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Small state strategies in modern diplomatic environment and international negotiations
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:09.02.2024 10:09:58
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | PZK_204 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 5.00 | ECTS: | 7.50 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Political Science | 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, szfrsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | BA level understanding of international system, theories of international relations and foreign policy making. | ||||||||
Objective: | Create understanding of challenges and solutions of small states and secondary actors in modern diplomatic environment. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Small states in international relations: development and basic concepts | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Modern diplomatic environment and small states | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Diplomatic strategies of small states: from survival to thriving | Lectures | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | Case studies in small state foreign policy and diplomacy | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Small states in diplomatic negotiations | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
6 | Small states in diplomatic negotiations - simulation | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | Reading of mandatory literature; Two essays; presentation of report; report, participation in simulations; exam | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | Students have to take into account the following requirements and grading criteria: • Active participation during classes and seminars – 10% • Essays – 20% • Final report – 25% • Presentation of the final report – 20% • Exam – 25% | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | Students will be able to describe the challenges and available solutions of small states, and provide information on successful foreign policy examples of small states. | ||||||||
Skills: | Students will be able to understand the limits of small states in international politics, as well as the importance of use of strategy. | ||||||||
Competencies: | Students will be able to carry out research on the foreign policy of small states. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | Neumann, Iver B., Gstohl, Sieglinde. Introduction. Lilliputians in Gulliver`s Word?, Small States in International Relations. C. Ingebritsen, I. Neumann, S. Gstohl, J. Beyer Eds. (University of Washington Press: Seattle, 2006), 3-36 pp. | ||||||||
2 | Fox, Annette Baker. The Power of Small States: Diplomacy in the World War II, Small States in International Relations. C. Ingebritsen, I. Neumann, S. Gstohl, J. Beyer Eds. (University of Washington Press: Seattle, 2006), 39 – 54 pp. | ||||||||
3 | Constantinou, Costas M., Kerr, Pauline, Sharp, Paul. The Sage Handbook of Dplomacy. (Los Angeles, London, New Dehli, Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne: Sage Publications, 2016), 257- 267; 281- 307 pp. | ||||||||
4 | Archer, C., Bailes, Alyson J. K., Wivel, A. Small States and International Security: Europe and Beyound. (Routhledge, 2014) 26-79 pp. | ||||||||
5 | Cooper, Andrew F., Shaw, Timothy M. The Diplomacies of Small States: Between Vulnerability and Resilience. (Palgrave Macmillian: Houndmils, Basinggstoke, Hampshire, New York, 2009) 1-18. pp. | ||||||||
6 | Cooper, Andrew F., Shaw, Timothy M. The Diplomacies of Small States: Between Vulnerability and Resilience. Palgrave Macmillian – Houndmils, Basinggstoke, Hampshire, New York – 2009, 21-64 pp. | ||||||||
7 | Panke, Diana. “Dwarfs in international negotiations: how small states make their voices heard”. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 25(3) (September 2012): 313 - 328 pp. | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | Štamers, Guntis. Mazas valsts jēdziens un pētījumi starptautisko attiecību teorijā. Latvija pasaules politikā: iespējas un ierobežojumi. Ž. Ozoliņa. Ed. (Latvijas ārpolitikas institūts 2001.) 10-19 pp. | ||||||||
2 | Bleiere, Daina. Mazas valsts ārpolitiskā autonomija. Latvija pasaules politikā: iespējas un ierobežojumi. Ž. Ozoliņa. Ed. (Latvijas ārpolitikas institūts 2001.) 31-45 pp. |