Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
3116FNDIRP-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To identify key issues and theories in the discipline of International Relations.
2. Provide you with the opportunity to engage with a variety of sources and tools to better understand the world.
3. Encourage you to develop a methodical, analytical and critical approach to the study of International Relations.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Explain issues and debates in the subject area on IR.
2.
Be able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the various types of sources used by scholars and be able to apply this knowledge to future study.
3.
Employ the differing theories of IR in order to understand contemporary affairs.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Topics discussed will typically include the following:
• Exploring the birth of International Relations as a subject to study
• Applying theories to the real world
• Traditional IR I: Liberalism and liberal-institutionalism
• Traditional IR II: Realism and neo-realism
• Traditional IR III: English School and constructivism
• Critical Approaches I: Marxism and Historical Sociology
• Critical Approaches II: Poststructuralism and Gender
Module Overview:
This module is designed to help you understand the world in which we live in today. This module provides a solid grounding in the study of international affairs through the varying theories that have been developed throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries. Through discussing these theories, we also examine how they have informed the international system and the institutions and practices that operate within it.
This module is designed to help you understand the world in which we live in today. This module provides a solid grounding in the study of international affairs through the varying theories that have been developed throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries. Through discussing these theories, we also examine how they have informed the international system and the institutions and practices that operate within it.
Additional Information:To help you understand the world in which we live in today, this module provides a solid grounding in the study of international affairs through the varying theories that have been developed throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries. Through discussing these theories, we also examine how they have informed the international system and the institutions and practices that operate within it.