.
Introduction to Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:15.09.2022
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_014 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics; International Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māris Cepurītis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
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| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 9 | Classes | 2.00 | study trip | ||||||
| 10 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 11 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 12 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sir. Ivor Roberts Ed. Satow’s Diplomatic Practice. | ||||||||
| 2 | Berige G.R., Keens-Sopper M., Otte T.G., Diplomatic Theory From Machiavelli to Kissinger. (Palgrave Macmillian – Houndmils, Basinggstoke, Hampshire, New York – 2001) | ||||||||
| 3 | Rana K.S., 21st Century Diplomacy. A Practicioner`s Guide. 2011 | ||||||||
| 4 | Jönsson C. Diplomacy, Bargaining and Negotiation. 2010. | ||||||||
| 5 | Maiese M. What is Negotiation? 2003. Available from: http://www.beyondintractability.org/bi-essay/negotiation | ||||||||
| 6 | Fisher R., Ury W. Getting to Yes: Negotiating an Agreement without Giving In. 2012. | ||||||||
| 7 | Fisher R., Shapiro D. Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate. 2005. | ||||||||
| 8 | Pauline Kerr, Geoffrey Wiseman ed., Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices (Oxford University Press: New York, 2013) | ||||||||
| 9 | Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, and Ramesh Thakur ed. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2013 | ||||||||
| 10 | Costas M. Constantinou, Pauline Kerr, Paul Sharp, The Sage Handbook of Dplomacy, (Los Angeles, London, New Dehli, Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne: Sage Publications, 2016) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | The Future of Diplomacy Project. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Available from: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/61/future_of_di… | ||||||||
| 2 | Joseph Nye introduces the idea of ‘Soft Power’ and Public Diplomacy. Available from: http://vimeo.com/8862222 | ||||||||
| 3 | Kennon H. Nakamura, Susan B. Epstei, Diplomacy for the 21 St Century: Transformational Diplomacy, CRS Report For Congress. Available from: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34141.pdf | ||||||||
| 4 | Vīnes konvencija par diplomātiskajiem sakariem. Pieejams no: http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=77114 | ||||||||
| 5 | E Diplomat. Available from: http://www.ediplomat.com/ | ||||||||
| 6 | Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and a diplomat. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioMpOr7Yx98 | ||||||||
| 7 | Chatham House. Available from: http://www.chathamhouse.org/ | ||||||||
| 8 | Council on Foreign Relations. Available from: http://www.cfr.org/ | ||||||||
| 9 | Harvards Negotiations Project. Available from: http://www.pon.harvard.edu/category/research_projects/harva… | ||||||||
| 10 | The Future of Diplomacy Project. Available from: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/61/future_of_di… | ||||||||
| 11 | DIPLO. Available from: http://www.diplomacy.edu/ | ||||||||
