International relations - Guías de estudio, Notas de estudios & Resúmenes

The objective of the course is to provide students with an overview of several important contemporary issues in the field of international relations. In each week a different issue is discussed, and classes are based around a mixture of lectures and activities. Students are encouraged to develop their knowledge of these issues, to learn about and share knowledge of others, and to apply the theoretical and methodological knowledge they have gained in other courses to complement the material studi...

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Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales

The objective of the course is to provide students with foundational knowledge of International Relations theory that will serve as the basis for the Master in International Relations (MIR), the Research Master in International Studies (RMIS), and the Mundus MAPP by demonstrating the diversity of theories that reflect the complexity of world politics. Additionally, each lecture is structured around a central set of questions that serves to demonstrate how theories can be applied to the sorts of ...

The first 5 sessions (on 12) of my notes for this course (97 pages). This course aims at equipping students with the tools to understand and critically appraise today’s international society and the international legal norms that regulate relations at the global level. The aim is for students to become familiar with the foundations of the international legal system, including the key features of the international legal regime, the subjects of international law, as well as the procedures for c...

This is the second part of my notes for this course, from session 6 to 12 (111 pages). This course aims at equipping students with the tools to understand and critically appraise today’s international society and the international legal norms that regulate relations at the global level. The aim is for students to become familiar with the foundations of the international legal system, including the key features of the international legal regime, the subjects of international law, as well as t...

The environment has been a major topic in international relations for nearly half a century now. Typically of a cross-border nature, environmental problems have been identified as a quintessential policy area for international cooperation –interests, ideas and institutions play out at the international arena that shape the who gets what in this domain. This has been particularly so since the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm), which is usually taken as the first significan...

The 20th century was a period of immense technological, intellectual, economic, political and demographic upheaval; the changes it brought are often taken for granted and perhaps still too recent to grasp. This course will offer a survey of world history from around 1901 to 2001, asking what these hundred years meant for humanity. Topics covered include the World Wars, the Cold War, decolonization, and the impact of the “Great Acceleration” on international relations. The last sessions of th...

This course introduces the main theoretical approaches and analytical tools used in the field of comparative politics. While the systematic comparison of political processes and outcomes across different units –mostly across countries- is the core feature of comparative political analysis, the field explores a wide range of political phenomena, navigates in broad geography, comprises contrasting research schools, adopts diverse conceptual and methodological tools, and proposes competing explan...