issues?
Herbert C. Kelman and Stephen P. Cohen, “The Problem-Solving Workshop: A SocialPsychological Contribution to the Resolution of International Conflicts”, Journal of Peace
Research, Vol. 13, No.2 (1976):79-90.
Week 8: Human rights and humanitarian interventions (22-26 March)
Tutorial Questions:
Are human rights universal? If so, in what sense? If not, why not?
The international community has a right to intervene in sovereign states in order to put an
end to serious human rights abuses. Discuss.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this tutorial, students should understand and be capable of evaluating the key
arguments relating to the universality or particularity of human rights. They should also be
capable of critically assessing the moral and political cases for an against humanitarian
intervention.
Required Readings and
Baylis, Smith and Owens, chs. 29, „Human Rights‟ and 30, „Humanitarian intervention in
world politics‟, pp. 506-539
Edkins and Zehfuss, ch. 18, „What can we do to stop people harming others?‟ pp. 344-369
and 22-44.
Recommended Online Video:
Conversations with History, Rieff
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Rieff/rieff-con4.html
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Recommended Reading:
Roberto Belloni, „The trouble with humanitarianism‟, Review of International Studies, 33 (3),
2007, pp. 451-474 (EJ)
Jack Donnelly, International Human Rights, Boulder: Westview, 3rd ed., 2007. Read in
particular ch. 1, 2, 3, 8. (SH: JC571/DONN).
Micheline Ishay, „What are human rights? Six historical controversies‟, Journal of Human
rights, vol. 3, no., 3, September 2005, pp. 359-371. (EJ).
Thomas Weiss, Humanitarian Intervention: Ideas in Action, Cambridge: Polity, 2007. Read
especially ch. 1, 2, 3. (SH: JXZ6369/WEIS).
Michael Nicholson, International Relations: A Concise Introduction, 2nd edition (Basingstoke:
Palgrave, 2002), Ch. 12, „Moral Issues in International Relations‟, pp. 205-229. (SH:
JX1242/NICH)
Richard Mansbach, Global puzzle: issues and actors in world politics, Chapter 15, „Human
Rights in the Global Arena‟, pp. 525-569 (SH: D843/MANS)
David P. Forsythe, Human Rights in International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2nd ed., 2005. Read in particular ch. 1, 2. (SH: KC200/FORS).
Arat Kabasakal Zehra, Human Rights Worldwide: A Reference Handbook, London: ABC-CLIO,
2006. Read in particular ch. 1, 2. (SH: JC571/KABA)
Arat Kabasakal, Zehra, „Forging a Global Culture of Human Rights: Origins and prospects of
the International Bill of Rights,‟ Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 2, 2006, pp. 416-437
(EJ).
Jack Donnelly, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, Cornell University Press, 2003
(2nd ed) (SH: JC571/DONN).
Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler, eds., Human Rights in Global Politics. Cambridge
University Press, 1999. Read especially chs. 1, 3, 6. (M, SH: JC571/DUNN)
Jonathan Moore, Hard Choices: Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention (Boulder &
Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998). (SH: HV639/MOOR)
Nicholas J. Wheeler, Saving Strangers: Humanitarian Intervention in International Society
Oxford: OUP, 2000 (M, SH, JXZ6362/WHEE)
Week 9: Trade and Poverty (19 April- 23 April)
Tutorial Questions:
1. How is the global economy organised? Does it serve particular interests?
2. What are a) the main causes and b) some solutions to global poverty and inequality?
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this tutorial, students should understand and be capable of evaluating the key
arguments relating to the causes, issues and actor/institutions related to international
political economy, global poverty and inequality
Required Reading:
„What is the Third World?‟ and „Mapping Global Inequality‟, in Baylis and Smith, Chapter 29,
„Poverty, Development and Hunger‟.
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Jenny Edkins and Zehfuss, Maja, eds. Global Politics: A New Introduction, chapters 12,
„How is the World Organised Economically? Chapter 13. „Why Are Some People Better Off
Than Others?‟ and Chapter 14 „How can we end Poverty?‟
Recommended Reading:
Giovanni Arrighi, “World Income Inequalities and the Future of Socialism” New Left Review,
189: 39-65.
Baylis and Smith, Chapter 27, „Global Trade and Finance‟ United Nations Human
Development Programme Annual Report 2007, (Chapters on „Inclusive Globalization‟ and
„The Millennium Goals‟ available at:
http://www.undp.org/publications/annualreport2007/index.shtml Recommended Readings
United Nations Human Development Report 2006, Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the
Global Water Crisis, available at: http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR06complete.pdf
Nicholson, Chapter 5, „Imperialism, Post-Imperialism and Neo-Imperialism,‟ pp. 68-89.
Department for International Development, Eliminating world poverty: making globalisation
work for the poor, White paper on international development presented to Parliament by the
Secretary of State for International Development by Command of Her Majesty December
2000 [JZ6/5006]
Department of Trade and Industry, Making Globalisation a Force for Good, [JZ6/6278]
Richard Mansbach, Global puzzle: issues and actors in world politics, Chapter 12, „Issues in
the Global Economy: North versus South,‟ pp. 419-441
Christopher Clapham, „Politics and the Third World‟ in Third World Politics: An Introduction
U/JF 60 CLAP
Jeffrey Haynes, „What is the Third World?‟ in Third World Politics: A Concise Introduction
U/JF 60 HAYN
Leslie Wolf-Phillips, „Why Third World?‟ Third World Quarterly, vol. 1., no. 1, 1979 (offprint
33364-6)
Leslie Wolf-Phillips, „Why Third World? Origin, definition and usage‟ Third World Quarterly
vol. 9 no. 4 1987 (offprint 33376-8)
Shiva Naipal, „The myth of the Third World: a thousand million invisible men‟ The Spectator
18 May 1985 (offprint 38794-6)
Joseph L Love, „The Third World: a response to Professor Worsley‟ in Third World Quarterly
vol. 2 no. 2 1980 (offprint 33358-60)
MT Berger, „The end of the Third World?‟ in Third World Quarterly, vol. 15 no. 2 1994
(offprint 38775-7)
Paul Cammack, D. Pool and W. Tordoff, „Introduction‟ in Third World Politics: A Comparative
Introduction U/JF60 CAM B.C. Smith, „The Idea of the Third World‟ in Understanding Third
World Politics U/JA86
Websites and Podcasts
„Globalization and Inequality‟, You Tube, http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yhmv5haDRAo
1997 Interview with David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World, You Tube,
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu5RAM_M0dU
Third World Network, http://www.twnside.org.sg/
„Global Poverty‟ You Tube, http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-V9W7-Dud_g
„Muhammad Yunus: Creating a Poverty-Free World‟, You Tube,
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IoqkEKTtIGg&mode=related&search=
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„U2‟s Bono - How To End Poverty‟, You Tube,
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zSrRgUiX_tc&mode=related&search=
Week 10: Identity (26 April – 30 April)
Tutorial Questions:
How are identities formed in world politics? Do they determine how one acts?'
What explains the role of religious leaders in conflict?
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this tutorial, students should be able to understand the complexity of identity
construction and identification in the modern world.
Required Reading and Online Video:
Annick Wibben, 'Who do we think we are?' in Edkins & Zehfuss
Baylis, Smith and Owens, ch. 24, „Cultures in World Affairs„ pp. 418-434
Conversations with History Vali Nasr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjzBzu3icZE
Recommended Reading:
Fred Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations: power, politics and ideology
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). DS63.18/HALL
Fred Halliday, The world at 2000: Perils and Promises (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001).
D2003/HALL
Stephen Walt, Taming American Power: the global response to US Primacy, London: W.W.
Norton, 2005. JXZ1480/WALT
Neophytos Loizides, 2009. “Religious Nationalism and Adaptation in Southeast Europe”
Nationalities Papers 37 (2): 202-227 QOL
Nukhet Sandal, “Religious Actors as Epistemic Communities in Conflict Transformation: The
Cases of South Africa and Northern Ireland.”, Review of International Studies (forthcoming)
Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the remaking of World Order, New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1986. D860 HUNT
Robert Kaplan, The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War, New
York: Random House, 2000 D860/KAPL
John Esposito, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality, Oxford University Press, 1995.
BP60/ESP0
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Week 11: Climate Change and Protest (3 May -7 May)
Tutorial Questions:
1. Since the cause of climate change is economic globalisation, the solution to climate
change has to include re-localising the economy Discuss.
2. The global crisis of sustainability is in large part a „democracy crisis‟ (Al Gore),
therefore citizenship action and the creation of a global civil society are central to
finding solutions to many of the problems of the 21st century.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this tutorial, students should understand and be capable of evaluating the key
arguments relating to the science, politics and economics of climate change and its relation
to issues of energy in/security and the geopolitics of energy and how citizenship action and
the creation of a global civil society are increasing central to any understanding of global
politics.
Required Readings and Videos:
Edkins and Zehfuss, chapter 20 „Conclusion: What Can we do to Change the World?‟ and
chapter 3, „What Happens if we don‟t Think in Human Terms?‟
Baylis and Smith, Chapter 18, „Environmental Issues,‟ pp. 387-414.
Recommended Reading
Tim O‟Riordan (ed), Globalism, Localism and Identity [HC79.E5/ORIO]
Matthew Paterson, Understanding global environmental politics : domination, accumulation,
resistance, Macmillan, 2000.
Lorraine Elliot, The Global Politics of the Environment. Macmillan: London, 1998.
Baylis and Smith, „Introduction,‟ pp. 1-11, and Chapter 1, „The Globalisation of World
Politics,‟ pp. 13-34.
Caroline Thomas, The Environment in International Relations. London: RIIA, 1992.
John Vogler and Mark Imber, The Environment and International Relations: Theories and
Processes. London: Routledge, 1995.
Lorraine Elliot, The Global Politics of the Environment. Macmillan: London, 1998.
Nicholson, Chapter 11, „The Global Environment,‟ pp. 185-204.
Richard Mansbach, Global puzzle: issues and actors in world politics, Chapter 14, „The State
and the Species: Environmental Dilemmas,‟ pp. 493-523
B. Gills (ed), Globalization and the Politics of Resistance [HF1418.5/GILL]
V. Bennholdt-Thomsen et al (eds), There is an Alternative: Subsistence and Worldwide
Resistance to Corporate Globalization [HD2755.5/BENN]
David Korten, When Corporations Rule the World [HD2731]
David Korten, The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism [HD2326]
Nicholson, Chapters 9, „The Global Political Economy,‟ pp. 153-167, Chapter 10,
„Globalisation,‟ pp. 168-184.
Paul Hirst and Graham Thompson, Globalisation in Question. Cambridge: Polity, 1996.
Justin Rosenberg ,The follies of globalisation theory : polemical essays, London: Verso, 2000.
Eleonore Kofman and Gillian Youngs, eds., Globalization: Theory and Practice. London:
Pinter, 1996.
Stephen Gill, - „Globalisation, Market Civilisation and Disciplinary Neoliberalism‟, in
Millennium: - 24, 1995. offprint in Seamus Heaney library.
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Wayne Ellwood, The no-nonsense guide to globalization, London: Verso/New
Internationalist.
Malcolm Waters, Globalisation. London: Routledge, 1995.
Gill, Stephen, „Globalisation, Market Civilisation and Disciplinary Neoliberalism. - 24 :
Millennium: Journal of International Studies [Offprint/ 36542]
Environmental Change and Security Project, Report No. 10, available at:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/ECSP_report_10.pdf, especially chapters by Jared
Diamond, Matthew and McDonald and Purvis and Busby
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas – available at: http://www.peakoil.net/
Life after the Oil Crash - http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, (2008), „The Transition to a Low Carbon
Economy‟, available at: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/postpn318.pdf
Recommending Viewing DVDs/Videos in Library
Vandana Shiva and Juliet Schor, Challenging Globalisation. [DVD/ GF51/SCHU] Biopolitics
and Biopiracy [DVD/ GF51/SCHU]
Conversations with History- Sir David King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TP8Bs00Hs4
Websites
Al Gore (2007), „Averting the Climate Crisis‟, available at:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis.html
Al Gore (2008) „New Thinking on the Climate Crisis‟,
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis.html
Big Picture TV: http://www.big-picture.tv/ Videos of interviews with green/global justice
thinkers/activists – especially:
1. George Monbiot, „Campaigning for Austerity‟
2. Caroline Lucas, „Energy Security‟
3. John Cavanagh „The Future of Globalization, „Alternatives to Economic Globalization‟,
„Power to the People‟ and „Corporate Takeover‟
4. John Perkins „Confessions of an Economic Hitman‟
The End of Suburbia: http://www.endofsuburbia.com/ and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3uvzcY2Xug
Escape from Suburbia: http://escapefromsuburbia.com/ and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4xEsBy2rIw
What a Way to Go- Life at the End of Empire: http://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/
Amory Lovins (2007) „Winning the Oil Endgame‟, available at:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame.html
James Howard Kunstler – Dissecting Suburbia, available at:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia.html
„Noam Chomsky discusses Globalization‟, You Tube,
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AHJPSLgHemM&mode=related&search=
„No Logo: Brands, Globalization & Resistance‟, You Tube,
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0itS3gQFU&mode=related&search=
There are many more video clips on You Tube if you search for „Globalisation‟, „Global
Justice‟, „Anti-Globalisation‟ etc.
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Video of Lectures from University of Oregon module on „International Environmental
Politics‟:www.uoregon.edu/~rmitchel/iep/lectures/index.htm
Video of Wilson centre conference on water governance,
www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1413&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_i
d=186686#
University of Columbia‟s Earth Institute conference on „State of the Planet 2006: Is
Sustainable Development Possible?‟ available at:
www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/sop2006/videoaudio.html
The required and recommended readings, including where to find them (either OP for
Offprint, SLC for Short Loan Collection, QOL for Queen‟s Online or RC for the Resource
Centre. Both OP and SLC are now located in The Library at Queen‟s. EJ means that journals
can be downloaded electronically from university databases.
Summary of Module Review (2008-09)
The module was enjoyed by the vast majority of students and the majority of student passed
the module though the majority of pass marks were in the 3rd and 2:2 bands.
School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy
Student Handbook
This module guide should be read in conjunction with the Undergraduate Student
Handbook which contains important details of School policies.
A copy of the Undergraduate Student Handbook can be obtained from the School
Office (21 University Square) or downloaded from the resources section of any PAI or
PHL module on Queen‟s Online.
Study Abroad
All students taking courses in the School of Politics, International Studies and
Philosophy have the opportunity to study abroad as part of their degree irrespective of
whether they are studying a language.
If you are taking a three-year degree in International Studies (single, major, joint),
Philosophy (single, major, joint), Politics (single, major, joint) or PPE then you can
apply to spend a semester abroad. Understanding the language at the host institution
is not a requirement as many of the places with which the School has exchange
arrangements hold their courses in English.
For more information, see:
www.qub.ac.uk/pisp/Education/Undergraduates/StudyAbroad
or contact Dr. Ralph Dietl, the School‟s Study abroad coordinator (r.dietl@qub.ac.uk).
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