Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic discipline
SPS/04 (POLTICIAL SCIENCE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 30/05/2018)
Lesson hours
40 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the main security issues in international politics. Security Studies is moving from a purely state-centric focus anchored in the military instrument to one considering transnational issues with global implications, implying collaborative effort to face these issues. Transnational security issues include war, terrorism, conflicts, crime, population movements, famine, disease, natural disasters, and accidents.
The course examines the main theoretical approaches in Security Studies, the most important security challenges at the transnational level, and some measures needed to counter these threats.
Course contents
Part 1. Security Studies
a) Introduction: What is Security Studies?, “Broadening and deepening Security Studies” from Military Security to Human Security;
b) Main Approaches: Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism and Securitisation theory, Critical turn;
c) Contemporary Security Challenges: Wars (Old and “New”), Ethnic Conflicts, Organised Crime, Migrations, Environmental Change, Health;
d) Confronting Security Threats: Alliances, Deterrence, Coercive Diplomacy, Peace Operations, International Institutions, Crisis Management.
Part 2. Terrorism and counter-terrorism
Reccomended or required readings
General readings
Paul D. Williams (ed.), Security Studies: An Introduction, 2nd edition, London - New York: Routledge, 2012;
Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security Studies, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013;
Myriam Dunn Cavelty & Victor Mauer (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies, London - New York, Routledge, 2010 (Part 4);
Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, 3rd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, 2017.
Assessment methods
Oral examinations
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030