History of International Relations - I
Overview
Objectives:
The course deals with the study of important events in International Relations and provides a survey on different empirical perspectives of International Relations. The main objective is to integrate theory and
policy in the context of specific historical cases in international politics.
Contents:
1. Origin and development of International Relations;
2. International Relations between the two world wars;
3. Origin and causes of World Wars l and ll;
4. Developments in International Politics in the Post-World War -ll era;
5. Origin and causes of the Cold War;
6. End of Cold War and its implications;
7. Collapse of the Soviet Union and the New World Order;
8. Characteristics of the International Politics after 9/11.
9. Contemporary issues in International Relations:
a). Terrorism;
b). Religion and Politics;
c). Globalization;
d). Nuclear Proliferation.
Credit hours/ Marks:- 04 Cr. Hrs.
1. David W. Clonton, The Two Faces of National Interest, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press 1994.
2. K. J. Holsti, International Politics: A Framework for Analysis, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2004.
3. Lea Brilmayer, American Hegemony: Political Morality in a One Super Power, New Heaven, Yale University Press, 2004.
4. Martin Griffiths, Realism, Idealism and International Politics, New York, Routledge, 1995.
5. Montserrat Guibernau, Natioalism: The Nation State and Nationalism in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2003.
6. Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, New York, Random House, 2001.
7. Peter Beckman, World Politics in the Twentieth Century, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2004.
8. Steven L Spiegel, and Fred L. Wehling, World Politics in a New Era, New York, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1999.
9. William Keylor, and Jerry Bannister (Ed.) Twentieth Century World: An International History, London, Pall-Mall, 2005.