PLIT08004 Course Guide 2015- 2016

Course Organiser: Dr Carmen Gebhard c.gebhard@ed.ac.uk

tel 650 4622 Guidance and feedback hours (drop-in): Wednesdays 10.00-12.00

Course Secretary: Mr Daniel Jackson

UG Teaching Office, tel. 650 8253 daniel.jackson@ed.ac.uk

Office hours: Mon-Fri, 09.30-12.30; 13.30-16.30

University of Edinburgh News and events in Politics/IR: www.pol.ed.ac.uk Follow Politics and IR on Twitter @EdinburghPIR

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Contents

Welcome to IPIR 5

Course Aims and Objectives 5

Aims 5

Objectives 5

Course Communication – who to contact for what: 5

How we communicate with you: 5

PIR PALS – get help and advice from your peers 6

Weekly Study Skills Hour (run by Dr Philip Cook) 6

Content and Structure of Course 7

Overview of Contents 7

Structure: Lectures and Tutorials 7

Monitoring Attendance and Engagement 8

Tutorial Sign-up 8

Assessment, regulations, deadlines 9

Assessment Weighting and Deadlines 9

Coursework Assignment 10

Assessment criteria for the essay plan and the essay 10

Coursework Regulations and Guidance for Essay Submission 10

Plagiarism Guidance for Students: Avoiding Plagiarism: 11

Penalties for late submission (set by College of Humanities and Social Sciences) 11

Extension Policy 12

Examination 12

Revision lecture and exam preparation 12

Exam performance and special circumstances 12

Procedure for Viewing Marked Exam Scripts: 13

Assessment Feedback 13

Students with learning difficulties 13

Readings: General Guidance 13

IPIR readings 13

Learning Resources for Undergraduates 14

Using the Library 15

Getting help in the Library 15

Books 15

IPIR Reserve Collection in the Library 15

Academic journals 15

E-books 16

E-reserves 16

Newspapers 16

Using the Internet 16

Readings by Lecture Topic and Themes 18

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Welcome and Introduction Lecture 1: 21 Sept (Mon) 18

THEME 1: Studying Politics and International Relations in Context 18

Doing Politics and International Relations Lecture 2: 24 Sept (Thurs) 18

Politics in a Globalised World Lecture 3: 28 Sept (Mon) 19

THEME 2: States in a Globalised World 20

The State Lecture 4: 01 Oct (Thurs) 20

Comparing States and Regimes Lecture 5: 05 Oct (Mon) 21

THEME 3: Power and Society 22

Power, Authority and the State Lecture 6: 08 Oct (Thurs) 22

Civil Society Lecture 7: 12 Oct (Mon) 23

Thursday 15 October 2015 – essay plan due before 12.00noon 24

THEME 4: Power in Global Politics 24

Traditional Perspectives in IR Lecture 8: 15 Oct (Thurs) 24

Critical Perspectives in IR Lecture 9: 19 Oct (Mon) 26

THEME 5: Governing Divided Societies 28

The Nation in a Global Age Lecture 10: 22 Oct (Thurs) 28

Sub-State Nationalism and Multi-level Politics Lecture 11: 26 Oct (Mon) 29

THEME 6: Democracy 31

Democracy and Political Obligation Lecture 12: 29 Oct (Thurs) 31

No lecture on Monday 2 November 2015 (essay due before 12.00noon) 32

THEME 7: Political Ideas 32

Competing Ideologies and Challenges to Democracy Lecture 13: 5 Nov (Mon) 32

Pressure Politics: The Case of Global Environmental Politics Lecture 14: 09 Nov (Mon) 33

THEME 8: Democratic Representation and Voting 34

Parties and Party Systems Lecture 15: 12 Nov (Thurs) 34

Elections, voting and political choice Lecture 16: 16 Nov (Mon) 35

THEME 9: Foreign and Security Policy 36

Sources of Foreign Policy and Political Psychology Lecture 17: 19 Nov (Thurs) 36

Global Security: Dilemma and Risk Lecture 18: 23 Nov (Mon) 37

Exam preparation 38

Revision (Q&A) Lecture 19: 26 Nov (Thurs) 38

No lecture held Monday 30 Nov 2015 – written exam between 10 and 21 December 2015 38

Student Representation 39

Student Staff Meeting 39

The Edinburgh Political Union 39

Contacts 40

Course Convenor (Dr Carmen Gebhard) 40

Course Secretary (Mr Daniel Jackson) 40

Lecturers 40

Tutors 40

Further Study 41

Progression 41

Transfers 41

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Appendix 1: Guide to using LEARN 42

Accessing LEARN 42

Key features of LEARN 42

Discussion Board 42

Announcements 42

Lecture Slides 42

Essays and Exams 42

Web Links 43

Appendix 2: Guide to Referencing 43

Appendix 3: Subject Dictionary 44

Appendix 4: Essay Plan Feedback Form 45

Appendix 5: Essay Feedback Form 46

Appendix 6: Past IPIR Exam Questions 47

Appendix 7: Students on a Tier 4 Visa 48

Appendix 8: Discussing Sensitive Topics 48

IPIR Lecture Programme Autumn 2015 Overview 49

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Welcome to IPIR

This course is designed to be interesting, exciting and enriching. For best results, please:

Read this course guide carefully;

Ensure you are PREPARED for every meeting of the course (lectures, tutorials and study skills sessions);

Contact your tutor or any of the lecturers if you have difficulties (see details below). This guide should be read in conjunction with the School of Social and Political Science (SPSS) Student Handbook which is distributed to all Year and 1 students in the School and contains important rules and guidance. It is available online at: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/on_course_students/year_1_2

Course Aims and Objectives

Aims Introduction to Politics and International Relations (IPIR) seeks to provide:

an introduction to concepts relevant to both Politics and International Relations (IR)

an introduction to key institutions of modern states, and current debates surrounding their operation

an examination of states and their place in the international system. Objectives By the end of IPIR we would expect students to be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of key concepts in the study of politics and IR;

exhibit comparative knowledge of different political institutions and their theoretical and practical significance;

apply their knowledge to the understanding of contemporary issues and problems in (especially) contemporary democratic states.

Course Communication – who to contact for what:

The Course Convenor for IPIR (c.gebhard@ed.ac.uk) is the person to contact if you have any concerns or

questions about the contents of the course, the way they are covered by lecturers and tutors and whenever you have problems locating any of the readings required for the course. Lecturers can be contacted (wilfried.swenden@ed.ac.uk; u.ozdemir@ed.ac.uk) or approached after their lectures with any questions relating to the topics they covered. You can also see them in their office hours. For anything related to the study skills sessions, contact Dr Philip Cook (p.cook@ed.ac.uk). Your tutor (email addresses provided in first tutorial) can help you if with any questions of clarification and for guidance on essay writing and exam preparation. The Course Secretary Mr Daniel Jackson (phone 0131 650 8253: email: daniel.jackson@ed.ac.uk) deals with all administrative matters (course sign-up, course change, coursework submission problems etc.).

How we communicate with you:

This course will be using a web-based learning environment (LEARN) which you access via the MyEd Portal https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk and which provides easy access to essential course materials (see Appendix 1: Guide to using LEARN), lecture slides and any compulsory readings that are not generally available online. This LEARN page also functions as a virtual notice board, so check it regularly through the MyEd portal.

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Students will also be contacted by the course convenor and/or course secretary by email to their Edinburgh University Account, which is why you should check your university email account regularly. You can set the university account to forward mail to other accounts (e.g. hotmail), but we will NOT email those accounts directly.

PIR PALS – get help and advice from your peers

The University of Edinburgh runs a peer-assisted learning scheme (PIRPALS) for first year students. This scheme is designed to help you in transitioning into university life and academic study. At PIRPALS, Second and Third Year volunteers (Student Leaders) lead small, informal study groups in weekly sessions, addressing the core material learned in classes. Within these informal groups, students are provided with the opportunity to go over any material they are unsure of with their peers, and ask any questions which they feel uncomfortable directing to their lecturers or tutors. These sessions aim primarily to provide support for new students adjusting to academic life. They offer advice on issues such as using library resources, effective note-taking, essay planning and writing and exam preparation, thus fostering the development of the general study skills which are key to academic success.

Weekly Study Skills Hour (run by Dr Philip Cook)

An essential and compulsory part of the course is one weekly “study skills hour”, designed to help you succeed in your assessed coursework and your exam on IPIR. IPIR is assessed by an essay plan, an essay, and an exam. The Study Skills Hours will focus on practical techniques that will help you learn the skills and techniques required to do well in these assessments. These Study Skills Hours will focus on learning the techniques of good essay planning, essay writing, and exam writing in the context of the material studied on IPIR, so all the skills will be directly applicable to IPIR material. The Study Skills Hours are in addition to the tutorials and are designed to be complimentary to them. You should therefore attend BOTH your weekly tutorial AND your study skills hour each week to gain the full benefit of all the support available on this course.

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Content and Structure of Course

Overview of Contents

This course aims to do exactly what it says on the tin: introduce Politics and International Relations (IR) as subjects of academic inquiry. It is designed with the needs of students reading for both degrees in Politics and IR in mind. The different emphases and conceptual frameworks of scholarship in these sub-disciplines will be highlighted. But we will also consider where Politics and IR connect and share methods, analytical concerns, and common insights. The course is principally concerned with what questions: that is, what is Politics? what is IR? But it is also preoccupied with how questions (‘How should we study nationalism?’ ‘How is power dispersed through society?’) and why questions (‘Why don’t more people vote?’ ‘Why is it so difficult to provide security across the world?’). The course covers most (not all) of the main subjects with which the study of Politics and IR is concerned. The emphasis is on breadth more than depth. Our main focus will be on concepts, such as ‘liberalism’, ‘power’, ‘devolution’, and ‘anarchy’. As such, IPIR is designed to equip you with a conceptual tool-kit that will prove useful to you in your later courses, most of which allow you to focus in more depth on topics of particular interest to you. The course covers subjects that are living, breathing, and current. Wherever possible, we will strive to incorporate contemporary examples from the ‘real world’ of Politics and IR to illustrate key concepts, themes, and questions. You are encouraged to do the same in your own work for the course.

We do not assume that you have studied these subjects previously (i.e., at Highers or A level). But the course is taught at a University level. In your written assignments (essay plus exam), you are expected to show knowledge of the subject based on your lectures, tutorials, and your own private study of the core course materials (plus, in the case of your essay, materials beyond the required reading).

We expect you to spend at least as much time working (reading and writing) on your own for this course as you spend in the classroom. We expect you to prepare for each and every lecture and tutorial, and never to turn up ‘cold’ to either (that is, in a position where the subject of the session is entirely new and unfamiliar to you).

The course, like the subjects it covers, is thematically rich and diverse. However, the three main themes that run as red threads through the course (and which you are encouraged to reflect upon throughout) are:

o The questions we seek to answer are complicated ones. o Politics and IR are about resolving conflicts, not eliminating them. o The line separating national from international politics is vanishing.

Structure: Lectures and Tutorials

Lectures are held in the George Square Lecture Theatre. There are normally two lectures each week of the semester Mondays and Thursdays at 15.10 (check the lecture programme on the back page of this handout for details). If you wish to do well in IPIR, it is essential to integrate what you LEARN from lectures, reading and tutorials. The lectures are a supplement to, not a substitute for, reading and tutorial participation. You should listen critically to the lectures; they will provide an outline of what the lecturers consider to be important for

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the exam in particular. You will then have to fill the gaps by reading thoroughly, and by engaging in tutorial discussions.

Lecture topics for each week are summarised in this course guide followed by a list of required and additional recommended readings.

Lecture slides from the lecturer’s power point presentation will be available on the LEARN Page shortly before each lecture. Please note that the lecture slides are only meant to complement the lecture, not replace it. The slides give you a general outline, point at major debates and some key terms and concepts to guide your self-study. You will need to look at them in conjunction with each lecturer’s presentation in the lecture room as well as with the assigned readings.

The slides are not a source of academic evidence or ‘right answers’. Be careful not to regurgitate handout information verbatim on your exam or essay as this is likely to adversely affect your mark. Politics and IR are subjects that cannot be learned by rote! Tutorials are held once a week during the semester, beginning in week 2, and attendance is compulsory. The purpose of tutorials is to deepen your knowledge of the material to which you have been introduced in lectures and in your reading. Tutorials encourage you to articulate and develop ideas for yourselves in small group discussion. Your tutor will provide their contact details in the first tutorial session as well as further tutorial guidelines and a specific tutorial programme. The first tutorial meets in the second week of the semester.

Important note! Attendance at tutorials is compulsory, so please see the SSPS Student Handbook for procedures should you need to miss a tutorial session: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/year_1_2/on_being_a_student

Monitoring Attendance and Engagement

It is the policy of the University as well as good educational practice to monitor the engagement and attendance of all our students on all our programmes. This provides a positive opportunity for us to identify and help those of you who might be having problems of one kind or another, or who might need additional support. Monitoring attendance is particularly important for our Tier 4 students, as the University is the sponsor of your UK visa. Both the School and the individual student have particular responsibilities to ensure that the terms of your visa are met fully so that you can continue your studies with us. Tier 4 students should read carefully the advice set out in the Appendix 7 of this Handbook. This can also be found here www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/current_students/student_support/students_on_a_tier_4_visa. You can also contact: www.ed.ac.uk/immigration

Tutorial Sign-up

Tutorials start in Week 2. You are required to sign yourself on to a tutorial group via LEARN. Tutorial sign up will open on Tuesday 22 September 2015 at noon; i.e. 1 day after your first class. We do not open tutorial sign on before then, because some first year students from outside the School will not be offered a place on the course until that day. Once tutorial sign up opens, you should sign up as quickly as possible as tutorials fill up quickly and space is limited. Make sure you register by the end of Week 1 in any event. Information on tutorial sign on via LEARN is included in Appendix 1 of this handbook.

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The following is a guide to using LEARN to sign up for your tutorial. If you have any problems using the LEARN sign up, please contact the course secretary by email (daniel.jackson@ed.ac.uk). Step 1 – Accessing LEARN course pages Access to LEARN is through the MyEd Portal. You will be given a log-in and password during Freshers’ Week. Once you are logged into MyEd, you should see a tab called ‘Courses’ which will list the active LEARN pages for your courses under ‘myLEARN’. Step 2 – Welcome to LEARN Once you have clicked on the relevant course from the list, you will see the Course Content page. There will be icons for the different resources available, including one called ‘Tutorial Sign Up’. Please take note of any instructions there. Step 3 – Signing up for your tutorial Clicking on Tutorial Sign Up will take you to the sign up page where all the available tutorial groups are listed along with the running time and location. Once you have selected the group you would like to attend, click on the ‘Sign up’ button. A confirmation screen will display. Tutorials have restricted numbers and it is important to sign up as soon as possible. The tutorial sign up will only be available until 12 noon on the Friday of Week 1 (25 September). This is to ensure that everyone is registered before tutorials commence in Week 2. If you have not yet signed up for a tutorial by this time you will be automatically assigned to a group, which you will be expected to attend. IMPORTANT: Once you signed up for a group, you cannot change it yourself. Reassignments to other groups will only be made in exceptional circumstances. If you think you absolutely need to change groups email daniel.jackson@ed.ac.uk. NB: If you fail to register and attend the first tutorial we assume you do not intend on taking the course.

Assessment, regulations, deadlines

Assessment Weighting and Deadlines

Assessment for this course is made up of three components:

Two pieces of coursework (see assignment below):

One essay plan (submitted electronically): 15%, due Thursday 15 October 2015, 12.00noon.

One essay (submitted electronically): 35%, due Monday 2 November 2015, 12.00noon

One written degree examination: 50%, held between 10-21 December 2015 Your overall course mark is derived by weighting each component as specified and calculating an average. To pass the course, you need to achieve a mark of at least 40 for the course overall and pass the exam (min. mark of 40).

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Coursework Assignment

The coursework on IPIR is an essay plan and an essay. In preparation for your essay, produce an essay plan of max. 750 words on the course essay question (see below). The deadline for the essay plan is 12noon 15 October 2015. Note that in-text references are included in the word-count. The title and bibliography are not included. Answer the following question in an essay of no more than 1500 words, and with the help of academic references (due on 2 November 2015 by 12noon):

Is the role of the state weakening or merely transforming in an ever more globalized world?

Assessment criteria for the essay plan and the essay

The following are the criteria through which the Essay Plan and the Essay will each be marked. However, it is important to note that the overall mark is a result of a holistic assessment of the assignment as a whole. Essay plan: a. Does the essay plan include a clear answer to the question/thesis statement? b. Does the essay plan provide a clear and logical structure in order to present and defend the

answer to the question/thesis? c. Does the essay plan contain a clear statement of salient objections to the thesis? d. Does the essay plan indicate appropriate responses to the objections to the thesis (which could

include refutations, rebuttals, or concessions)? e. Does the essay plan contain correct references/citations/bibliography? Essay: a. Does the essay address the question set, and with sufficient focus? b. Does the essay show a grasp of the relevant concepts and knowledge? c. Does the essay demonstrate a logical and effective pattern of argument? d. Does the essay support arguments with relevant, accurate and effective forms of evidence? e. Does the essay demonstrate critical thinking in relation to arguments and evidence? f. Is the essay adequately presented in terms of: correct referencing and quoting, spelling,

grammar and style, layout and visual presentation?

Coursework Regulations and Guidance for Essay Submission

Coursework is submitted online using our electronic submission system, ELMA. You will not be required to submit a paper copy of your work. We undertake to return all coursework within 15 working days of submission. This time is needed for marking, moderation, second marking and input of results. If there are any

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unanticipated delays, it is the course organiser’s responsibility to inform you of the reasons. You will not receive a paper copy of your marked course work or feedback. All our coursework is assessed anonymously to ensure fairness: to facilitate this process put your Examination number (on your student card), not your name or student number, on your coursework or cover sheet.

Submission of Essay Plan and Essay All electronic submissions have to be made by 12noon on the day of the deadline (see above). Lateness penalties take effect immediately after 12.00 (i.e. an essay submitted at 12:05 will incur a full day’s lateness penalty). For more details, see below. For information, help and advice on submitting coursework and accessing feedback, please see the ELMA wiki at https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/SPSITWiki/ELMA. Further detailed guidance on deadlines and a link to the wiki and submission page will also be available on the course Learn page. The wiki is the primary source of information on how to submit your work correctly and provides advice on approved file formats, uploading cover sheets and how to name your files correctly. When you submit your work electronically, you will be asked to tick a box confirming that your work complies with university regulations on plagiarism. This confirms that the work you have submitted is your own. Be very sure you understand and follow the guidelines on avoiding plagiarism as outlined in the SSPS Student handbook: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/year_1_2/what_is_plagiarism. Occasionally, there can be technical problems with a submission. You are expected to monitor your university student email account in the 24 hours following the deadline for submitting your work. If there are any problems with your submission the course secretary will email you at this stage.

Plagiarism Guidance for Students: Avoiding Plagiarism:

Material you submit for assessment, such as your essays, must be your own work. You can, and should, draw upon published work, ideas from lectures and class discussions, and (if appropriate) even upon discussions with other students, but you must always make clear that you are doing so. Passing off anyone else’s work (including another student’s work or material from the Web or a published author) as your own is plagiarism and will be punished severely. When you upload your work to ELMA you will be asked to check a box to confirm the work is your own. ELMA automatically runs all submissions through ‘Turnitin’, our plagiarism detection software, and compares every essay against a constantly-updated database, which highlights all plagiarised work. Assessed work that contains plagiarised material will be awarded a mark of zero, and serious cases of plagiarism will also be reported to the College Academic Misconduct officer. In either case, the actions taken will be noted permanently on the student's record. For further details on plagiarism see the Academic Services’ website: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/academic-services/students/undergraduate/discipline/plagiarism

Penalties for late submission (set by College of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Management of deadlines and timely submission of all assessed items is a vitally important responsibility in

your university career. Unexcused lateness will mean your work is subject to penalties and will therefore have

an adverse effect on your final grade.

If you miss the submission deadline for any piece of coursework, 5 marks will be deducted for each calendar day that work is late, up to a maximum of five calendar days (25 marks). Work that is submitted more than five days late will not be accepted and will receive a mark of zero. There is no grace period for lateness and

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penalties begin to apply immediately following the deadline. For example, if the deadline is Tuesday at 12 noon, work submitted on Tuesday at 12.01pm will be marked as one day late, work submitted at 12.01pm on Wednesday will be marked as two days late, and so on.

Extension Policy

If you have good reason for not meeting a coursework deadline, you may request an extension from either your tutor (for extensions of up to five calendar days) or the course organiser (for extensions of six or more calendar days), normally before the deadline. Any requests submitted after the deadline may still be considered by the course organiser if there have been extenuating circumstances. A good reason is illness, or serious personal circumstances, but not pressure of work or poor time management. Your tutor/course organiser must inform the course secretary in writing about the extension, for which supporting evidence may be requested. Work submitted late without your tutor's or course organiser's permission (or without a medical certificate or other supportive evidence) will be subject to lateness penalties.

Examination

The exam lasts 2 hours. It will take place during the December exam diet (10-21 December 2015). You will be required to answer two questions from several options. Closer to the exam period, Registry will publish the exact time, date and location of your exam on http://www.registry.ed.ac.uk/Examinations. Note the exam date is set by the university and is non-negotiable; you are advised not to pre-book non-refundable travel or make other arrangements which may clash with the exam. To pass IPIR, students must gain a passing average in the exam and a passing average overall. The pass mark for coursework and the examination is 40. For those failing or missing the exam, a resit examination is held in mid/late August 2016. It is the student's responsibility to check the resit timetable on the Registry's website [http://www.registry.ed.ac.uk/], find the time and location of the resit exam, and ensure they are present for that resit. No formal registration is necessary and students will not be individually notified of the resit date and location. IPIR exam questions of previous years are attached to this course guide (Appendix 6). Past exam papers from earlier years can also be found via the main library's homepage at http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk.

Revision lecture and exam preparation On Thursday 26 November 2015 a Question/Answer and Revision session will be held during the usual lecture slot. The course organiser, Dr Carmen Gebhard, will address substantive questions raised by students beforehand via a discussion board on LEARN, go over sample questions, and offer tips on how best to prepare for the exam and perform your best during the exam.

Exam performance and special circumstances If you feel you have suffered from special circumstances which have adversely affected your exam or other part of assessment on this course it is your responsibility to report these special circumstances, including all relevant documentary evidence, to your Director of Studies. Your DoS will then forward them to the IPIR Board of Examiners. You should also tell your personal tutor if you are having problems. Please note that special circumstances refer to personal circumstances which are clearly beyond your control and for which there is sufficient documentary evidence. They need to be significant, unforeseen, beyond your control, applicable over a specifiable period with evident detrimental effects on your assessed work. Examples of such situations are: death of a close relative during or immediately prior to the examination period, or injury or illness that impaired your performance substantially during the examination period or prior the essay deadline. Responsibility for producing the documentary evidence rests with the student.

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Special circumstances must be submitted within a week of the affected assessment. Unless you have exceptional reasons for not submitting within this time frame your circumstances can not be considered. For further guidance see http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/humanities-soc-sci/undergraduate-academic-admin/direction-of-studies/special-circumstancesance

Procedure for Viewing Marked Exam Scripts: If you would like to see your exam script after the final marks have been published then you should contact the course secretary by email to arrange a time to do this. Please note that there will be no feedback comments written on the scripts, but you may find it useful to look at what you wrote, see the marks achieved for each individual question and compare it against the general exam feedback available on LEARN. You will not be permitted to keep the exam script but you are welcome to take it away to read over or make photocopies. If you wish to do this, please bring a form of ID that can be left at the office until you return the script. Please note that scripts cannot be taken away overnight. If after looking at your exam script again and reading the general exam feedback on LEARN you still require clarification about your exam performance, you can contact the course organiser (c.gebhard@ed.ac.uk) and arrange a meeting. If you have concerns that your mark is inaccurate, it can be remarked. Note however, that as a result of remarking your mark could go up, remain the same or also go down further.

Assessment Feedback

All students are provided with a mark and a feedback sheet with written comments on their essay plan and essay (specialised feedback forms are used, see Appendix 4 and 5). General exam feedback (on the exam as a whole and on specific questions) is posted on LEARN after the exams have been marked and agreed. You will also have the opportunity to view your exam. More information on feedback and how you can make the most of it is available on School website: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/year_1_2/feedback

Students with learning difficulties

Advice, guidance and a range of support materials are available to students with learning difficulties (such as dyslexia). These students should contact – in advance of coursework deadlines – the Disability office for further information. See: http://www.disability-office.ed.ac.uk

Readings: General Guidance

IPIR readings

Course Textbook – BUY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE There is ONE required course textbook for IPIR, which you are expected to buy. Many of the core readings for this course will be taken from this book, so it is essential that you purchase a copy right at the start of the course. It is an e-book that Palgrave Publishers have produced especially for this course. The e-textbook contains selected chapters from a range of high-quality textbooks, which prevents you from having to buy more than one book overall. Please take note of the chapter references at the start of the book, which detail the exact source of each chapter and bear in mind when reading the book that there are different authors speaking to you. You can buy an electronic copy of the book by following this link: https://learn.blackwell.co.uk/book/introduction-to-politics-and-international-relations/111824/ Simply click on ‘add to basket’, then ‘checkout’, join Blackwell's by setting up an account. Once you received the confirmation email, click on the link, login and process the payment. Guidance books for essay writing 1

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The following books will be used extensively during the Study Skills Hour (see above, page 6), so we recommend you purchase these along with the e-textbook:

Godfrey, J. (2013) How to use your reading in your essays (2nd edition). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Godwin, J. (2014) Planning your essay (2nd edition). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

These are available as a discounted bundle at Blackwell’s bookstore in 53-62 South Bridge, Edinburgh. Make sure you purchase the 2nd edition of each as contents are different from the older edition and you might get confused when reference is being made to specific chapters and pages that did not exist in the previous version. Other recommended Texts There are some further texts that are recommended for this course – that is, they will prove useful throughout the course and occasionally chapters from them will be listed as ‘required’ or ‘recommended reading’. If you plan to continue studying Politics or IR they will also be useful in subsequent years.

Baylis, J., S. Smith and P. Owens (2014) (eds), The Globalization of World Politics, 6th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press. Also check out their Companion Website for this book http://global.oup.com/uk/orc/politics/intro/baylis6e/

Brown, C. and K. Ainley (2009) Understanding International Relations. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Devetak, R., A. Burke and J. George (2012) Introduction to International Relations, 2nd ed., Cambridge: CUP.

Harrison, L., A. Little and E. Lock (2015) Politics: Key Concepts. London: Routledge.

Heywood, A. (2014) Global Politics, 2nd ed.. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Heywood, A. (2013) Politics, 4th ed.. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Jackson, R.J. (2013) Global Politics in the 21st Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kegley Jr., C. and G. Raymond (2010) The Global Future: A Brief Introduction to World Politics, International edition (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.

Leftwich, A. (ed.) (2004) What is Politics?: the Activity and its Study , Oxford : Polity.

Marshall, T. (2015) Prisoners of Geography. Ten Maps that tell you everything you need to know about Global Politics. Elliott & Thompson. (e-book in library)

Runciman, D. (2013) The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War One to the Present. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press.

Smith, S., A. Hadfield and T. Dunne (eds) (2012) Foreign Policy, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Stoker, G. (2007) Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work, Basingstoke: Palgrave. (ebook in library)

Learning Resources for Undergraduates

The Study Development Team at the Institute for Academic Development (IAD) provides resources and workshops aimed at helping all students to enhance their learning skills and develop effective study techniques. Resources and workshops cover a range of topics, such as managing your own learning, reading, note making, essay and report writing, exam preparation and exam techniques. The study development resources are housed on 'LearnBetter' (undergraduate), part of Learn, the University's virtual learning environment. Follow the link from the IAD Study Development web page to enrol: www.ed.ac.uk/iad/undergraduates

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Workshops are interactive: they will give you the chance to take part in activities, have discussions, exchange strategies, share ideas and ask questions. The schedule is available from the IAD Undergraduate web page (see above). Workshops are open to all undergraduates but you need to book in advance, using the MyEd booking system. Each workshop opens for booking 2 weeks before the date of the workshop itself. If you book and then cannot attend, please cancel in advance through MyEd so that another student can have your place. (To be fair to all students, anyone who persistently books on workshops and fails to attend may be barred from signing up for future events). Study Development Advisors are also available for an individual consultation if you have specific questions about your own approach to studying, working more effectively, strategies for improving your learning and your academic work. Please note, however, that Study Development Advisors are not subject specialists so they cannot comment on the content of your work. They also do not check or proof read students' work. To make an appointment with a Study Development Advisor, email iad.study@ed.ac.uk (For support with English Language, you should contact the English Language Teaching Centre).

Using the Library

The further reading material for this course is found in books, journals, newspapers and political weeklies, as well as in official publications and internet sites. Almost all of this material is available in the Main University Library in George Square, or through its electronic catalogue “DiscoverED” (www.lib.ed.ac.uk/lib/) . Getting help in the Library All first year students should obtain an Information Pack of introductory information on general services available from the Main Library. If you have any queries, e.g., about using the computerised catalogue system, or where to find a journal, do not hesitate to ask the library staff. A list of useful library and information resources can be found on the library website at: www.lib.ed.ac.uk Books The open shelves on the fourth floor hold short loan (1 week) and long or ‘standard’ loan (6 week) books. Most of these are organised using the Library of Congress. Some relevant Library of Congress classifications are as follows: J…: Politics; JA..: Ideology and theory; JC. ; Democracy; JF…: Comparative Politics; JN…: European Politics; JX…: International Politics; JZ….:International Relations IPIR Reserve Collection in the Library The library holds a number of key sources for this course in the Library Reserve Collection (Heavily Used Books – HUB) on the Ground Floor. Reserve Collection books may be borrowed on 3-hour or overnight loan. Further information about the reserve collection can be attained with the Library Support Team at ground floor level in the main library. Academic journals Articles in periodicals and journals are shorter and often more up-to-date than books. The current serials (most recent journals and newspapers) are kept on the 3rd floor of the library. More practical, however, is to access journals online (e.g. via Google Scholar while logged into the university network with your EASE password). Several useful journals are ‘e-journals’ which means articles from them can be directly downloaded through the library’s website. Under ‘simple search’, type in the name of the journal and the listing will indicate if the journal is available electronically. Sometimes older issues of journals are available via JSTOR. These are also listed in the library catalogue. Journals available electronically and relevant for this course include:

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British Journal of Political Science; Comparative Politics; Comparative Political Studies; Democratization; the Economist; Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Government and Opposition; International Affairs, International Security, Journal of Democracy; Journal of Politics; Parliamentary Affairs; Political Quarterly, Political Studies, Politics, and West European Politics. For reports on specific events or elections, Facts on File and Keesing's Record of World Events are valuable data sources.

Please note that these links require an internet connection and some may require ‘EASE logon’ or have to be accessed from a computer within the university network. To learn more about gaining off-campus access to these resources consult the following website: http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/shibboleth.html E-books

The library has an expanding collection of books that are available electronically. You are encouraged to visit the following web-link regularly to look for materials that aid your study in the course (particularly if you are having difficulty getting your hands on other kinds of reading): http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/ebooks

Several useful e-books may be found either in the ‘netlibrary’ or ‘Oxford Scholarship On-Line’ lists shown at the link above.

E-reserves We have placed several key readings on e-reserve, which means they are available to you electronically through the IPIR LEARN page (not through the library catalogue). These works are clearly indicated on the reading list as ‘e-reserve’ readings. You need only click on the link on LEARN (in the e-reserve folder) to arrive at the assigned reading. The university had to acquire additional copyrights for these readings to make them available to you electronically and this is only possible in a pass-worded space like LEARN. Newspapers One of the best ways of keeping abreast of current political developments is by careful reading of newspapers and periodicals. We recommend you go well beyond checking the BBC news website as their coverage tends to be incomplete and selective. Try to read a quality daily to keep up with how politics and IR evolve on a daily basis. The library also receives several relevant foreign newspapers. For a weekly review, see the Economist which offers a succinct, readable (if sometimes contentious) weekly account of political and economic developments. The Economist also issues a weekly summary of world events, Politics this Week, accessible at its website (http://www.economist.com) and also distributed by email. To develop critical arguments, please also make use of alternative news services such as the one provided by Educate Inspire Change http://educateinspirechange.org/category/alternative-news/.

Using the Internet

In addition to the websites listed under the topic headings below, you can access many other sites covering various dimensions of general and international politics. Remember: the internet is a wonderful resource when used correctly, a poor research tool when used uncritically. A word on Wikipedia: there’s nothing wrong with using this source for your own background information but do not use or cite it as an authoritative source. Anyone with internet access can create or edit a Wikipedia entry and these entries do not undergo scholarly review. Useful, tailored websites:

A useful source of IR topics is the virtual International affairs resources: http://www2.etown.edu/vl/

Freedom House (www.freedomhouse.org) contains much information from its annual surveys of the state of freedom and democracy in the world.

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Newspaper blogs: Some newspapers and journals feature blogs which offer more up to date analysis and reporting. For IR themes, check out FP editors’ blog at http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/. For a global forum for debate about current political, economic and foreign policy issues from a pro-democracy perspective, see http://www.opendemocracy.net/about. Note, however, these sites have not undergone peer review and the blog entries often build on opinion rather than academic research. Therefore, these sources might be good to develop analytical ideas but in your essay you should always try to back up your arguments with academic sources.

Go beyond the reading list for your essay The reading lists are designed to get you started and set you thinking; they are not definitive or exhaustive. The assigned course textbook contains useful guides to further reading at the end of every chapter. Moreover, almost every item on the reading list will refer in its footnotes to books and articles of related interest; check some of these references to see whether they are in the library. If you still have difficulty finding the material you need, consult your tutor.

If you cannot locate a reading listed in this course handbook, please notify the course organiser (c.gebhard@ed.ac.uk). Make sure, however, that you have looked properly first.

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Readings by Lecture Topic and Themes

NOTE: All “required readings” are to be read BEFORE the relevant lecture. Most “required” texts are taken from the e-textbook that you are expected to buy. All other “required readings” are available to you

electronically either as “e-reserve” (on the LEARN page) or as a general electronic source (i.e. search title of the article or chapter from within the university network using Google Scholar or search the University

Library’s “DiscoverED”). Email the convenor instantly if you cannot locate the “required readings”.

Welcome and Introduction Lecture 1: 21 Sept (Mon)

Dr Carmen Gebhard

This lecture provides an overview of the course, its learning objectives, mode of assessment, content and structure. NOTE: You must register for a tutorial group on LEARN by Friday 25 September 2015. Sign on will open on Wednesday 23 September 2015. Tutorials start in week 2. If you fail to register or attend the first tutorial we assume you do not intend to take the course. If you are having trouble registering for a tutorial please email the course secretary daniel.jackson@ed.ac.uk.

Further readings Marshall, T. (2015) Prisoners of Geography. Ten Maps that tell you everything you need to know about

Global Politics. Elliott & Thompson. [e-book in library] Leftwich, A. (ed.) (2004) What is Politics? The Activity and its Study. Oxford: Polity, see especially ‘On the

Politics of Politics’, 1-18. [e-reserve on LEARN]

THEME 1: Studying Politics and International Relations in Context

Doing Politics and International Relations Lecture 2: 24 Sept (Thurs)

Dr Carmen Gebhard

This lecture deals with some of the fundamental questions underlying the study of Politics and International Relations. We look at P&IR as two separate yet closely linked disciplines that share a wealth of perspectives and philosophical puzzles. What are we trying to do as analysts? Why do we need theory? What levels of analysis are we looking at – the state, the international system, society, the individual? Are real life events determined by human action (agency) or are there systemic determinants and constraints (structure) that make humans do what they do? How do we know what is (ontology)? How do we know what we know (epistemology)? We look at these abstract questions using a number of examples from Politics and IR.

Required reading:

Garner, R. (2012) ‘Introduction: The Nature of Politics and Political Analysis’, in Garner, R., P. Ferdinand and S. Lawson (eds) Introduction to Politics (2nd ed.). Oxford: OUP, 1-23. [e-reserve on LEARN]

Stoker, G. (2007) Why Politics Matters. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1-15. [copy in e-textbook pages 12-26]

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Further readings Devetak, R. (2011) ‘An Introduction to International Relations: the Origins and Changing Agenda of a

Discipline’ (chapter 1), in Devetak, R., A. Burke, J. George (eds) Introduction to International Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1-19. [e-reserve on LEARN]

Hay, C. (2002) Political Analysis: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Burnham, P. et al. (2008) Research Methods in Politics (2nd ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Della Porta, D. and M. Keating (2010) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A Pluralist

Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Harrison, L. and T. Callan (2013) Key Research Concepts in Politics and International Relations. London: SAGE. Kellstedt, P.M. and G.D. Whitten (2013) The Fundamentals of Political Science Research (2nd ed.).

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Marsh, D. and G. Stoker (2010) Theory and Methods in Political Science (3rd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave

Macmillan. Moses, J.W. and T. L. Knutsen (2007) Ways of Knowing. Competing Methodologies in Social and Political

Research. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Singer, D.J. (1961) ‘The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations’, World Politics Vol. 14(1), 77-92. Wendt, A. (1992) ‘Levels of Analysis vs. Agents and Structures: Part III’, Review of International Studies Vol.

18(2), 181-185.

Politics in a Globalised World Lecture 3: 28 Sept (Mon)

Dr Carmen Gebhard

What is globalization, and why has it become such a widely-used term? This week’s lecture and readings analyse the features and impact of globalization (such as the changing role of the nation-state, the rise of transnational corporations, changes to the global economy, and globalization’s impact on trade). Particular attention is paid to the forces driving globalization and the actors that seem to be playing a more active role in a globalized international system. The week also looks at the opposition to globalization, its arguments and effects. Students are encouraged to think about whether globalization is a new phenomenon, and whether its effects are as negative as are commonly portrayed.

Further readings

Required reading: Heywood, A. (2014) ‘Introducing Global Politics’ (chapter 1), Global Politics (2nd ed.) Basingstoke:

Palgrave, 1-24. [copy in e-textbook pages 70-93] McGrew, A. (2014) ‘Globalization and Global Politics’, Baylis, J., S. Smith and P. Owens (eds) The

Globalization of World Politics (6th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 15-31. [e-reserve on LEARN]

Required reading: Savigny, H. and L. Marsden (2011) Doing Politics and International Relations. London: Palgrave,

introduction and chapter 1 (‘Themes and Issues in Political Science and International Relations’), 1-42. [copy in e-textbook pages 28-69]

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Strange, S. (1999) 'The Westfailure System', Review of International Studies, Vol. 25(3), 345-354. (e-source, available via ExploreEd)

Slaughter, A. M. (1997) ‘The Real New World Order’, Foreign Affairs Vol. 76, 183-197. Fukuyama, F. (1992) The End of History and the Last Man. London: Penguin. Huntington, S. (1998) The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. London: Touchstone;

(see also short article of same title in Foreign Affairs, Vol. 72(3) Summer). Friedman, T. and R. Kaplan (2002) ‘States of Discord’ (on globalization and the nation state), Foreign Policy,

March/April. Evans, P. (1997) ‘The Eclipse of the State: Reflections on Stateness in an era of Globalisation’, World Politics,

Vol. 50(1), 62-87. Hirst, P., G. Thompson and S. Bromley (2015) Globalization in Question. John Wiley & Sons. Held, D. and A. McGrew (2007) Globalization/Anti-Globalization. Cambridge: Polity Press. Rodrik, D. (2011) The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy. New York:

Cambridge University Press. Hay, C. (2000) ‘Contemporary Capitalism, Globalization, Regionalization and the Persistence of National

Variation’, Review of International Studies, Vol. 26 (4), 509-531. Lechner, F. and Boli, J. (2015) The Globalization Reader (5th ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell. Kaplinsky, R. (2001) ‘Is Globalization all it is cracked up to be?’, Review of International Political Economy

Vol. 8(1), 45-65. Kaplinsky, R. (2013) Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. John Wiley & Sons. Krasner, S.D. (1999) Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Krasner, S.D. (1995/6) ‘Compromising Westphalia’, International Security Vol. 20(3), 115. Rosenberg, T. (2002) ‘The Free Trade Fix’, New York Times Magazine, 18 March 2002 (*a good

introduction to globalization). Sassen, S. (2013) Losing Control? Sovereignty in the Age of Globalization. New York: Columbia University Press. Scholte, J.A. (2005) Globalization: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Strange, S. (1996) The Retreat of the State: the Diffusion of Power in the World Economy. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press. See also: Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies [e-journal]

THEME 2: States in a Globalised World

The State Lecture 4: 01 Oct (Thurs)

Dr Wilfried Swenden

This lecture will introduce the concept of the state. In modern political life, the state is the primary arena for the exercise of political power. We will look at different definitions of the state and consider its key features and functions. In particular, we will study the state as the basis of sovereignty and legitimate authority. We will examine the emergence and development of the state, and look at the different types of states that are evident

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today. Finally, we will consider the internal and external pressures on the modern state which can sometimes lead to decreasing legitimacy and even state failure.

Further readings Garner, R. (2012) ‘Politics and the State’, in Garner, R., P. Ferdinand and S. Lawson (eds), Introduction to

Politics (2nd edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 27-47. Peters, B. Guy and Pierre, Jon (2006) ‘Governance, government, and the state’, in Hay, C., M. Lister and D.

Marsh (eds) (2006) The State. Theories and Issues. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 209-222. [e-reserve on LEARN]

Dunleavy, P. and O’Leary, B. (1987) Theories of the State: the Politics of Liberal Democracy Basingstoke: Macmillan Education. [chapter 1]

Sørenson, G. (2004) The Transformation of the State. Beyond the Myth of Retreat. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Gill, G.J. (2003) The Nature and Development of the Modern State. Basingstoke: Palgrave, ch. 1 ‘The

Modern State’, 1-32. Mann, M. (1990) The Rise and Decline of the Nation State. Oxford: Blackwell, ch. 10. Paul, T.V. et al (2003) The Nation-State in Question. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Pierson, C. (2004) The Modern State (2nd ed.). London: Routledge, ch. 1 ‘Modern States’, 4-26. Poggi, G. (1990) The State: its Nature, Development and Prospect. Oxford: Polity. Krasner, S. D. (2013) ‘New terrains: Sovereignty and alternative conceptions of power’, in Finnemore, M. and

J. Goldstein (eds) Back to Basics: State Power in a Contemporary World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Roeder, P.G. (2007) ‘Who gets a State of their Own’ in Where Nation-States Come From, Princeton, NJ.:

Princeton University Press, ch. 1, 3-42. Rokkan, S. and Urwin, D.W. (1982) The Politics of Territorial Identity: Studies in European Regionalism.

London: Sage. (chapter on ‘Centres and Peripheries in Western Europe’) Rotberg, R.I. (ed.) (2003) When States Fail: Causes and Consequences. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Spruyt H. (1994) The Sovereign State and its Competitors, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Tilly, C. and Ardant, G. (1975) The Formation of National States in Western Europe, Princeton, N.J.:

Princeton University Press. Weber, M. et al. (1970) From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology, London: Routledge.

Comparing States and Regimes Lecture 5: 05 Oct (Mon)

Dr Wilfried Swenden States come in many forms and guises: we speak of ‘normal’ states, ‘failing states’ or failed states’, democratic, authoritarian or totalitarian states, developed or developing states etcetera. What do we mean by these labels and as social scientists in the making how can we meaningfully compare across states? In this session, you will be briefly introduced to the comparative method and we will also explain why and how comparison

Required reading: Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Politics and the State’ (chapter 3), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.) Basingstoke:

Palgrave, pp. 56-79. [copy in e-textbook pages 95-118] Heywood, A. (2014) ‘The State and Foreign Policy in a Global Age’ (chapter 5, in particular 115-132), Global

Politics (2nd ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 115-144. [copy in e-textbook pages 120-144] Poggi, G. (2011) ‘The Nation-State’, in D. Caramani (ed.) Comparative Politics (2nd ed.) Oxford: Oxford

University Press, pp. 67-84. [e-reserve on LEARN]

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matters for social enquiry? We use variation in regime types to illustrate how the comparative method operates in practice and what type of research questions the comparative method can help you to answer across a range of political topics.

Further readings Lijphart, A. (1999) Patterns of Democracy. Parliamentary vs. Presidential Government. New Haven: Yale

University Press, 1-27. [e-reserve on LEARN] Landman, T. (2008) Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics (3rd edition). London: Routledge (especially

chapter 1 on ‘why compare countries’ and chapter 9 on ‘transitions to democracy’). [e-reserve on LEARN] Levitsky S. and L.A. Way (2002) ‘The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism’, Journal of Democracy Vol.

13(2), 51-66 Berger, M. (ed.) (2004) ‘After the Third World? History, destiny and the fate of Third Worldism’ Third

World Quarterly, Vol. 25(1), 9-39. Brooker, P. (2009) Non-Democratic Regimes; theory, government and politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Leftwich, A. (2011) ‘Theorizing the State’, in Burnell, P., L. Rakner and V. Randall (eds) Politics in the

Developing World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 181-95. Cai, Y. (2008) ‘Power Structure and Regime Resilience: Contentious Politics in China’, British Journal of

Political Science, Vol. 38, 411-32. Chehabi, H.E. and J.J. Linz (1998) Sultanistic Regimes. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University. Linz, J.J. (2000) Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. Boulder: Lynne Rienner.

THEME 3: Power and Society

Power, Authority and the State Lecture 6: 08 Oct (Thurs)

Dr Uğur Özdemir

Power is one of the most important concepts in Politics and IR. In fact, some scholars see it as a defining element of the discipline. Power affects how resources are distributed, how countries interact, whether peace or war prevails, and how groups and individuals pursue their interests; that is, power affects a vast number of topics studied by political scientists. Surprisingly, it is one of the most contested concepts as well. How do we define power? What are the different forms and dimensions of power? Can we measure it? In this session we follow the conceptualization and operationalization steps of the social scientific enquiry around this central concept. We bring together a variety of theoretical perspectives and their conceptualization of power and show how such a move can enliven and enrich our understanding of both the nation state and the global governance.

Required reading: Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Governments, Systems and Regimes’ (chapter 12), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.),

Basingstoke: Palgrave, 265-283. [copy in e-textbook pages 146-164]

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Further readings Lukes, S. (2005) Power: A Radical View. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 14-59. [e-book on DiscoverEd] Bachrach, P. and M.S. Baratz (1962) ‘Two Faces of Power’, American Political Science Review, Vol. 56(4),

947-952. Bachrach, P. and M.S. Baratz (1963) ‘Decisions and Nondecisions: An Analytical Framework’, American

Political Science Review Vol. 57(3), 632-642. Dahl, R. A. (2005) Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City. Yale University Press. Keohane, R. O. and J.S. Nye (2001) Power and Interdependence. Longman Publishing Group. Baldwin, D. (2000) ‘Power and International Relations’, in Carlsnaes, W., T. Risse, and B. Simmons (eds)

Handbook of International Relations. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 177-191. Barnett, M. and Duvall, R. (eds) (2005) Power in Global Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press, 1-32. Boulding, K. E. (1990). Three Faces of Power. London: Sage. Nye, Jr., J. S. (2004) Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics. New York: Public Affairs. Poggi, G. (1990) The State: its Nature, Development and Prospect. Oxford: Polity. Ertman, T. (1997) Birth of the Leviathan. New York: Cambridge University Press Dunleavy, P. and B. O’Leary (1987) Theories of the State: the Politics of Liberal Democracy. Basingstoke:

Macmillan, chapter 1. Badie, B., and Birnbaum, P. (1983) The Sociology of the State. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Ertman, T. (1997) Birth of the Leviathan. New York: Cambridge University Press Hinsley, F.H. (1986) Sovereignty. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Giddens, A. (1987) The Nation-State and Violence. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Olson, M. (2000) Power and Prosperity. New York: Basic Books. Chapters 1-4.

Civil Society Lecture 7: 12 Oct (Mon)

Dr Uğur Özdemir Civil society is one of the three social spheres, the other two being the state and the market. It is widely used as a descriptive concept to assess the balance between state authority and private bodies and associations. In the conventional, pluralist view, civil society is identified as a realm of choice, personal freedom and individual responsibility. Whereas the state operates through coercive authority, civil society allows individuals to shape their own destinies. Building on previous week’s discussion on power, we discuss the nature of civil society and its capacity to transform power relations. We further discuss the challenges and opportunities information society provides for civic participation.

Required reading: Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Politics, Society and Identity’ (chapter 7) and ‘Political Culture and the Media’

(chapter 8), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave, 151-195. [copy in e-textbook pages 188-207 and 208-232]

Required reading: Garner, R. (2012) ‘Political Power, Authority and the State’ (chapter 2), in Garner, R., P. Ferdinand and S.

Lawson (eds), Introduction to Politics (2nd ed.). Oxford: OUP, 48-66. [e-reserve on LEARN] Savigny, H. and L. Marsden (2011) Doing Politics and International Relations. London: Palgrave, chapter 2

‘Power’. [copy in e-textbook pages 166-175]

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Further readings Sander, T.H. and Putnam, R.D. (2010) ‘Still Bowling Alone? The Post-9/11 Split’, Journal of Democracy,

Vol.21 (1), 9-16. [e-journal] Walzer, M. (1992) ‘The Civil Society Argument’, in Mouffe, C. (ed.) Dimensions of Radical Democracy:

Pluralism, Citizenship, Community. London: Verso. Welzel, C. and R. Inglehart (2007) ‘Mass Beliefs and Democratic Institutions’, in Boix, C. and S. Stokes (eds)

Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford University Press. Chapter 13. Hall, J.R. (ed.) (2013) Civil Society: Theory, History, Comparison. John Wiley & Sons. Carothers, T. and W. Barndt (1999) ‘Civil Society’, Foreign Policy, Vol. 117, 18-29. Putnam, R. D. (2001) Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Simon and

Schuster. Putnam, R.D., R. Leonardi, R. and R.Y. Nanetti (1994) Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in

Modern Italy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Almond, G. and S. Verba (1963) The Civic Culture. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Almond, G. and S. Verba (eds) (1980) The Civic Culture Revisited. Boston: Little Brown. Lipset, S. (1981) Political Man: The Social Basis of Politics. London: Heinemann. Jackman, R. and R. Miller (1996) ‘A Renaissance of Political Culture’, American Journal of Political Science,

Vol. 40, 697-716. Klingemann, H. and D. Fuchs (eds) (1995) Citizens and the State. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Sniderman, P., R. Brody and J. Kuklinski (1984) ‘Policy Reasoning and Political Values’, American Journal of

Political Science, Vol. 28, 74–94. Dalton, R. J. (2006) ‘Civil Society, Social Capital and Democracy’, in Dalton, R. and D. Shin (eds) Citizens,

Democracy and Markets around the Pacific Rim. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Inglehart, R. and W. Baker (2000) ‘Modernization, Cultural Change, and Persistence of Traditional Values’,

American Sociological Review Vol. 65(1), 19–51. Entman, R. B. (1983) Democracy without Citizens: Media and the Decay of American Politics. Oxford:

Oxford University Press. Hallin, D. C. and P. Mancini (2004) Comparing Media Systems. Three Models of Media and Politics.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Shah, D.V., N. Kwak and R.L. Holbert (2001) ‘“Connecting” and “Disconnecting” with Civic Life: Patterns of

Internet Use and the Production of Social Capital’, Political Communication Vol. 18 (2), 141–62. Franklin, M. (1984) ‘How the Decline in Class Voting Opened the Way to Radical Change in British Politics’,

British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 14, 483–508.

Thursday 15 October 2015 – essay plan due before 12.00noon

THEME 4: Power in Global Politics

Traditional Perspectives in IR Lecture 8: 15 Oct (Thurs)

Dr Carmen Gebhard Theory and theorization – i.e. making sense of something theoretically – are key aspects in the study of International Relations. For a number of decades, the field has been dominated by intellectual disputes between the two main traditions, Liberalism and Realism, and these two perspectives still play a key role in a lot of International Relations research. In this lecture we look at the basic tenets of each and talk about how they

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influence contemporary thinking about Global Politics. The aim is to help you to start thinking of everyday political problems in a theoretically informed way, and to start using theories as tools for getting a better understanding of some of the puzzles and problems we discuss as part of this course.

Further readings Walt, S. M. (1998) ‘International Relations: One World, Many Theories’, Foreign Policy, Vol. 110 (Special

Edition: ‘Frontiers of Knowledge’), 29-46. Mearsheimer, J.J. (2005) ‘E. H. Carr versus Idealism: the Battle Rages On’, International Relations, Vol.

19(3), June 2005, 139-52. Brown, C. and K. Ainley (2009) Understanding International Relations. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan,

chapter 1. [e-reserve on LEARN] Snyder, J. (2004) ‘One World, Rival Theories’, Foreign Policy Vol. 145, 53-62. De Carvalho, B. et al. (2011) ‘The Big Bangs of IR: The Myths That Your Teachers Still Tell You about 1648

and 1919,’ Millennium Vol. 39(3), 735-758. Realisms Waltz, Kenneth N. (1954) Man, the State and War. A Theoretical Analysis. New York: Columbia University Press. Morgenthau, Hans J. 1993 [1985] Politics Among Nations. The Struggle for Power and Peace. Brief edition

revised by Kenneth W. Thompson. Boston, McGraw-Hill. Waltz, Kenneth N. (1979) Theory of International Politics. Boston, McGraw-Hill. Waltz, Kenneth N. (1988) ‘The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory’, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

18:4: 615-628. Waltz, Kenneth N. (1993) ‘The Emerging Structure of International Politics’, International Security 18(2), 44-79. Mearsheimer, John J. (2001) The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. New York: W.W. Norton. Gray, C. (1999) ‘Clausewitz Rules, OK? The Future is the Past with GPS’, Review of International Studies

Vol. 25(5), 161-182. Legro, J. W. and A. Moravcsik (1999) ‘Is Anybody still a Realist?’, International Security, 24:2, 5-55. Grieco, J. M. (1988) ‘Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation: a Realist Critique of the Newest Liberal

Institutionalism’, International Organization 42:3, 485-507. Mearsheimer, John J. (1994) ‘The false promise of international institutions’, International Security 19:3, 5-49.

(see also Keohane and Martin 1995 below) Green, D. P. and Shapiro, I. (1994) Pathologies of rational choice theory: A critique of applications in

political science. New Haven: Yale University Press. Green, D. P. and Shapiro, I. (1995) ‘Pathologies revisited: Reflections on our critics’, Critical Review: A

Journal of Politics and Society, 235-276.

Liberalisms Doyle, Michael W. (1986) ‘Liberalism and World Politics’, American Political Science Review 80:4, 1151–

1169. Kratochwil, F. and J.G. Ruggie (1986) ‘International Organization: A State of the Art on an Art of the State’,

International Organization 40:4, 753-775.

Required readings:

Heywood, A. (2014) ‘Why Theory Matters’ (chapter 21), Global Politics (2nd ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave, 514-530. [copy in e-textbook pages 233-251]

Grieco, J., G.J. Ikenberry and M. Mastanduno (2015) ‘Theories of International Relations’ (chapter 3, in

particular 70-86), in Introduction to International Relations. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 70-103. [copy in e-textbook pages 253-286, in particular pages 253-269]

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Jervis, R. (1978) ‘Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma’, World Politics 30:2, 167-214. Keohane, R.O. (1998) ‘International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work?’, Foreign Policy Vol. 110

(Spring) 82-96.

Deudney, D. and G. Ikenberry, (1999) ‘The Nature and Sources of Liberal International Order’, Review of International Studies 25:2, 179-196.

Adler, E. and M. Barnett (eds) (1998) Security Communities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Oye, K. A. (ed.) (1986) Cooperation under Anarchy. Princeton: P. University Press. Krasner, S. (ed.) (1983) International Regimes. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Keohane, R.O. (2005) [reprint of 1984]. After Hegemony. Cooperation and Discord in the World Political

Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Keohane, R.O., and J. S. Nye (1987) ‘Power and Interdependence Revisited’, International Organization

41:4, 725-753. Keohane, R.O. and Lisa L. Martin (1995) ‘The Promise of Institutionalist Theory’, International Security 20:1,

39-51. Mansfield, E.D. and B.M. Pollins (2001) ‘The Study of Interdependence and Conflict’, Journal of Conflict

Resolution 45:6, 834-59. Moravcsik, A. (1997) ‘Taking Preferences Seriously: A liberal theory of International Politics’, International

Organization 51:04, 513-553.

Constructivisms Wendt, A. (1992) ‘Anarchy is What States Make of it: the Social Construction of Power Politics’, International

Organization 46:2, 391-425. Wendt, A. (1995) ‘Constructing International Politics’, International Security, 20:1, 71-81. Giddens, A. (2013) The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration (revised edition).

Cambridge: Polity. Huysmans, J. (2002) ‘Defining Social Constructivism in Security Studies: the Normative Dilemma of Writing

Security’, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 27:1, 41–62. Jackson, P. T. and Nexon, D. H. (2004) ‘Constructivist Realism or Realist‐Constructivism?’ International

Studies Review, 6:2, 337-341. Williams, Michael C. (2001) ‘The Discipline of the Democratic Peace: Kant, Liberalism and the Social

Construction of Security Communities,’ European Journal of International Relations 7:4, 525–553.

Critical Perspectives in IR Lecture 9: 19 Oct (Mon)

Dr Carmen Gebhard Building on the previous lecture on traditional perspective in IR, we talk about so-called “critical” approaches. They are referred to as “critical” because they suggest and sometimes demand a radical departure from traditional viewpoints. They focus on casting new light on aspects of International Relations that they think have been neglected or overlooked for too long. Part of this discussion will be the interesting question whether theory is every value-free or whether theorists themselves might in fact have a political agenda that informs the theoretical explanations they present as solutions to political problems and issues. Ultimately, this aims at reminding you how powerful your decisions are as an analyst – the way you decide to define key issues in Global Politics determines your findings and the explanations that seem “true” to you.

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Further readings Cox, R. W. (1981) ‘Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory’,

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Vol. 10(2), 126-155. Linklater, A. (1996) ‘13 The Achievements of Critical Theory’, in Smith, S., Booth, K., & Zalewski, M. (eds)

(1996) International theory: positivism and beyond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 279-. [e-book, library]

Levine, D.J. (2013) Recovering International Relations: The Promise of Sustainable Critique. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Krause, K. (1998) ‘Critical Theory and Security Studies. The Research Programme of Critical Security Studies’, Cooperation and Conflict Vol. 33(3), 298-333.

McCormack, T. (2013) Critique, Security and Power. The Political Limits to Emancipatory Approaches. London: Routledge.

Ethnocentrism and cultural critiques Acharya, A. and B. Buzan (2007) ‘Why is there no non-Western international relations theory? An

introduction’, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 7(3), 287-312. Bilgin, P. (2008) ‘Thinking Past Western IR?’, Third World Quarterly Vol. 29(1), 5-23. Agier, M. (2011) The undesirables of the world and how universality changed camp. OpenDemocracy.

Available at http://www.opendemocracy.net/michel-agier/undesirables-of-world-and-how-universality-changed-camp (last accessed 12-08-2015)

Hobson, J.M. (2007) ‘Is Critical Theory Always for the White West and for Western Imperialism? Beyond Westphilian Towards a Postracist Critical IR’, Review of International Studies 33, 91-116.

Bilgin, P. (2010) ‘The “Western-Centrism” of Security Studies: “Blind Spot” or Constitutive Practice?’, Security Dialogue Vol. 41(6), 615-622.

Barkawi, T. and M. Laffey (2006) ‘The Postcolonial Moment in Security Studies’, Review of International Studies Vol. 32(2), 329-352.

Dalby, S. (1988) ‘Geopolitical Discourse: the Soviet Union as Other’, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political Vol. 13(4), 415–442.

Critical Security Studies Jaffe, Greg (2012) ‘The World is Safer but no one in Washington can talk About it’, Washington Post, 4

November 2012. Krause, K. and A. Latham (1998) ‘Constructing Non-Proliferation and Arms Control: The Norms of Western

Practice’, Contemporary Security Policy Vol. 19(1), 23-54. Peoples, C. and N. Vaughan-Williams (2010) Critical Security Studies. An Introduction. London: Routledge. Salter, M.B., and C.E. Mutlu (eds) (2013) Research Methods in Critical Security Studies: An Introduction.

London: Routledge. [e-book on DiscoverEd] Shepherd, L. J. (ed.) (2013) Critical Approaches to Security: An Introduction to Theories and Methods.

London: Routledge.

Required readings: Grieco, J., G.J. Ikenberry and M. Mastanduno (2015) ‘Theories of International Relations’ (chapter 3, in

particular 86-103), in Introduction to International Relations. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 70-103. [copy in e-textbook pages 253-286, in particular pages 269-286]]

Schouten, P. (2009) ‘Theory Talk #37: Robert Cox on World Orders, Historical Change, and the Purpose

of Theory in International Relations’, Theory Talks, http://www.theorytalks.org/2010/03/theory-talk-37.html (last accessed 12-08-2015)

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Krause, K. and M.C. Williams (eds) (1997) Critical Security Studies. Concepts and Cases. London: UCL Press.

Fierke, K. M. (2007) Critical approaches to international security. Cambridge: Polity. Nunes, J. (2012) ‘Reclaiming the political: Emancipation and critique in security studies’, Security Dialogue,

Vol. 43(4), 345-361. Feminism Collins, A. (ed.) (2013) Contemporary Security Studies (3rd edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[chapter 9] Tickner, J. A. (2004) ‘Feminist responses to international security studies’, Peace review 16:1, 43-48. Young, I.M. (2003) ‘Feminist Reactions to the Contemporary Security Regime’, Hypatia 18:1, 223-231. Peoples, C. and N. Vaughan-Williams (2010) Critical Security Studies. An Introduction. London: Routledge.

[chapter 2 ‘Feminist and Gender Approaches’] Hansen, L. (2000) ‘Gender, Nation, Rape: Bosnia and the Construction of Security’, International Feminist

Journal of Politics, Vol. 3:1, 55-57. Stern, M. (2011) ‘Gender and Race in the European Security Strategy: Europe as a ‘Force for Good’ Quest’,

Journal of International Relations and Development 14:1, 28-59. Wibben, A. (2010) Feminist security studies: a narrative approach. London: Routledge. Mohanty, C.T. (1986) ‘Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses’, Boundary 2,

12:3, 333–58. Stern, M. and Zalewski, M. (2009) ‘Feminist Fatigue (s): Reflections on Feminism and Familiar Fables of

Militarisation’, Review of International Studies 35:3, 611-630.

THEME 5: Governing Divided Societies

The Nation in a Global Age Lecture 10: 22 Oct (Thurs)

Dr Wilfried Swenden

Nationalism is one of the most important political phenomena of the last two centuries. It has been at the root of wars of aggression and at the heart of movements of liberation. Nationalism is a crucial factor underpinning state formation and disintegration and it is said that states can only survive so long as it citizens feel part of a nation. More subtly, the language of nationalism and the ‘national interest’ are used to justify many of the activities of modern states. This lecture will explore nationalism and the nation. We will examine how the ‘nation’ and how globalization has affected the sense of community and identity of nations. We will also consider the concept of the ‘nation’ and how it differs from the concept of the ‘state’, and discuss why the two concepts are often confused.

Further readings Brown, D. (1999) ‘Are there Good and Bad Nationalisms?’, Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 5(2), 281-302.

Required reading: Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Nations and Nationalism’ (chapter 5), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.), Basingstoke:

Palgrave, 108-127. [copy in e-textbook pages 287-306] Heywood, A. (2014) ‘The Nation in a Global Age’ (chapter 7), Global Politics (2nd ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave,

161-184. [copy in e-textbook pages 308-331]

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Kaldor, M. (2004) ‘Nationalism and Globalisation’, Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 10(1/2), 161-178. Alter, P. (1994) ‘What is Nationalism?’ in Nationalism (2nd ed.). London: Edward Arnold, ch. 1. Halliday, F. (2005) ‘Nationalism’, in J. Baylis et al. (eds) The Globalization of World Politics, ch. 23. O’Duffy, B. (2009) ‘The Nation-State and Nationalism’ (chapter 3), in Bara, J.L. and M. Pennington (eds)

Comparative Politics. London: SAGE, 96-92. [e-book, DiscoverED] Ozkrimli, U. (2010) ‘Modernism’ in Theories of Nationalism: A Critical Introduction (2nd ed.), London:

Palgrave Macmillan, 72-142. [e-reserve on LEARN] Sekulic, D. (1997) ‘The Creation and Dissolution of the Multinational State: The Case of Yugoslavia’, Nations

and Nationalism, Vol. 3(2), 165-180. Anderson, B. (2006) Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London:

Verso. Anderson, M. (2000) States and Nationalism in Europe since 1945. London: Routledge. Axtmann, R. (2003) (ed.) Understanding Democratic Politics, London: Sage, chapters 11 and 27. Billig, M. (1995) Banal Nationalism. London: Sage. Breuilly, J. (2014) ‘Nationalism’ in Baylis, J., S. Smith and P. Owens (eds) The Globalization of World Politics

(6th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 25. Brubaker, R. (1996) Nationalism Reframed. Nationhood and the national question in the New Europe,

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Calhoun, C. (1997) Nationalism. Buckingham: Open University Press, chs 1, 4 and 5. Gellner, E. (1997) Nationalism. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Greenfeld, L. (1993) Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, ch. 1. Hall, J.A. (ed.) (1998) The State of the Nation. Ernest Gellner and the Theory of Nationalism. Cambridge: CUP. Hechter, M. (2000) Containing Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hearn, J. (2006) Rethinking Nationalism: a Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, ch. 1. Heywood, A. (2003) Political Ideologies: an Introduction, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, ch. 5 Hobsbawm, E. J. (1992) Nations and Nationalism since 1780. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ch. 6. Ichijo, A and G. Uzelac (eds) (2005) When is the Nation? Towards an understanding of theories of

nationalism, London: Routledge. Miller, D. (1997) On Nationality, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Minogue, K.R. (1969) Nationalism, London: Methuen. Renan, E. (first published 1882) ‘What is a Nation?’, reprinted in Bhabha, H K. (ed.) (1990) Nation and

Narration. London: Routledge. Smith, A. D. (1991) National Identity. London: Penguin.

Sub-State Nationalism and Multi-level Politics Lecture 11: 26 Oct (Mon)

Dr Wilfried Swenden

The second half of the twentieth century saw the emergence of a new kind of nationalism within established nation-states. Sub-state nationalism (also called neo-nationalism, minority nationalism, or regional nationalism) has been evident in Scotland and Wales in the UK, Quebec in Canada, Catalonia and the Basque country in Spain, Flanders in Belgium, northern Italy, and many other advanced industrial states. Why did these movements emerge? What demands have they made, and how and why have states responded to these demands? This lecture will explore the rise and accommodation of sub-state nationalism, through so-called ‘territorial management’ or multi-level politics.

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Further readings Brown, D (1998) ‘Why is the Nation-State so Vulnerable to Ethnic Nationalism?’, Nations and Nationalism,

Vol. 4(1), 1-34. Ferdinand, P. (2012) ‘Law, Constitutions, and Federalism’, in Garner, R., P. Ferdinand and S. Lawson (eds),

Introduction to Politics (2nd ed.), 187-193 (second part of chapter 8). Keating, M. (1997) ‘Stateless Nation-Building: Quebec, Catalonia and Scotland in the Changing State

System’, Nations and Nationalism Vol. 3(4), 689-717. Crick, B. (2008) ‘The Four Nations: Interrelations’ [sub state nationalism in British Isles], Political Quarterly

Vol. 79(1), 71-79. Loughlin, J. (2007) ‘Reconfiguring the State: Trends in Territorial Governance in European States’, Regional

and Federal Studies, Vol. 17(4), 358-403. Kohli, A. (1997) ‘Can Democracies accommodate Ethnic Nationalism? Rise and Decline of Self-

Determination Movements in India, Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 56(2), 324-344. Wilson, R. (2001) ‘The Politics of Contemporary Ethno-Nationalist Conflicts’, in Nations and Nationalism,

Vol. 7(3), 365-384. Alonso, S. (2012) Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility. A Comparison of

Belgium, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Choudhry, S. (ed.) (2008) Constitutional Design for Divided Societies. Integration or Accommodation.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Connor, W (1994) Ethnonationalism: the Quest for Understanding. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Gagnon, A. and J. Tully (2001) Multinational Democracies Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ignatieff, M. (1994) Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism. London: Vintage. Keating, M. (2001) Plurinational Democracy. Stateless Nations in a Post-Sovereignty Era. Oxford: OUP. Lynch, P. J. (1996) Minority Nationalism and European Integration. University of Wales Press. McGarry, J., O’Leary B. and Simeon, R. (2008) ‘Integration or Accommodation. The enduring debate in

conflict regulation’ in Choudhry, S. (eds), Constitutional Design for Divided Societies. Integration or Accommodation, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Norman, W. (2006) Negotiating Nationalism: Nation-Building, Federalism, and Secession in the Multinational State, chs 1 and 2. Rudolph, J.R. and R.J. Thompson (1989) Ethnoterritorial Politics, Policy, and the Western World. Lynne Rienner.

Rudolph, J.R. (2006) Politics and Ethnicity. A Comparative Study, Basingstoke: Palgrave Seymour, M. and A. Gagnon (eds) (2012) Multinational Federalism. Problems and Prospects, Basingstoke:

Palgrave Macmillan. Swenden, W. (2006) Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe. A Comparative and Thematic

Analysis, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, chapter on ‘The Centre, the Regions and Plurinationalism’, 244-287.

Required reading: Keating, M. (2001) Nations against the state: the new politics of nationalism in Quebec, Catalonia and

Scotland, Basingstoke, Palgrave, ch. 3 [e-reserve, LEARN] Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Multi-Level Politics’ (chapter 17), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.), Basingstoke:

Palgrave, 378-398. [copy in e-textbook pages 333-353] Swenden, W. (2013) ‘Territorial Strategies for Managing Plurinational States’, in J. Loughlin, J. Kincaid and

W. Swenden (eds) Routledge Handbook of Federalism and Regionalism. London: Routledge, 61-75. [e-reserve, LEARN]

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THEME 6: Democracy

Democracy and Political Obligation Lecture 12: 29 Oct (Thurs)

Dr Wilfried Swenden

This lecture examines the nature and meaning of democracy. Where does democracy come from and how has it evolved over time. Why has it been so difficult to find agreement on a widely accepted definition of democracy? The lecture introduces students to different forms of democracy (representative, republican, direct; parliamentary vs liberal). We will also examine disputes about the justification of democracy. Is democracy of value because it provides a procedure where all voters have equal political rights? Or is democracy valuable because it produces better outcomes than alternatives? In other words what does democracy require from those role and those who are governed? How can we measure democracy and what do we mean by democratization? Finally, is there a ‘crisis’ of democracy and if so why?

Further readings Garner, R. (2012) ‘Democracy and Political Obligation’ (chapter 3), in Garner, R., P. Ferdinand and S.

Lawson (2012), Introduction to Politics (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 67-88. Lijphart, A. (1999) Patterns of Democracy. Parliamentary vs. Presidential Government. New Haven: Yale

University Press, 1-27. [e-reserve on LEARN] Dahl, R. (2006) ‘Procedural Democracy’, in Goodin, R. and P. Pettit (eds) Contemporary Political

Philosophy: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, ch. 7. Held, D. (1996) Models of Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press. (especially parts I and III) Gutmann, A. (2007) ‘Democracy’, in Goodin, R., P. Pettit and T. Pogge (eds) A Companion to

Contemporary Political Philosophy, Volume II, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, ch. 25. Cohen, J. (2006) ‘Deliberation and Democratic Legitimacy’, in Goodin, R. and P. Pettit (eds) Contemporary

Political Philosophy: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, ch. 10. Ackerman, B. and J. Fishkin (2002) ‘Deliberation Day'’, Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 10(2), 129-152. Christiano, T. (2008) ‘Democracy’, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2008 Edition), Edward N.

Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2008/entries/democracy/ Cohen, J. (1986) ‘An Epistemic Conception of Democracy’, Ethics, Vol. 97(1), 26-38. Dahl, R. (1956) A Preface to Democratic Theory, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, chs. 1-3. Dryzek, J. and Dunleavy, P. (2009), Theories of the Democratic State, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Goodin, R. (2007) ‘Enfranchising All Affected Interests, and Its Alternatives’ Philosophy and Public Affairs,

Vol. 35(1), 40-68. Keman, H. (2002) ‘Comparing Democracies: Theories and Evidence’ (chapter 3), in Keman, H. (ed.)

Comparative Democratic Politics. London: SAGE. [e-reserve on LEARN] Shapiro, I. (1999) ‘Enough Deliberation: Politics is About Interests and Power’, in Macedo, S. (ed.)

Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement. New York: Oxford University Press, ch. 2. Shapiro, I. (2003) The State of Democratic Theory, Oxford: Princeton University Press, ch. 1.

Required reading: Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Democracy and Legitimacy’ (chapter 4), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.). Basingstoke:

Palgrave, 80-107. [copy in e-textbook pages 355-382] Collier, D. and S. Levitsky (1997) ‘Democracy with Adjectives’, World Politics, Vol. 49(3), 430-451. [e-journal]

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Weale, A. (1999) Democracy. Basingstoke: Macmillan, chs 1-3. Young, I. (2000) Inclusion and Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 1.

No lecture on Monday 2 November 2015 (essay due before 12.00noon)

THEME 7: Political Ideas

Competing Ideologies and Challenges to Democracy Lecture 13: 5 Nov (Mon)

Dr Uğur Özdemir

Ideology has been dubbed one of the most elusive and controversial concepts in the whole of social science. It is now most widely used in a social-scientific sense to refer to a more or less coherent set of ideas that provide the basis for some kind of organised political action. Ideological debates are fascinating manifestations of diversity of the human imagination. In this session, we examine each ideology by looking at its origins and development. Each ideology draws on the history of political theory and seeks to apply the lessons of this history to the present. We also investigate the historical dynamics behind the rise and fall of the rival ideologies in this context. In more general, we critically review the claims regarding to the death of the ideologies. Has the age of the ideologies really passed? Or is it just the traditional ideologies that are becoming irrelevant and we are entering a new era of collective ideas such as environmentalism and green politics?

Further readings Heywood, A. (2012) Political Ideologies. An Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Geoghegan, V. and R. Wilford (2014) Political Ideologies. An Introduction. London: Routledge. Vincent, A. (2009) Modern Political Ideologies. John Wiley and Sons. Nussbaum, M. (2002) ‘Rawls and Feminism’, S. Freeman (ed.) Cambridge Companion to Rawls, Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press Bell, D. (2009) ‘Communitarianism’, in Zalta, E.N. (ed.) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford,

CA: Stanford University. Berlin, I. (2002) ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’, H. Hardy (ed.) Liberty: Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty,

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Harris, E. (2009) Nationalism: Theories and Cases. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Elster, J. (1985) Making Sense of Marx. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Kymlicka, W. (1989) Liberalism, Community, and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kymlicka, W. (1990) ‘Feminism’, in Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford

University Press. Nozick, R. (1977) Anarchy, State and Utopia. New York: Basic Books. Anderson, B. (1983) Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London:

Verso. Spivak, G.C. (1999) A Critique of Postcolonial Reason. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Laqueur, W. (1996) Fascism. Past, Present and Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Stavrakakis, Y. (1997) ‘Green Ideology: A Discursive Reading’, Journal of Political Ideologies Vol. 2(3), 259-279.

Required reading: Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Political Ideas and Ideologies’ (chapter 2), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.) Basingstoke:

Palgrave, 27-55. [copy in e-textbook pages 384-412]

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Kaltwasser, R.C. (2013) ‘The Responses of Populism to Dahl’s Democratic Dilemmas’, Political Studies Vol. 62(3), 470-487.

Pressure Politics: The Case of Global Environmental Politics Lecture 14: 09 Nov (Mon)

Dr Uğur Özdemir A pressure group, or interest group, is an organised association which aims to influence the policies or actions of government. In the case of environmental politics a growing number of pressure groups are working towards a sustainable environment both at the national and the international level. Building on previous week’s discussion on ideologies, we will treat this as a case study where the concerns about the damage done to the environment by pollution, resource depletion, overpopulation and so on led to the rise of the ecological or green political ideas throughout the globe. We will also use this opportunity to discuss one of the key coordination problems: the tragedy of the commons, i.e- situations where individuals acting independently and rationally according to each their own self-interest behave contrary to the best interests of the whole group by depleting some common resource.

Further readings Carter, N. (2013) ‘Climate Change and the Politics of the Global Environment’ (chapter 13), in Beeson, M.

and N. Bisley (eds) Issues in 21st Century World Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. [e-reserve on LEARN] Savigny, H. and L. Marsden (2011) Doing Politics and International Relations. London: Palgrave, chapter 4

(‘Policy’), 89-110. Olson, M. Jr. (1971) The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. Cambridge:

Harvard University Press Nownes, A.J. (2006) Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and how they try to get it). Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press. Chasek, P.S., D.L. Downie and J. Brown (2013) Global Environmental Politics. Westview Press. Ainsworth, S.H. (2002) Analyzing Interest Groups: Group Influence on People and Policies. New York:

W.W. Norton. Chapters 1-3. Berry, J.M. and C. Wilcox (2009) The Interest Group Society (5th edition). New York: Pearson Longman. Bosso, C. (2005) Environment, Inc. From Grassroots to Beltway. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. Newell, P., P. Pattberg and H. Schroeder (2012) ‘Multi-Actor Governance and the Environment’, Annual

Review of Environment and Resources Vol. 37(1), 365-387. Rothenberg, L. (1992) Linking Citizens to Government: Interest Group Politics at Common Cause.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Anheier, H.K. (2014) Non-Profit Organizations. Theory Management. London: Routledge. Klandermans, B. (2001) ‘Why Movements Come into Being and why People Join Them’, in J. Blau (ed.)

Blackwell’s Compendium of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell, 268–281.

Required reading: Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Groups, Interests and Movements’ (chapter 11), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.).

Basingstoke: Palgrave, 224-264. [copy in e-textbook pages 413-433] Heywood, A. (2014) ‘Global Environmental Issues’ (chapter 5, 115-132 in particular), in Heywood, A. Global

Politics (2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave. [copy in e-textbook pages 435-463]

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Tyler, T.R. and H.J. Smith (1998) ‘Social Justice and Social Movements’, in Gilbert, D., S.T. Fiske and G. Lindzey (eds) Handbook of Social Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 595-629.

Baumgartner, F.R., and B.L. Leech (1998) Basic Interests: The Importance of Groups in Politics and Political Science. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Chapters 1-2.

Walsh, E. J. and R.H. Warland (1983) Social Movement Involvement in the Wake of a Nuclear Accident: Activists and Freeriders in the Three Mile Island Area. American Sociological Review Vol. 48(6), 764-780.

Giugni, M. (1998) ‘Was itworth the effort? The outcomes and consequences of social movements’, Annual Review of Sociology Vol. 85, 1017–1042.

THEME 8: Democratic Representation and Voting

Parties and Party Systems Lecture 15: 12 Nov (Thurs)

Dr Wilfried Swenden

This lecture introduces the role of political parties. Political parties play key functions in democratic states: we look at functions such as interest aggregation, governmental formation and electoral competition, and compare these roles with parties in non-democratic states. We analyse key types of political parties (mass, cadre, catch-all and cartel parties) and their historical evolution. We analyse whether parties still have a function in the era of social movements and the so-called ‘decline of parties’. We conclude that parties are still an essential, although changing feature of modern states, democratic and otherwise.

Further readings Ferdinand, P. (2012) ‘Votes, Elections, Parties’ (chapter 11), in Garner, R., P. Ferdinand and S. Lawson

(2012), Introduction to Politics (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 240-263. Katz, R and Mair, P. (1995) ‘Changing Models of Party Organisation and Party Democracy: the Emergence

of the Cartel Party’, Party Politics, Vol. 1(1), 5-28. Mair, P. (1998) Party System Change Approaches and Interpretations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch.

2, 5. Available at: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/politicalscience/0198295499/toc.html

Panebianco, A. (1988) Political Parties. Organization and Power, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Sartori, G. (1976) Parties and Party Systems: a Framework for Analysis, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Bolleyer, Nicole (2014) New Parties in Old Party Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Detterbeck, K. (2012) Multi-Level Party Politics in Western Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave. Duverger, M (1959) Political Parties, London: Methuen. Gunther, R. et al. (2002) Political Parties: Old Concepts and New Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Gunther, R. and L. Diamond (2003) ‘Species of Political Parties: A New Typology’, Party Politics, Vol. 9(2),

167-199. Katz, R. (2011) ‘Political Parties’ in Caramani, D. (ed.) Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Katz, R.S. and W. Crotty (eds) (2006) Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage.

Required Reading Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Parties and Party Systems’ (chapter 10), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.) Basingstoke:

Palgrave, 221-243. [copy in e-textbook pages 464-486] Mair, P. (2008) ‘The Challenge to Party Government’, West European Politics, Vol. 31(1-2), 211-34. You should also visit this website in addition to your reading: http://www.politicsresources.net/ is a gateway to specific links on parties and party studies.

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Lewis, P. (2000) Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe. London: Routledge. Lipset, S.M. and Rokkan, S. (1967) Party Systems and Voter Alignments: Cross-national Perspectives, New

York: Free Press. Luther, K. and Deschouwer, K. (1999) Party Elites in Divided Societies, London: Routledge. Mudde, C. (2007) Populist radical right parties in Europe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Luther, K.R and F. Müller-Rommel (eds) (2002) Political Parties in the New Europe: Political and Analytical

Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Special Issue Parliamentary Affairs, ‘What’s Left? The Left in Europe Today’, (2004) Vol. 56(1). Ware, A. (1996) Political Parties and Party Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Webb, P. et al (eds) (2002) Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, Oxford: Oxford University

Press.

Elections, voting and political choice Lecture 16: 16 Nov (Mon)

Dr Uğur Özdemir

Elections are the heart of the democratic political process. They are not in themselves sufficient condition for political representation, but they are certainly a necessary condition. In this session we will talk about elections, electoral systems and voting behaviour. Why do voter vote for the parties they vote for? How can we explain the changes in voting behaviour for different types of voters? With the rise of the behavioural political science and growing amount of individual level survey data, investigating voting behaviour can teach us lessons about the nature of the political system, and help us gain insight into the process of social and political change.

Further readings Clarke, H., D. Sanders, M. Stewart and P. Whiteley (2004) Political Choice in Britain. New York: Oxford

University Press, chapters 7-8. Downs, A. (1957) An Economic Theory of Democracy. New York: Harper & Row. Grofman, B. (2004) ‘Downs and Two-Party Convergence’, Annual Review of Political Science Vol. 7, 25-46. Blais, A. (2006) ‘What Affects Voter Turnout?’, Annual Review of Political Science Vol. 9, 111-125. Schofield, N. and I. Sened (2006) Multiparty Democracy: Elections and Legislative Politics. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press. Kitschelt, H. and S. Wilkinson (eds) (2007) Patrons, Clients and Policies. Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press, Chapters 1 and 13. Butler, D. and D. Stokes (1969) Political Change in Britain (1st edition). London: Macmillan. Bartels, L.M. (2000) ‘Partisanship and Voting Behaviour 1952-1996’, American Journal of Political Science

Vol. 44(1), 35-50. Fiorina, M.P. (2002) ‘Parties and Partisanship: A 40-Year Retrospective’, Political Behaviour Vol. 24, 93-115. Lupia, A. (2007) ‘How Elitism Undermines the Study of Voter Competence’, Critical Review Vol. 18(1-3), 217-232. Lewis‐Beck, M. S. (1988) Economics and Elections: The Major Western Democracies. Ann Arbor: University

of Michigan Press. Whiteley, P.F. (2005) ‘Forecasting seats from votes in British general elections’, British Journal of Political

Science and International Relations, Vol. 7(2), 165–173.

Required Reading Heywood, A. (2013) ‘Representation, Elections and Voting’ (chapter 9), in Heywood, A. Politics (4th ed.).

Basingstoke: Palgrave. [copy in e-textbook pages 487-511] Caplan (2007) The Myth of the Rational Voter. Princeton University Press (chapter 1) [e-reserve on LEARN]

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Norris, P. (2002) Democratic Phoenix: Reinventing Political Activism. New York: Cambridge University Press, chapters 3 & 4

Arceneaux, K. (2005) ‘Do Campaigns Help Voters Learn? A Cross-National Analysis’, British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 36(1), 159–173.

Dalton, R. (2008) Citizen Politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press, Chapter 8 (“The Social Bases of Party Support”), 148-176.

Zaller, J. (1992) The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion. New York: Cambridge University Press

THEME 9: Foreign and Security Policy

Sources of Foreign Policy and Political Psychology Lecture 17: 19 Nov (Thurs)

Dr Uğur Özdemir Why do countries do what they do in their dealings with other states? That question is at the heart of much of the discourse and analysis that has been focused on international relations, and it is the question we seek to answer in this session. Do leaders shape foreign policy? How do they make sense of the world? What are the role of advisors and bureaucracies? We investigate these and similar questions using insights from both the political psychology literature and rational choice models. We further talk about the domestic and international constraints on foreign policy making and in order to capture the big picture on the determinants of foreign policy.

Further readings Allison, G. (2012) ‘The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50’, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 91 (4), July/August, 11-16. Goldstein, J. and R.O. Keohane (1993) Ideas and Foreign Policy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Kuperman, R. (2006) ‘Making Research on Foreign Policy Decision Making More Dynamic: a Dynamic

Framework for Analyzing Foreign Policy Decision Making’, International Studies Review, Vol. 8, 537–544. Greenstein, F. I. (1975) Personality and Politics. New York: Norton. Neack, L., J. Hey and P. Haney (1995) Foreign Policy Analysis: Continuity and Change in its Second

Generation. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. McDermott, R. (2004) Political Psychology in International Relations. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan

Press. Marcus, G. E. (2012) Political Psychology: Neuroscience, Genetics, and Politics. New York: Oxford

University Press. Mercer, J. (2005) ‘Rationality and psychology in international politics’, International Organization Vol. 59,

77–106. Hermann, M. G. (1980) ‘Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior Using the Personal Characteristics of Political

Leaders’, International Studies Quarterly Vol. 24, 7–46. Tetlock, P. (2005) Political Judgment: How Good is it? How Can We Know? Princeton, NJ: Princeton

University Press. Holsti, O. R. (1996) Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Required Reading Grieco, J., G.J. Ikenberry and M. Mastanduno (2015) ‘The Analysis of Foreign Policy’ (chapter 4), in

Introduction to International Relations. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 104-135. [copy in e-textbook pages 513-544] Kegley, C. and G. Raymond (2010) ‘Foreign Policy Decision Making’ (chapter 3), in The Global Future: A

Brief Introduction to World Politics (3rd edition). Boston, MA: Cengage. [e-reserve on LEARN]

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Post, J. (ed.) (2003) The Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders: With Profiles of Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Hermann, M. G., T. Preston, B. Korany and T.M. Shaw (2001) ‘Who Leads Matters: The Effects of Powerful Individuals’, International Studies Review Vol. 3, 83–132.

Ikenberry, G. J., D.A. Lake and M. Mastanduno, M. (1988) ‘Introduction: Approaches to explaining American foreign economic policy’, International Organization, Vol. 42, 1–14.

Jervis, R. (1976) Perception and misperception in international politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Kahneman, D., P. Slovic, P. and A. Tversky (eds) (1982) Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Klineberg, O. (1965) The Human Dimension in International Relations. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Lebow, R.N. (2010) Why Nations Fight: Past and Future Motives for War. New York: Cambridge University Press. Levy, J. S. (1983) ‘Misperception and the Causes of War’, World Politics Vol. 36, 76–99. Schelling, T. C. (1966) Arms and Influence. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Waltz, K. N. (1959) Man, the State, and War. New York: Columbia University Press.

Global Security: Dilemma and Risk Lecture 18: 23 Nov (Mon)

Dr Carmen Gebhard This lecture provides an overview of the field of global security or, as it is sometimes known, Security Studies. At the centre of it lies the understanding of the causes of war and violent conflict and the means to resolve such conflicts and restore peace – all of which are reflected in various theoretical perspectives we discussed earlier in the semester (Liberalism, Realism, Constructivism, Critical Security Studies). The lecture addresses the centrality played by nuclear weapons during the Cold War and how the advent of the nuclear age fundamentally changed the nature of warfare. The impact of the end of the Cold War is assessed and how this has led to a broader “widened” security agenda which includes such issues as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, the environment and even migration and the international political economy. We

look at how something becomes a security issue and what this means for the politics surrounding it. Further readingss Buzan, B. et al. (1998) Security: a New Framework for Analysis, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. Dannreuther, R. (2013) International Security: The Contemporary Agenda, Cambridge: Polity, chs. 1-2. Schmidt, B. C. (2012), ‘The Primacy of National Security’ (2nd edition), in S. Smith, A. Hadfield and T.

Dunne (eds), Foreign Policy, Oxford: OUP, ch. 10. Baylis, J. et al. (eds) (2013) Strategy in the Contemporary World: an Introduction to Strategic Studies (4th ed.).

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Butler, R. (2001) Fatal Choice: Nuclear Weapons and the Illusion of Missile Defense, Boulder CO: Westview

Press. Buzan, B. (1991) People, States and Fear: an Agenda for International Security Studies in the Post-cold War

Era, Hemel Hempstead: Wheatsheaf. Hough, P. et al. (2015) International Security Studies. Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. Huysmans, J. (2014) Security Unbound: Enacting Democratic Limits. Routledge. Collins, A. (ed.) (2013) Contemporary Security Studies (3rd edition). Oxford: OUP. US National Security Strategy, September 2002, 2006, 2010, 2015. http://nssarchive.us/

Required Reading Bourne, M. (2014) ‘What is Security?’ (introduction) and ‘Understanding and Theorizing Security’ (chapter 1),

in Understanding Security, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1-26. [copy in e-textbook pages 546-571]

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European Security Strategy (December 2003): www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.ASP?id=266&lang=EN&mode=g

United Nations (2004) UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, ‘A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility’, 2004.

Jackson, R.H. (2000) The Global Covenant: Human Conduct in a World of States, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 8.

Kaldor, M. (1999) New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era, Cambridge: Polity Press. Katzenstein, P. (ed.) (1996) The Culture of National Security, New York: Columbia University Press. Litfin, K. (1999) ‘Environmental Security’, in Paul, T. V. and Hall, John A. (eds.) (1999) International Order

and the Future of World Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Exam preparation

Revision (Q&A) Lecture 19: 26 Nov (Thurs)

Dr Carmen Gebhard

This lecture slot will be used for a Question/Answer and Exam Revision session. Dr Gebhard will answer substantive questions emailed by students beforehand, go over sample questions, and offer tips on how best to prepare for the exam and perform your best during the exam.

No lecture held Monday 30 Nov 2015 – written exam between 10 and 21 December 2015

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Student Representation

Student Staff Meeting

Matters relating to the organisation and teaching of IPIR are discussed at a student staff meeting attended by student representatives from each tutorial, and teaching staff. In the first week of tutorials each tutorial group is asked to identify a representative to attend the IPIR student-staff meeting, which will take place on Friday, 9 October 2015, 14.30-15.30 (location to be confirmed). The role of tutorial representatives is two fold. First, Representatives will play a key role leading and monitoring tutorial group LEARN discussions (more information in your first tutorial) Representatives main function, however, is to make sure that students' interests are fully accounted for in the course design, delivery and administration. They can raise questions at the meeting, and will also be asked to comment on questions raised by staff. Student representation is only effective if representatives feel able to speak for many or most, if not all students on the course. It is important to discuss concerns relating to the course in tutorials, and time will be made available for such discussion. Of course, representatives should feel free to approach the course organiser with any concern during the term. At the student staff meeting we will also identify two IPIR representatives to attend Politics/IR meetings where general matters are discussed. These meetings are attended by Politics/IR staff and student representatives from every year. The system of student representation is one of the ways in which the course is monitored as it progresses. A more explicit evaluation by questionnaire takes place at the end of the course. Students will be asked to comment on the course’s design, delivery and administration.

The Edinburgh Political Union

The Politics Society is organised and run entirely by Politics and IR students, although students from other subjects are very welcome to participate in its activities. Financial support is provided by EUSA, allowing students to invite visiting speakers and organise social events. The Society also produces the journal “Leviathan”. Find them on Twitter @PIRsoc, “like” them on Facebook OR visit http://edpolunion.com/

Contacts

Course Convenor (Dr Carmen Gebhard)

Email Phone no. Location Guidance and Feedback Hours

c.gebhard@ed.ac.uk 650 4622 CMB 4.20 Wednesdays 10-12.00

Course Secretary (Mr Daniel Jackson)

Email Phone no. Location Guidance and Feedback Hours

daniel.jackson@ed.ac.uk 650 8253 UTO Mon – Fri 9.30 - 12.30 & 13.30 -16.30

The office staff in the Politics/IR Undergraduate Teaching Office (UTO) are available in the Chrystal Macmillan Building, Room G.04/05 to answer student enquiries from 9.30-12.30 and from 13:30–16:30. The IPIR secretary is able to answer any relevant general queries. But please check first to see if the answer is given in this course guide, the SSPS student handbook, or on the Politics/IR notice boards. And note that the secretaries are unlikely to know where various members of staff are at any given moment; it is better to send an email message to that person.

Lecturers

Name Email Phone no. Location

Dr Uğur Özdemir ugur.ozdemir@ed.ac.uk 651 3990 CMB 3.03

Dr Wilfried Swenden w.swenden@ed.ac.uk 650 4255 CMB 3.05

Dr Philip Cook p.cook@ed.ac.uk 651 1577 CMB 2.01

Lecturing staff and the course convenor can be contacted personally in their own rooms: each has allocated specific guidance and feedback hours which are posted on the PIR website (www.pol.ed.ac.uk). You can also contact them by email or telephone.

Tutors

Tutor Email

Luba Zatsepina – Senior Tutor lzatsepi@exseed.ed.ac.uk

Richard Brodie r.brodie@ed.ac.uk

Andris Kokins andris.kokins@ed.ac.uk

Elena Pollot epollot@exseed.ed.ac.uk

Zoey Reeve z.reeve@ed.ac.uk

Michal Rozynek michal.rozynek@ed.ac.uk

Gareth James gjames@exseed.ed.ac.uk

REMINDER: When you send e-mails to your tutor or others who teach this course, you should use your university email account. You may set up any other e-mail accounts you may have so that messages are automatically directed to your university email address.

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Further Study

Progression

If you pass IPIR and Political Thinkers (semester 2) you will be eligible to take ‘International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond’ (ICEB) next year. For more information, see

http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/year_1_2/progression_to_honours. There are a number of joint degrees with Politics. At present these include: [Politics and] History, Economics, Economic and Social History, Sociology, Social Policy, German, French, Spanish, Geography, Philosophy, and Law. Note IR is only offered as a joint honours degree with International Law (IR and IL or LLB IL and IR). If you have any queries, consult your Director of Studies.

Transfers

If you are not currently registered for a Politics or IR degree but wish to study either subject please note that both subjects are extremely popular and that transfers are not automatic; they must be approved by Politics/IR and the School’s Senior Director of Studies. Transfers into Politics or IR will only be considered for students who have completed their 2nd year at pre-honours level and who qualify under SSPS rules for entry to honours. Politics/IR also applies a QUOTA FOR ENTRY INTO HONOURS and holds a competitive annual application for places. The deadline for transfer applications will be 2 May 2016, and further details about the transfer process can be found on the School website at: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/year_1_2/changing_degree_programme. Please speak to your personal tutor before applying for degree transfer.

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Appendix 1: Guide to using LEARN

In addition to the usual lecture and tutorial format this course will be using a web-based learning environment to give easy access to essential course materials. Other features include a weekly checklist, a calendar, and links to additional information and websites. A discussion forum will allow you to communicate online with members of your tutorial group and the wider course community.

The suite of tools we are using is called LEARN, which provides a closed system that only students and teaching staff from a particular course can access. The system is delivered via web browser (Mozilla Firefox preferred), and therefore can be accessed on campus using the library and computer labs or off campus if you have access to the Internet.1 You should log-on to the course LEARN pages at least a couple of times a week; we will be using these pages for essential communications about the course, up-dates about new material etc.

Accessing LEARN

You can access LEARN from your personal page detailing courses via the MyEd Portal: https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk/ Selecting your course takes you to the course homepage.

Key features of LEARN

Politics courses make extensive use of LEARN, so getting used to this virtual learning environment is important from the start. Experience has shown that the students who use this technology usually get more out of tutorials and are more prepared for the exam. Some key features to look out for in using LEARN for IPIR include:

Discussion Board You are encouraged to make use of the discussion forum available to all students taking IPIR. Your tutors will set up individual discussion groups for you to communicate with fellow students. This forum is a space for you to express your thoughts and ideas about politics in a supportive and creative way. To use the discussion tool you can compose a new message or reply to a previously posted message. These are some guidelines to make the most of the discussions: 1. Participate; you need to communicate with each other to get the most out of this course. 2. Be persistent; this is a new environment for everyone. 3. Share tips and asks questions even if you think they may be silly; these are often the questions that everyone

has on their mind. 4. Before you push the send button re-read your message to check for clarity and think about how your

message will be generally received. 5. The language and tone of your message should reflect the ground rules set in tutorials and expected in

essays. Avoid offensive language or language that could be considered racist, sexist etc. Violators will be banned from further discussion.

6. When sharing information/ideas with other students, give a reference whenever possible.

Announcements We’ll use the LEARN page to inform you of upcoming events, changes and additions to course material etc.

Lecture Slides These will be available shortly before the lecture in PowerPoint Format and/or in print-friendly pdf-format. Please note that the slides are not meant to substitute you going to the lectures. Lecturers use the slides to highlight the main points covered in their sessions and to give you an indication of key terms and concepts. It is your own responsibility to produce more extensive study notes during the lecture.

Essays and Exams

1 The main computer labs should be set up to support Learn. Ask computer services staff if you have any problems.

Please access Learn off campus through Mozilla Firefox.

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Tips and guidance for writing essays will be posted under the essay icon on the main LEARN page. Generalized feedback on the exam will be made available on the LEARN page in January 2015.

Web Links You can click on Web Links on the main page to access websites especially helpful to students of Politics and International Relations.

Appendix 2: Guide to Referencing

The fundamental purpose of proper referencing is to provide the reader with a clear idea of where you obtained your information, quote, idea, etc. NOTE: You will lose points on your essay for sloppy or inadequate/missing/incomplete referencing. We strongly recommend the Harvard-style (or ‘in text’) system which is simple to use. Here’s how it works:

You will have (a) in-text references for direct quotes and references to ideas and arguments in parentheses plus you will have a (b) bibliography at the end of the essay that lists all sources you used for writing the essay, in alphabetical order. NOTE that you should not put any sources in that list that are not cited in the essay as such (either as direct quotations or references to ideas and arguments). 1. After you have quoted from a particular text in your essay, add in parentheses the author's name, the year

of publication and page numbers (if relevant). Place the full reference in the bibliography. Here is an example of a quoted passage and its proper citation:

Direct quotation within essay: e.g. “Quite simply, political theory and political practice are inseparably linked” (Heywood 1998: 3). NOTE that you should not italicise quoted text. The full stop should follow after the reference. Entry in bibliography: e.g. for a single-authored book: Heywood, A. (1998) Political Ideologies: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Macmillan. NOTE that punctuation and sequence (author, year of publication, title, edition if needed, place of publication, publisher) should be the same for all items in the bibliography.

2. If you are employing someone else’s arguments, ideas or categorisation, you will need to cite them even if

you are not using a direct quote. One simple way to do so is as follows: e.g. Gallagher (1997: 129) argues that future European Parliament elections are unlikely to generate more interest than past ones.

3. Your sources may well include journal or newspaper articles, book chapters, and internet sites. Below we

show you how to cite these various sources: Chapters in edited books: (i.e. where the chapter author(s) is/are different from the editor(s))

- within the essay, cite the author as above, i.e. (Gallagher 1997: 129). - in your bibliography, details should be given following this sequence: author of chapter (last name, initial), year of publication, chapter title, comma, “in” title of book, editor(s) of book (eds/ed.), place of publication, publisher, article or chapter pages. e.g. Gallagher, M. (1997) ‘Electoral Systems and Voting Behaviour’, in Developments in West European Politics, M. Rhodes, P. Heywood and V. Wright (eds), Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 114-130.

NOTE punctuation (commas, colons, full stops) must be consistent for all book chapter entries.

Journal Article: - within your essay, cite as above (Doherty 2007: 861)

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- in your bibliography, details should be arranged in this sequence: author of journal article, year of publication, article title, journal title, journal volume, journal issue, article pages e.g. Doherty, B. (2007) ‘Friends of the Earth International: Negotiating a Transnational Identity’,

Environmental Politics, Vol. 15(5), pp. 860-880. NOTE punctuation (commas, colons, full stops) must be consistent for all journal article entries.

Newspaper or magazine article: If the article has an author, cite as normal in text (Ascherson 1992: 31). In bibliography cite as follows: e.g. Ascherson, N (1992) ‘The New Europe’, The Independent on Sunday Magazine, 9 February, pp. 31-34. If the article has no author, cite the name of the newspaper in-text (Economist, 2007) and list the full source in the bibliography by magazine or newspaper title. e.g. Economist (2007) ‘America in the Middle East: arming its friends and talking peace’, 4 August 2007, p. 38.

Internet sites: If the site has an author, cite in text as normal: i.e. (Álvarez-Rivera, 2007) In the bibliography, provide a full reference which should include author, date, title of website and URL address: e.g. Álvarez-Rivera, M (2007) ‘Election Resources on the Internet’ Available at: http://ElectionResources.org/

[date accessed 14 August 2014]

If the website has no author, cite the name of the hosting organization or entity in the text (e.g. European Union 2014) In the bibliography, provide a full reference including title of website, URL address, publisher or owner of site e.g. ‘The European Union’s Institutions’ (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm) The EU’s official portal site. (If no date is available, indicate date you accessed the site)

4. If you prefer to use footnote citations, please follow the format used in reputable journals such as West

European Politics. These journals include (usually on the back cover) a brief guide to referencing.

If you have any questions about referencing please speak to your tutor or any of the lecturing staff.

Appendix 3: Subject Dictionary

We recommend you start a subject dictionary. Buy a booklet or notepad, take it to lectures and tutorials and keep a record of new terminology, key concepts and authors. If you come across something you do not understand make a note of it, look it up online and write down the information/definition. Look up authors, who they are, what they write about and what their background is. Keeping record of this will help you tremendously throughout your undergraduate career as it will remain a great source for revision, thereby helping you to build up your subject knowledge.

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Appendix 4: Essay Plan Feedback Form

*Indicated fields MUST be completed by student.

*Exam number

*Course

*Essay title Essay plan

*Word Count

Marker’s name

NOTE: marks are reviewed by another member of staff prior to being returned to students

This section is for office use.

Initial Mark

Penalties

Adjusted

Mark

Overview: general assessment

Aspect of performance A B C D

Thesis statement:

Is there a clear and concise thesis statement?

Quality of Structure:

Is the essay plan logical in structure?

Are all parts of the argument clearly related to the question?

Does the plan indicate an appropriate balance between

exposition (description) and evaluation (analysis)?

Critical Evaluation:

Does it indicate the main areas of critical evaluation?

Do the objections discussed contribute effectively to the

argument?

Does it draw relevant evidence, data, examples, theories?

Referencing and bibliography:

Is the essay plan properly referenced with citations?

Does it come with a consistently formatted bibliography?

Advice to student

The main areas you should work on to

improve your essay are…

www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/on_course_students/assessment_and_regulations/marking_descripto

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Appendix 5: Essay Feedback Form

*Indicated fields MUST be completed by student.

*Exam number

*Course

*Essay title

*Word Count

Marker’s name

NOTE: marks are reviewed by another member of staff prior to being returned to students

This section is for office use. Initial Mark

Penalties

Adjusted Mark

Overview

Aspect of performance + Avg -

Argument and comprehension (analysis, interpretation, logicality, evaluation, use of comparison, anticipating counter-arguments, coherent argument?)

Quality of research (breadth of reading, accuracy in facts, representation of authors’ views, covering key issues?)

Presentation and style (writing skills, structure and organisation of the text, clarity of argument, precision, grammar/spelling, quality of referencing?)

Advice to student

Main strength(s) of the essay

Main weakness(es) of the essay

This and future essays could be improved by…

Please also consult the UG marking descriptors www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/on_course_students/assessment_and_regulations/marking_descriptors

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Appendix 6: Past IPIR Exam Questions

Below are some exam questions asked in previous years. Students are asked to answer one question from each section. The December 2015 exam will adopt the same format as the examples below.

DECEMBER 2014 EXAM

Section A: answer one question

1. In what way does the electoral system determine who controls power in a democracy? 2. Is environmentalism compatible with any of the traditional ideologies?

3. How has the advance of technology changed the nature of political activism?

Section B: answer one question

1. Can a breach of state sovereignty be moral? Discuss using specific examples.

2. The end of the Cold War has seen a widening of national and international security agendas. Explain. 3. There are many impediments to rationality in foreign policy practice. Explain.

DECEMBER 2013 EXAM

You must answer TWO questions, one from section A and one from section B

Section A: answer one question

1. Can sub-state nationalism be successfully accommodated or does it necessarily lead to independence?

2. Is the party system a product of the electoral system or of social cleavages? 3. Is democracy justified by its outcomes or by procedures?

Section B: answer one question

1. What is really new about the 'new security agenda'? Is state insecurity not a timeless issue in International

Relations? 2. What place do moral considerations have in International Relations? Discuss with reference to the classic

theoretical paradigms in IR.

3. Critically examine the view that liberalism and conservatism are 'bankrupt', thus creating new political space for alternative ideologies.

More past exam papers can be found in the library catalogue.

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Appendix 7: Students on a Tier 4 Visa

As a Tier 4 student, the University of Edinburgh is the sponsor of your UK visa. The University has a number of legal

duties to manage our sponsorship of your visa. These include:

Monitoring your attendance on your programme and

Reporting to the Home Office where you suspend or withdraw from your studies, complete them early, fail to register or are repeatedly absent to the point of being excluded from studies.

As a student with a Tier 4 visa sponsored by the University of Edinburgh, the terms of your visa require you to, (amongst others):

Ensure you have a correct and valid visa for studying at the University of Edinburgh, which, if a Tier 4 visa, requires

that it is a visa sponsored by the University of Edinburgh;

Attend all of your University classes, lectures, tutorials, etc where required. This includes participating in the

requirements of your course including submitting assignments, attending meetings with tutors and attending examinations .If you cannot attend due to illness, for example, you must inform your School. This includes

attending university Tier 4 census sessions when required throughout the academic session.

Please note that any email relating to your Tier 4 sponsorship, including census dates and times will be sent to your University email address – you should therefore check this regularly.

Further details on the terms and conditions of your Tier 4 visa can be found in the “Downloads” section at www.ed.ac.uk/immigration

Information or advice about your Tier 4 immigration status can be obtained by contacting the International Student

Advisory Service, located at the International Office, 33 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9JS

Email: immigration@ed.ac.uk

Appendix 8: Discussing Sensitive Topics

The discipline of Politics and International Relations addresses a number of topics that some might find sensitive or, in

some cases, distressing. You should read this handbook carefully and if there are any topics that you may feel distressed by you should seek advice from the course convenor and/or your Personal Tutor. For more general issues you may consider seeking the advice of the Student Counselling Service,

http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/student-counselling

IPIR Lecture Programme Autumn 2015 Overview

Lectures are held Mondays and Thursdays, 15.10-16.00 in George Square Lecture Theatre.

Lecturers: Carmen Gebhard (CG), Uğur Özdemir (UO), Wilfried Swenden (WS)

Week Lecture Lecture Date Staff Lecture Title

1 1 Mon 21 Sept CG Welcome and introduction

Theme 1: Studying Politics and International Relations in Context

2 Thurs 24 Sept CG Doing Politics and International Relations

2 3 Mon 28 Sept CG Politics in a Globalized World

Tutorial 1: Locating your own role as an analyst: how do we study Politics and IR?

Theme 2: The State

4 Thurs 1 Oct WS The State

3 5 Mon 5 Oct WS Comparing States and Regimes

Tutorial 2: The state as the central unit of analysis in Politics and International Relations and the impact of globalization on the state.

Theme 3: Power and Society

6 Thurs 8 Oct UO Power, Authority and the State

4 7 Mon 12 Oct UO Civil Society

Tutorial 3: What are the different Faces of Power and how does the distinction help us analyse Politics and International Relations?

Theme 4: Power in Global Politics

8 Thurs

15 Oct CG Traditional Perspectives

5 9

Mon

19 Oct CG Critical Perspectives

Tutorial 4: Adjudicating between different analytical perspectives in the study of International Relations and Global Politics.

Theme 5: Governing Divided Societies

10 Thurs 22 Oct WS The Nation in a Global Age

6 11 Mon 26 Oct WS Sub-State Nationalism and Multi-level Politics

Tutorial 5: Nations and Nationalism: Reflecting on the cases of Scotland, Catalonia, and Quebec.

Theme 6: Democracy

12 Thurs 29 Oct WS Democracy and Political Obligation

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7 - Mon 2 Nov no lecture – essay due before 12.00 noon

Tutorial 6: Core features of democracy: is it always the best form of government?

Theme 7: Political Ideas

13 Thurs 5 Nov UO Competing Ideologies and Challenges to Democracy

8 14 Mon 9 Nov UO Pressure Politics: The case of Global Environmental Politics

Tutorial 7: Understanding Ideologies: Key ideas of the major ideological traditions.

Theme 8: Democratic Representation and Voting

15 Thurs 12 Nov WS Parties and Party Systems

9 16 Mon 16 Nov UO Elections, voting and political choice

Tutorial 8: Does representation always work and do voters know what they want?

Theme 9: Foreign and Security Policy

17 Thurs 19 Nov UO Sources of Foreign Policy and Political Psychology

10 18

Mon

23 Nov CG Global Security: Dilemma and Risk

Tutorial 9: What drives foreign policy decisions and what are the main impediments to rationality?

Exam preparation

19 Thurs

26 Nov CG Revision lecture

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Mon

30 Nov ****no lecture****