Syllabus/achievement requirements

Required Books

Adler, Emanuel: Constructivism and International Relations, 2002. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 5 in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons (eds.): Handbook of International Relations. 24 pages.

Cox, Robert: Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory, 1986. NY: Columbia University Press . Chapter 8 in Robert Keohane (ed.): Neorealism and Its Critics. 50 pages.

Fearon, James and Alexander Wendt: Rationalism v. Constructivism: A Skeptical View, 2002. London: Sage Publications . Chapter 3 in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons (eds.): Handbook of International Relations. 21 pages.

Finnemore, Martha: National Interests in International Society, 1996. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Chapter 1. 33 pages.

George, Alexander: Theory for Policy in International Relations, 1974. NY: Columbia University Press . In Alexander George. Deterrence in American Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice. Appendix. 26 pages.

Gourevitch, Peter: Domestic Politics and International Relations, 2002. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 16 in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons (eds.): Handbook of International Relations. 19 pages.

Hopf, Ted: Social Construction of International Politics: Identities and Foreign Policies, Moscow, 1955 and 1999, 2002. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Chapters 1, 6. 76 pages.

Jackson, Robert and Georg Sørensen: Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches, 2nd Edition, 2003. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapters 8, 9. 40 pages.

Keohane, Robert: After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy, 1984. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Chapters 1, 6. 37 pages.

Matthew, Richard and Mark Zacher: Liberal International Theory: Common Threads, Divergent Strands, 1995. NY: St. Martin’s Press. Chapter 5 in Charles Kegley (ed.): Controversies in International Relations Theory: Realism and the Neoliberal Challenge. 43 pages.

Mearsheimer, John: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, 2001. NY: W.W. Norton. Chapters 1, 2. 54 pages.

Risse, Thomas, Stephen Ropp and Kathryn Sikkink (eds.): The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change, 1999. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1. 38 pages.

Schmidt, Brian: On the History and Historiography of International Relations, 2002. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 1 in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons (eds.): Handbook of International Relations. 19 pages.

Smith, Steve: Positivism and Beyond, 1996. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1 in Ken Booth, Steve Smith and Marysia Zalewski (eds.): International Theory: Positivism and Beyond. 36 pages.

Snidal, Duncan: Rational Choice and International Relations, 2002. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 4 in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons (eds.): Handbook of International Relations. 22 pages.

Tickner, J. Ann: Feminist Perspectives on International Relations, 2002. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 14 in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons (eds.): Handbook of International Relations. 16 pages.

Van Evera, Stephen: Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, 1997. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Chapters 1, 2. 82 pages.

Waltz, Kenneth: Laws and Theories, 1986. NY: Columbia University Press. Chapter 2 in Robert Keohane (ed): Neorealism and Its Critics. 19 pages.

Wight, Colin: Philosophy of Science and International Relations, 2002. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 2 in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons (eds.) Handbook of International Relations. 29 pages.

Zehfuss, Maja: Constructivism in International Relations: The Politics of Reality, 2002. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 1, 6. 50 pages.

Required Articles

Brooks, Stephen: Dueling Realisms, 1997. International Organization 51 (Summer). 32 pages.

Caporaso, James, Jeffrey T. Checkel and Joseph Jupille: Integrating Institutions: Rationalism, Constructivism and the Study of the European Union – Introduction, 2003. Comparative Political Studies 36 (February-March): 7-40. 33 pages.

Checkel, Jeffrey T.: Social Constructivisms in Global and European Politics (A Review Essay), 2004. Review of International Studies (forthcoming). 22 pages.

Cortell, Andrew and James Davis: Understanding the Domestic Impact of International Norms: A Research Agenda, 2000. International Studies Review 2 (Spring). 25 pages.

Doty, Roxanne Lynn: Foreign Policy as Social Construction: A Post-Positivist Analysis of US Counterinsurgency Policy in the Philippines, 1993. International Studies Quarterly 37: 297-320. 23 pages.

Doyle, Michael: Liberalism and World Politics, 1986. American Political Science Review 80 (December). 18 pages.

Guzzini, Stefano: A Reconstruction of Constructivism in International Relations, 2000. European Journal of International Relations 6 (June). 35 pages.

Keohane, Robert and Lisa Martin: The Promise of Institutionalist Theory, 1995. International Security 20 (Summer). 12 pages.

Legro, Jeff and Andrew Moravcsik: Is Anybody Still a Realist?, 1999. International Security 24 (Fall). 50 pages.

Martin, Lisa and Beth Simmons: Theories and Empirical Studies of International Institutions, 1998. International Organization 52 (Autumn). 29 pages.

Milliken, Jennifer: The Study of Discourse in International Relations: A Critique of Research and Methods, 1999. European Journal of International Relations 5 (June). 30 pages.

Moravcsik, Andrew: Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics, 1997. International Organization 51 (Autumn). 41 pages.

-------: Is Something Rotten in the State of Denmark? Constructivism and European Integration, 1999. Journal of European Public Policy 6: 669-81. 12 pages.

Neufield, Mark: Interpretation and the ‘Science’ of International Relations, 1993. Review of International Studies 19: 39-61. 22 pages.

Price, Richard and Christian Reus Smit: Dangerous Liaisons? Critical International Theory and Constructivism, 1998. European Journal of International Relations 4 (September). 35 pages.

Wæver, Ole: The Sociology of a Not So International Discipline: American and European Developments in International Relations, 1998. International Organization 52 (Autumn). 41 pages.

Total Required Reading: 1194 pages

Recommended Books

Adler, Emanuel and Michael Barnett (eds.): Security Communities, 1998. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Booth, Ken, Steve Smith and Marysia Zalewski (eds.): International Theory: Positivism and Beyond, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Keck, Margaret and Kathryn Sikkink: Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics, 1998. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Martin, Lisa and Beth Simmons: International Organizations and Institutions, 2002. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 10 in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons (eds.): Handbook of International Relations.

Sylvester, Christine: The Contributions of Feminist Theory to International Relations, 1996. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 12 in Ken Booth, Steve Smith and Marysia Zalewski (eds.): International Theory: Positivism and Beyond.

Wallander, Celeste: Mortal Friends, Best Enemies: German-Russian Cooperation after the Cold War, 1999. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Recommended Articles

Brooks, Stephen and William Wohlforth: Power, Globalization and the End of the Cold War: Reevaluating a Landmark Case for Ideas, 2000/2001. International Security 25 (Winter).

Checkel, Jeffrey T. and Andrew Moravcsik: A Constructivist Research Program in EU Studies? (Forum Debate), 2001. European Union Politics 2: 219-49.

Cortell, Andrew and James Davis: How do International Institutions Matter? The Domestic Impact of International Rules and Norms, 1996. International Studies Quarterly 40 (December).

Finnemore, Martha and Kathryn Sikkink: International Norm Dynamics and Political Change, 1998. International Organization 52 (Autumn).

Kahler, Miles: Rationality in International Relations, 1998. International Organization 52 (Autumn).

Kang, David: Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytical Frameworks, 2003. International Security 27 (Spring): 57-85.

Kratochwil, Friedrich and John Gerard Ruggie: International Organization: A State of the Art on an Art of the State, 1986. International Organization 40 (Autumn).

Laffey, Mark and Jutta Weldes: Beyond Belief: Ideas and Symbolic Technologies in the Study of International Relations, 1997. European Journal of International Relations 3 (June).

Lake, David: The New Sovereignty in International Relations, 2003. International Studies Review 5 (September): 303-23.

March, James G. and Johan P. Olsen: The Institutional Dynamics of International Political Orders, 1998. International Organization 52 (Autumn).

Milner, Helen: International Theories of Cooperation Among Nations: Strengths and Weaknesses (A Review Essay), 1992. World Politics 44 (April).

-------: Rationalizing Politics: The Emerging Synthesis of International, American and Comparative Politics, 1998. International Organization 52 (Autumn).

Moravcsk, Andrew: The Origins of Human Rights Regimes: Democratic Delegation in Postwar Europe, 2000. International Organization 54 (Spring): 217-252.

Neumann, Iver: From Meta to Method: The Materiality of Discourse, 2003. Unpublished Mimeo. Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (June).

Price, Richard: A Genealogy of the Chemical Weapons Taboo, 1995. International Organization 49 (Winter).

Simmons, Beth: Why Innovate? Founding the Bank for International Settlements, 1993. World Politics 45 (April).

Singer, J. David: The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations, 1961. World Politics 14: 77-92.

Smith, Steve: The Discipline of International Relations: Still an American Social Science?, 2000. British Journal of Politics and International Relations 2 (October): 374-402.

Symposium: Interpretivism: 2003. Qualitative Methods – Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Qualitative Methods 1 (Fall): 2-28.

Symposium: War and Gender: 2003. Perspectives on Politics 1 (June): 327-48.