POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Social Forces, New Approach

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 1101
• Professor: Daniel Pierre- Antoine

Document Summary

New discipline - xx century: a distinct field of study was almost entirely british-centered. In 1919, the chair in international politics established at the university of wales, aberystwyth, from an endowment given by david davies, became the first academic position dedicated to ir. In the early 1920s, the london school of economics" department of international relations was founded at the behest of nobel prize winner phillip noel-baker. In 1927 the first university institution entirely dedicated to the study of ir, the graduate institute of. Objective: to supply a pool of specialized personnel for the league of nations. Ir as a discipline remains to be studied chiefly in europe and north america. Ir"s o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:449)as to repla(cid:272)e the (cid:272)hro(cid:374)ologi(cid:272)al approa(cid:272)h of diplomatic history with a more sociological vision. Identify the unifying elements/ tendencies, identify single factors/events of a historical continuity. Analyse the tensions between actors and new principles of the international community, the challenges of the application of these principles.