Module Code - Title:
PO5051
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FUNCTION, INSTITUTIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Year Last Offered:
2009/0
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This course examines the various practices that exist within international relations and within international organisations and to look at the interaction and negiotiation between various actors at various levels of International Politics
Syllabus:
Introduction; Diplomacy: Traditional, Bilateral, multilateral; Foreign Policy analysis; International Law; International Instutions: functions, practices, decision-making; The United Nations system; European Foreign Policy.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Understand the functions and practices within the different levels of diplomacy within International Politics.
Understand the different forms and workings of international instutions.
Gain a knowledge of the decision-making processes involved within the UN and the EU
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Critically assess the nature of diplomacy and negiotiation in International Relations
Critically assess the nature of decision-making within International Institutions
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
Demonstrate a critical overview of the functions and institutions within International Politics through oral and written assessment.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Through interative seminars
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (2001)
Principles of International Politics: PeopleÆs Power, Preferences, and Perceptions
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Helen Millner (1997)
Interests, Institutions and Information: Domestic Politics and International Relations
, Princeton University Press
Other Relevant Texts:
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Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
Frank.Haege@ul.ie