2016/2017

2016/2017

DM270

SPS/06 (STORIA DELLE RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI)

DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE E SOCIALI

WORLD POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (POLITICA NEL MONDO E RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI)

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

Primo Semestre (03/10/2016 - 17/12/2016)

12

80 ore di attività frontale

ENGLISH

ORALE

POGGIOLINI ILARIA (titolare) - 3 CFU
BERKOFSKY AXEL - 6 CFU
ZACCARIA MASSIMO - 3 CFU

Access as stated in the requirements of the WPIR
Degree

This course is focused on the history of East/West relations from the late 1960s to the present day. Within this framework of analysis the main objective of the course is to familiarize students to the understanding and discussion of transatlantic relations throughout the second and third phases of the Cold War and up to the present day.

This module of 20 hours will analyse transatlantic Relations from the 1970s to the Post Cold War era, building on concepts and methods for the study of international history and aiming at deepening the students' knowledge of trends, perceptions, fundamental issues and threats in transatlantic relations from détente to the present day. The course will deal with the following 3 main themes and selected case studies:
1) Post WW II Americanism and Anti-Americanism (this introductory part of the course is focused on the evolution of transatlantic relations from the post war era to the 1970s)
2) The transatlantic economic and security relationship (this section analyses the shift in transatlantic perceptions of international relations and 'burden sharing' on the two sides of the Atlantic, from the 1970s to the 1980s.
3) The transatlantic alliance in a post-Western global world ( the final part of the course deals with the impact on European/American relations of both the globalisations of threats and the regionalisation of conflicts since the 1990s)

The course is based on a mixed system including lectures and assignments in view of class participation, focused on core subjects and facilitated by reading lists assigned to single students or groups of students.

M. P. Leffler and O. A. Westad, The Cambridge History of the Cold War , CUP 2010, Volume I, II and III
J Hanhimaki, B Schoenborn, B Zanchetta, Trasnsatlantic Relations since 1945, Rutledge, London & NY,
2012

Evaluation will be based on class participation and writing a paper to be discussed when taking final exams

The main focus of this module is on the evolution/tranformation of transatlantic relations from the 1960s to the post cold war era