International relations and diplomacy Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

GESLAAGD IN 1STE ZIT 14/20 Deze samenvatting is bestemd voor het vak Comparative Political Institutions gegeven door Davide Vittori in Bachelor 2 politieke wetenschappen of voorbereidingsprogramma Master Internationale Betrekkingen en Diplomatie. BELANGRIJK: De samenvatting is up to date!! Vorig jaar waren het andere hoofdstukken uit het handboek en andere gastlessen. Deze samenvatting is nu gemaakt dit jaar met de nieuwe lessen/gastlessen. (Ik zelf ben masterstudent met tot nu toe 0 h...

Summary of the reading materials for the final exam (2023) for Analyzing International Relations. INCLUDES notes, the puzzle/motivation and core ideas/arguments from (Total: 31 pages): Alexander Wendt’s article (1992) “Anarchy Is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics”, pp. 391-425. Ayşe Zarakol’s introduction (2017) “Theorising Hierarchies” in Zarakol’s (ed.) “Hierarchies in World Politics”, pp. 1-14. Henry Farrell & Abraham L. Newman’s a...

World citizenship and critical thinking are two key objectives of our university and also prioritized in this course. This course is an exploration through three thousand years of world politics. It is an ambitious venture, no doubt, but there is no shortcut. If theory brings you instantly to abstract suppositions, history allows you to discover its context, to retrieve the origins of these broad ideas, and to judge them more critically on their merits. History is also what allows future leaders...

This document includes a concise summary of the material studied during the course International and Global Communication (CM2001). This includes the lectures from week 1 to 8 and the following articles: Francis Fukuyama - The End of History?; Samuel T. Huntington - The Clash of Civilizations?; Brian David Johnson - Science Fiction Prototypes Or: How I learned to stop worrying about the future and love science fiction; Renee Hobbs - Propaganda in an Age of Algorithmic Personalization - Expandin...

Realism - Answer-state seeks material power and economic power Neorealism - Answer--States are rational unitary actors -States seek security not power -Relative Power and zero-sum Liberalism - Answer--Cooperation -Critical theory - realism and liberalism are not logical -absolut gains Neoliberalism - Answer-institutions matter Constructivism - Answer-based on an ideational ontology, rather than a material ontology. Thus constructivism is posed against both realism and liberalism Alexan...

International Relations - Main subfield of political science that analyzes the international and domestic qualities of the international system. States - Sovereign countries that comprise the international system Sovereign - All governments reign supreme within each state's respective border. International System - Anarchic in the sense that there is no overarching government, though that does not imply that it is disorderly. No state in it is fully independent, and no state can provide f...

EXAMINATION PACK LCP4801 – INTERNATIONAL LAW PAST PAPER SOLUTIONS 3 | P a g e Contents EXAMINATION PACK ................................................................................................ 1 LCP4801 – INTERNATIONAL LAW ........................................................................... 1 LCP4801 MAY/JUNE 2020 ONLINE EXAM ................................................................ 4 LCP4801 MAY/JUNE 2018 ......................................................

What's international relations? - Main subfield of political science that analyzes the international and domestic qualities of the international system. What are states? - Sovereign countries that comprise the international system What does it mean to be sovereign? - All governments reign supreme within each state's respective border. What's the International system? - Anarchic in the sense that there is no overarching government, though that does not imply that it is disorderly. No sta...

Summary Textbook on International Law, Martin Dixon Introduction to International and European Law (Maastricht University) Chapter 1 The Nature of International Law and the International System  Criticism of international law: 1. existence of set of rules governing inter-state relations 2. the entitlement of being called law 3. effectiveness in controlling states and other international actors (invasion Iraq by the US, invasion of Isreal in Libanon, protection of environment,...

The capacity of news media to select some aspects of a story that promote a particular problem definition, interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation is known in the media as: a) agenda setting b) cultivation c) framing d) priming - c) framing Which of the following is a daily newspaper published in the UK? a) The Independent b) Time Out c) The Daily Herald d) The Observer - a) The Independent Which of these mandated that media broadcasters present a diversity ...

Realism - Answer- is an approach to the study and practice of international politics. It emphasizes the role of the nation-state and makes a broad assumption that all nation-states are motivated by national interests, or, at best, national interests disguised as moral concerns. Liberalism - Answer- With the proper institutions and diplomacy, ________ believes that states can work together to maximize prosperity and minimize conflict. Marxism - Answer- is a political and social theory that ...