HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Enrollment year

2017/2018

Academic year

2018/2019

Regulations

DM270

Academic discipline

SPS/06 (HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

Department

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Course

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Curriculum

Studi internazionali

Year of study

2°

Period

2nd semester (25/02/2019 - 31/05/2019)

ECTS

Lesson hours

40 lesson hours

Language

Italian

Activity type

WRITTEN TEST

Teacher

MUGNAINI MARCO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Prerequisites

Basic notions of political history.

Learning outcomes

The course aims to study the fundamental transformations of the international political system seen in the methodological perspective of the history of international relations.

Course contents

The course provides skills for the study of the following topics:
- birth and evolution of the international system
- from the eurocentric system of empires to the global system of nation-states
- international politics between world wars and "short century"
- decolonization and Global Cold War: interpretative paradigms
- significant moments in the processes of globalization, fragmentation and international regionalization
- the transformations of the international system after the end of the cold war
- the international challenges of the new Millennium.

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Reccomended or required readings

Specific indications on texts will be provided in class.

Reference book:
- A. Best, J.M. Hanhimäki, J.A. Maiolo, K.E. Schulze, Storia delle relazioni internazionali. Il mondo nel XX secolo e oltre, Torino-Novara, UTET, 2014 (parts).

Students not attending will have to agree on a supplementary reading.

Assessment methods

Written exam with open questions.

Further information

Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030

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