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Small state strategies in modern diplomatic environment
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:09.02.2024 10:20:05
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_205 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| 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) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| 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 | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Case studies in small state foreign policy and diplomacy | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Reading of mandatory literature; Two essays; presentation of report; report, 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 | 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. | ||||||||
| 2 | Archer, C., Bailes, Alyson J. K., Wivel, A. Small States and International Security: Europe and Beyound. (Routhledge, 2014) 26-79 pp. | ||||||||
| 3 | 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. | ||||||||
| 4 | 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. | ||||||||
| Additional 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. | ||||||||
