Module POLM502 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM502: International Relations: Power and Institutions
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- The philosophical and historical origins of contemporary IR
- The Second World War and the origins of ‘realism’
- The management of Cold War bipolarity
- The end of the Cold War and the rise of constructivism
- Poststructuralism and the discursive construction of world politics
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 278 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 hours | 11 x 2 hour per week Seminars: Small group work, presentations, discussion, reflection |
| Guided independent study | 200 hours | Reading for and writing essays |
| Guided independent study | 78 hours | Reading for seminars |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Barry Buzan, and Richard Little, International Systems in World History: Remaking the Study of International Relations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).
Michael W. Doyle, Ways of War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism, and Socialism (New York; London: Norton, 1997).
Timothy Dunne, Milja Kurki, and Steve Smith (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity. 2nd ed (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
Naeem Inayatullah, and David L. Blaney, International Relations and the Problem of Difference (London: Routledge, 2004).
David Long, and Brian C. Schmidt (eds.), Imperialism and Internationalism in the Discipline of International Relations (Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2005).
Ido Oren, Our Enemies and US: America's Rivalries and the Making of Political Science (Ithaca, N.Y.; Cornell University Press, 2003).
Brian C. Schmidt, The Political Discourse of Anarchy: A Disciplinary History of International Relations (New York: State University of New York Press, 1998).
Arlene B. Tickner, and Ole Wæver (eds.), International Relations Scholarship around the World: Worlding Beyond the West (London: Routledge, 2009).
