INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Academic year
2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
Course code
LT3050 (AF:305417 AR:179556)
Modality
Blended (on campus and online classes)
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
SPS/14
Period
1st Semester
Course year
3
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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The course will introduce the main IR theories and illustrate relevant aspects of international politics in the Asia-Pacific region. Its focus will be on Japan as a relevant actor at a regional and global level. The course is designed to provide the students within the East Asian economy/law-oriented curriculum with a comprehensive training enabling them to apply specific theoretical and methodological tools and expertise in international working environments.
At the end of the course, students will be familiar with the main theories of IR (such as realism, liberalism, constructivism, Marxist theories, etc.) and will be able to apply a critical lens to the analysis of the events shaping today's Asia-Pacific. In particular, the students are expected to acquire and deploy specific theoretical and methodological tools in order to avoid simplistic interpretations of the relations between nation-states in Asia and across the continents.
Participants should have passed History of Japan 2.
The courses will be divided into three main parts.
Part I - Introduction to the main theories of IR and to research tools. Discussion of specific real-world cases.
Part II - Japan in the post-Cold war world: a historical perspective
Part III - Case study: Japan's foreign policy under the second Abe cabinet

Textbooks
- Baylis, John; Smith, Steve & Owens, Patricia (a cura di) (2019). The Globalization of World Politics, Eigth Edition, Oxford University Press.
- Zappa, Marco (2020). Il Giappone nel sistema internazionale: Asia orientale e sudorientale nella politica estera giapponese dal 1945 all'era Abe. Cafoscarina.

Or, alternatively, if Italian is not your first language:
- Oros, Andrew (2017). Japan's Security Reinassance. Columbia University Press.

Further readings will be presented during the lectures and made available on Moodle.
The final exam is made of 2 parts:
1) an online quiz. 20 questions x 1 pt, tot. 20 pts.; threshold: 10 pts. Time: 12 min.
2) brief oral exam. Max pt.: 10 pts.
Blended. Online classes with integrated activities to be completed at home.
In situ lectures supported by powerpoint presentations.
Presentations are available on the moodle platform.
Italian
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 18/10/2021