Ikenberry – A world safe for democracy

Argomenti del programma: Course contents The course introduces students to the main theoretical traditions in international relations, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, the English School, and critical approaches to IR. It explores how these traditions conceptualize power, security, interests, institutions, and ideas, and how they contribute to our understanding of international politics.

Argomenti del programma: This course aims to provide students with the analytical tools to understand and critically reflect on the present characteristics and future prospects of world order(s). Students will engage with seminal texts in International Relations (IR) and across the social sciences. The course begins by addressing its central concept, that of world order, and exploring the historical emergence of the modern world order.

Argomenti del programma: The course addresses the following key issues related to politics in a globalized world: (i) power, authority, and the State; (ii) institutions and institutional change; (iii) democracy and democratization; (iv) autocracy and autocratization; (v) political participation and behavior; (vi) the organization of political systems and governance institutions; (vii) the international and transnational dimensions of…

Argomenti del programma: This course aims to provide students with the analytical tools to understand and critically reflect on the present characteristics and future prospects of world order(s). Students will engage with seminal texts in International Relations (IR) and across the social sciences. The course begins by addressing its central concept, that of world order, and exploring the historical emergence of the modern world order.