GREAT DEBATES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (2 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Discuss similarity and difference of International Relations theories in each phase of debate; Explain basic assumption and term in every phase of Great Debate; Analyze the key concept and term in each phase of debate to the development of International relations theories; Criticize the impact of each Great Debate phase to the development of International relations theories.

Topics:

1. Introduction;
2. Context and Tradition of Great Debates in International Relations;
3. Debating human nature and human knowledge;
4. The dynamic of Realist-Idealist Great Debate (1^st Great Debate);
5. The dynamic of Realists Behaviorists Debate (2^nd Great Debate);
6. The dynamic of Realism, Institutionalism and Structuralism Debate I (Inter-paradigm Debate);
7. The dynamic of Realism, Institutionalism and Structuralism Debate II (Inter-paradigm Debate);
8. The dynamic of Positivist theories and Post-positivist theories Debate I (4^th Great Debate);
9. The dynamic of Positivist theories and Post-positivist theories Debate II (4^th Great Debate);
10. Concern on Critical Realism (5^th Great Debate);
11. Criticism on Great Debates;
12. Prospects of International Theory in a Post-positivist Era;
13. Conclusion: One World with Many Theories.