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GOVT069 - Introduction to International Relations/Lecture, Discussion

Introduction to International Relations. This survey course offers an introduction to the study of international relations beginning with a discussion of the primary approaches to world politics: Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism. Each approach can account for the nature of the international system and the actors within it. The course discusses how these attempts to understand world politics/international relations are generally divided into three “levels of analysis”: individual, domestic/state, and system. The course applies these concepts to key events in the recent history of world politics, including World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. The course focuses on the post-Cold War period and the role of international law, international organizations, security, economics, and social issues such as the environment, gender and human rights. Mr. Butler, Mr. Sitaraman, and Ms. Williams/Offered every semester.


Faculty

Michael Butler, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Government

Srinivasan Sitaraman, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Government

Kristen Williams, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Government; Chair of the Faculty


The course is also known by the following crosslisted code(s): ID069

 

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