POLS 3230 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Neoliberalism, Foreign Policy, This Week Abc Tv Series
12 Oct 2018
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POLS 3230
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Pols 3230
Lecture 1
Outline
Review of last session / outstanding issues?
– Course outline is on Moodle
– 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
New questions:
■ How do classes without tutorials work?
■ From whose perspective do we examine global issues in foreign policy? [will examine today]
■ What do we ea y Gloal Issues i Foreig Poliy?: Fraeworks for aalysis
■ Discussion
■ Podcast poll / discussion
– One more practice week, will discuss assessment next week; for now, attendance
Theories of Foreign Policy Analysis: an
intellectual history
Foreig poliy aalysis as a sufield of Iteratioal ‘elatios, traditioal theories
■ Levels of analysis, structure, and the question of method
– Comparative Foreign Policy
– Mid-range Theories
■ The decline of comparative foreign policy and contemporary FPA
■ Problem-solving versus critical theories
■ What next? A preliminary framework
Valerie Hudson, the development of FPA
■ Theory Development in Decision Making
– Construction of Meaning and Framing of Situations by Human Agents in IR
– Persuasion and Diffusion Undertaken by Framing/Meaning Entrepreneurs within IR;
Analysis of Interaction between Competing Entrepreneurs
– Change and Learning by Human Agents in IR
– The Study of Human Agents as They Interact in Groups in IR
■ Theory Development Regarding Leader Characteristics
find more resources at oneclass.com
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– Leader Assessment Frameworks
– New Frontiers: Neuroscience, Emotion, and Embodiment
■ Theory Development Concerning Culture, Identity, and Societal Groups
– Construction of National Role Conception Identity by Human Agents within the Nation
– Horizon/Template Analysis
– The Influence of Societal Groups
■ Development of Innovative FPA Methodology
■ Theory Development on Integration
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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.
