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Novelties of Political Science and International Relations Theories and Topical Issues in Political Development

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:53
Study Course Information
Course Code:PZK_211LQF level:Level 8
Credit Points:4.00ECTS:6.00
Branch of Science:Politics; International PoliticsTarget Audience:Political Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)16Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures32
Classes (count)0Class Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Classes0
Total Contact Hours32
Study course description
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Objective:
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Lectures4.00auditorium
2Lectures4.00auditorium
3Lectures4.00auditorium
4Lectures4.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
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Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
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Bibliography
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Required Reading
1Political Theory in Transition. Ed. Noёl O’Sullivan. London, N.Y.: Routledge, 2000.
Additional Reading
1Political science: the state of the discipline. New York, 2002 (RSU bibliotēkā: 1 eks. Informācijas centrā, 1 eks. Zinātniskajā abon.).
2Onuf, Nicholas Greenwood. Making sense, Making Worlds: Constructivism in Social Theory and International Relations. London, 2013 (RSU bibliotēkā: 1 eks. Informācijas centrā, 1 eks. Zinātniskajā abon.).
3Peters, B. Guy. Institutional theory in political science: the 'new institutionalism'. London, 2005 (RSU bibliotēkā: 1 eks. Informācijas centrā, 1 eks. Zinātniskajā abon.).
4Keohane, Robert O. Power and interdependence. Boston, 2012 (RSU bibliotēkā: 1 eks. Informācijas centrā, 1 eks. Zinātniskajā abon.).
5Wolfers, Arnold. Discourse and collaboration: essays on international politics. Baltimore, 2012 (RSU bibliotēkā: 1 eks. Informācijas centrā, 1 eks. – Zinātniskajā abon.).
6Buzan, Barry. The evolution of international security studies. Cambridge, UK, 2009 (RSU bibliotēkā: 1 eks. Informācijas centrā, 1 eks. Zinātniskajā abon.).
7Fairclough, Isabela. Political discourse analysis: a method for advanced students. New York, 2012 (RSU bibliotēkā: 1 eks. Informācijas centrā, 1 eks. – Zinātniskajā abon.).
8Miessen, Markus. The space of agonism. Berlin, 2012 (RSU bibliotēkā: 1 eks. Informācijas centrā, 1 eks. – Zinātniskajā abon.).
9Sampson, Aaron Beers. Tropical anarchy: Waltz, Wendt, and the way we imagine international politics. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 2002. 27 (4), pp. 429-458.
Other Information Sources
1Informācijas avoti par aktuālo politiku.