POLS 3230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Foreign Policy Analysis, Moodle

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3230
• Professor: Prof. Short

Document Summary

There are no books for this course but you need to get the materials yourself, including from the library catalogue in the case of academic journals. Everyone should register for iclicker for participation: see the resources on the moodle site. What do we (cid:373)ea(cid:374) (cid:271)y (cid:858)glo(cid:271)al issues i(cid:374) foreig(cid:374) poli(cid:272)y? (cid:859): fra(cid:373)eworks for a(cid:374)alysis. One more practice week, will discuss assessment next week; for now, attendance. Theories of foreign policy analysis: an intellectual history. Foreig(cid:374) poli(cid:272)y a(cid:374)alysis as a su(cid:271)field of i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al elatio(cid:374)s, (cid:858)traditio(cid:374)al(cid:859) theories. Levels of analysis, (cid:858)structure(cid:859), and the question of method. The decline of comparative foreign policy and contemporary fpa. Construction of meaning and framing of situations by human agents in ir. Persuasion and diffusion undertaken by framing/meaning entrepreneurs within ir; Change and learning by human agents in ir. The study of human agents as they interact in groups in ir. Theory development concerning culture, identity, and societal groups.