Theories of International Relations

Paper Code: 
MIR 221
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course introduces graduate students to diverse traditions of theoretical endeavours in the International Relations as they have evolved around the world. It will cover both explanatory and normative paradigms in international relations theory and give a brief overview of the state of the art of IR to students. The purpose of the course is to provide a thorough background in all schools of IR theory and the debates between them regarding their perspective on the nature of international politics and how it is to be conceptualized, understood and judged, bearing in mind their geo-cultural specificities

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT 1

Realism and Neo Realism

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT 2

Liberalism and neo Liberalism           

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT 3

Marxism and Neo Marxism

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

Constructivism; Post structuralism        

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT 5

Feminism and Green theory

Essential Readings: 
  • Burchill, S. et al, (2005), Theories of International Relations 3rd ed, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Baylis, J.and Smith, S.(eds.), (2001). The Globalization of World Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Tim Dunne, T. ,Kurki, M.and Smith,S. (2007) International Relations. Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press
References: 
  • Smith,S., Booth, K. and Zalewski, M.(eds.), (1996) International Theory: Positivism andBeyond, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Bull,H.(2002), The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, 3rd edn., Basingstoke: Palgrave.
  • Tickner A.B.and Wever, O.(eds.),(2009),  International Relations Scholarship Around the World, London: Routledge
  • Kautilya,(1993), Arthashastra, Penguin Classics, 1993.
  • Tzu , S. and Giles, L.(translator),(2007), The Art of War, Ulysses Press
  • Aron, R. (1973), Peace and War: A Theory of International Relations, New York: Anchor Books
  • Bromley, S., Brown, W. and Athreya, S.(eds.), (2004), Ordering the International:History, Change and Transformation, London: Pluto Press with The Open University
  • Robert Cox, R and Sinclair, T. (1996) Approaches to World Order, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  •  Baldwin, D.A. (ed.),(1993)  Neo-Realism and Neo-liberalism: The Contemporary Debate ,New York: Columbia University Press
  • Walker,R.B.J.(1995).  Inside/Outside: International Relations as Political Theory, New York: Cambridge University Press
  • Wendt,A.(1999).  Social Theory of International Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Giddens,A. (1991). The Consequences of Modernity, London: Polity Press
  • Grant R.and Newland, eds.,(1991). Gender and International Relations, Buckingham: Open University Press and Millennium Press
  • Brown, C. (1992). International Relations Theory: New Normative Approaches, Hamel Hamstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf
  • Carr,E.H.(1981) The Twenty Years Crisis: 1919-1939. London: Macmillan
  • Waltz, K. (1979) Theory of International Politics. London: Addison-Wesley Publishing
  • Rosenberg,J.(1994). The Empire of Civil Society, London: Verso
  • Halliday,F. (1994). Rethinking International Relations, London: Macmillan Press
  • Hollis, M. and Smith, S.(1991). Explaining and Understanding International Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Carlsnaes, W., Risse, T.and Simmons,B. (eds.),(2006), Handbook of International Relations. London: Sage
  • Buchanan, A. (2007) Justice, Legitimacy and Self-Determination, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Beitz, C. (1979). Political Theory and International Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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