Worldviews in international relations
A.A. 2025/2026
Obiettivi formativi
The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the declining centrality of the West and of the growing pluralism that characterizes the current international system, as reflected in the articulation of different worldviews. First, the course will focus on the rise of non-Western powers and the spatial transformations of the post-Cold War international system. Second, it will address their implications for International Relations (IR) Theory and reflect on the ongoing efforts to decentralize IR by developing non-Western schools.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
By the end of the course, students will have developed analytical skills that are useful to navigate an increasingly pluralized world, where Western centrality is rapidly declining. In particular, they will be able to: i. identify the main drivers behind the reduced centrality of the West in international politics; ii. locate this trend within the broader historical evolution of the international system; iii. identify the main points in the current contestation of the Western-centric tradition of IR Theory; and iv. engage with the ongoing theoretical attempts at establishing alternative, non-Western or "post-Western" traditions within IR Theory
Periodo: Terzo trimestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
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Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Responsabile
Periodo
Terzo trimestre
Programma
The first part of the course will introduce the concept of security and its geopolitical dimension, drawing on Regional Security Complex theory. It will present an overview of the geopolitical transformations of international security from the Cold War to the early 21st century and then focus on current regionalisation and (re)globalisation trends. The second part of the course will present the "Indo-Pacific" as a case-study.
Prerequisiti
Although the course is open to all students, irrespective of their background, a strong preliminary knowledge of International Relations Theory and Contemporary History is assumed.
Metodi didattici
Traditional lectures, presentation of case-studies, analysis of documents.
Materiale di riferimento
1. Barry Buzan and Ole Wæver, Regions and Powers. The Structure of International Security (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003): "Part 1. Developing a Regional Approach to Global Security", pp. 1-90.
2. Timothy Doyle and Dennis Rumley, The Rise and Return of the Indo-Pacific (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020).
2. Timothy Doyle and Dennis Rumley, The Rise and Return of the Indo-Pacific (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020).
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
For attending students, the final evaluation will be based on: (1) active participation during classes and the presentation of the assigned readings (30 percent of the final mark); and (2) a written exam at the end of the course (70 percent of the final mark). For non-attending students, the final evaluation will be based on a written exam.
Docente/i
Ricevimento:
Martedì dalle 14.30 alle 17.30 (in studio o via Teams), su appuntamento da fissare via mail.
Dipartimento di Studi internazionali, giuridici e storico-politici, via Conservatorio 7, I piano, stanza 8