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SCIENCES PO BORDEAUX
2014-2015 COURSES
ALL LISTED COURSES HERE ARE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH.
4 CREDITS FOR EACH 18 HOURS CLASS, MORE CREDITS IF ADDED WORK: READINGS, ESSAY, ETC.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
IR1. AFRICA IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS …………………………………………………………………..……………………… p.3
IR2. EMERGING GLOBAL POWERS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ………………………………………………………… p.5
IR3. HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIETIES IN WORLD HISTORY
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... p.11
IR4. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORIES: AN INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………..….….. p.13
IR5. PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ………………………………………………………………………….………... p.15
IR6. THE CRITICAL APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ……………………………………………….….…….. p.17
IR7. RUSSIA AND THE EU ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……… p.21
IR8. TRANSCALAR POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ………………………………………………………………………..………. p.24
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PS1. COMPARATIVE POLITICAL REGIMES …………………………………………………………………………………..…………… p.25
PS2. CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ……………………………………………………..………. p.26
PS3. AGENDA SETTING AND ISSUE DEFINITION ……………………………………………………………………………………… p.28
PS4. URBAN GOVERNANCE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH ……………………………………………………….……………………… p.28
PS5. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS ………………………………………………………………………………………………. p.29
PS6. RECENT AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC THEORY …….………………………………………………….…………..……………… p.31
PS7. BUSINESS AND POLITICS ……………………………………………………………………………………………….……….………. p.32
FINANCE & ECONOMY
FE1. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. THE INTERNATIONAL AND FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS: A KEY OF
PERFORMANCE COMPARABILITY …………………………………………………………………………………..………………………. p.33
FE2. COUNTRY RISK ANALYSIS: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL RISKS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY …………….… p.35
FE3. THE WORLD ECONOMY IN THE 20th CENTURY …………..…………………………………………………………………… p.37
FE4. GLOBALIZATION, AN HISTORICAL APPROACH …………………………………………………………………………………. p.38
EUROPEAN STUDIES
ES1. THE EUROPEAN UNION POLICY-MAKING ……………………………………………………………………………………….. p.39
ES2. THE POLITICS OF EUROPEAN SECURITY ………………………………………………………………………………………….. p.40
ES3. THE EU AS A GLOBAL ACTOR ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. p.43
ES4. GENDER AND POLITICS IN THE EU ………….……………………………………………………………………………………… p.45
ES5. REPRESENTATION AND DEMOCRACY ……………………………………………………………………………………………… p.45
ES6. A HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE …………………………………………………………………………………………………….p.50
1FRENCH HISTORY & SOCIETY
FHS1. HISTORY OF FRENCH POLITICS ………………………………………………….…….………………………………………….. p.52
FHS2. REPRESENTATIONS OF FRENCH SOCIETY THROUGH FILM ……………………………………………………………. p.53
FHS3. FROM MONTESQUIEU TO HUGO: AN INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUGH
LITERATURE ……………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………. p.54
AREA STUDIES
AR1. CONTEMPORARY CHINA ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. p.56
AR2. CANADIAN POLITICS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……… p.61
AR3. CONTEMPORARY POLITICS IN JAPAN ……………………………………………………………………………………………. p.64
AR4. DYNAMICS OF CHANGES IN ISRAELI SOCIETY AND POLITICS ………………………………………………….……… p.64
AR5. POLITICS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA …………………………………………………………………………………….………… p.65
AR6. US ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR …………………………………………………………………………..………… p.67
AR7. BRAZIL, THE RISING OF A POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY: A HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY …………………..… p.72
AR8. DEVELOPMENT BY NUMBERS: MEASURING PROGRESS IN AFRICA AND BEYOND …………………………. p.74
2INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
IR1. AFRICA IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Professor: Daniel Bach, d.bach@sciencespobordeaux.fr
18 hours, 4 credits ECTS
Available on Moodle: no
The course will initially address contending representations of Africa in international relations and within
international relations theory. As an object of study, Africa’s post-colonial international relations have been
discussed: through the prism of a ‘subaltern’ but strategic continent; the idea of a prefiguration of global
anarchy; an emblematic association of the continent to humanitarian endeavors, and more recently, as a
new frontier or, in the case of North Africa, a buffer. We will then focus on the study of Africa as an agent of
International Relations knowledge, through an analysis of the pitfalls of a state-centric approach, the
transformation of the so-called ‘third world security predicament’ into a global one, and the growth of
‘regionalism without integration’. Attention will then be paid to the discussion of the African state as an
international player. The concept of neopatrimonialism will be analysed and revisited in conjunction with
the rejuvenation of debates on the developmental state and the rise of Africa in international relations. This
will be lead to a discussion of the interplay between regional organizations, regional integration and
regional order in Africa. The added value of adopting approaches in terms of 'new' regionalisms will also be
presented through different case studies. The course will conclude with a survey of the different
components of Africa's depiction as an ‘emerging’ African continent, a global frontier and, in fine, a mirror
of the international system.
Bibliographic orientations
1. Africa in the international system and in IR theory
Adebajo, Adekeye, The curse of Berlin ; Africa after the cold war, Hurst & Co, 2010.
Alao, A. (2007) Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa: The Tragedy of Endowment Rochester, NY:
Rochester University Press.
Bach, Daniel, ed., "Emerging Africa: critical transitions" (special issue)South African Journal of International
Affairs, Vol. 20, no. 1 April 2013
Bayart, J-F., ‘Africa in the World: A History of Extraversion’, African Affairs, 99 (2000): 217-67.
Bayart, J-F., S. Ellis and B. Hibou The Criminalisation of the State in Africa, Oxford: James Currey, 1999.
Brown, W. (2006) ‘Africa and International Relations: A Comment on IR Theory, Anarchy and Statehood’,
Review of International Studies, vol. 32, no. 1.
Brown, W., " Africa and international relations: a comment on IR theory, anarchy and statehood", Review of
International Studies, 32(2006), pp. 119-143.
Carmody. Padraig, The New Scramble for Africa, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2011
Clapham, Christopher, Africa and the international system, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Dietz, T., K. Havnevik, M. Kaag, T. Oestigaard, eds., African engagements; Africa Negotiating an Emerging
Multipolar World, Leiden: Brill, 2011.
Dunn, Kevin & Timothy Shaw, eds., Africa's Challenge to International Relations Theory, Palgrave, 2001.
Dunn, Kevin, “Tales from the dark side: Africa’s challenge to international relations theory”, Journal of Third
World Studies, vol. 17 no 1, 2000), pp. 61-90
Ellis, Stephen, Season of Rains, Africa in the World, C. Hurst, 2011.
Kaplan, R.D., "The Coming Anarchy: how scarcity, crime, overpopulation, tribalism, and disease [in West
Africa] are rapidly destroying the social fabric of our planet", The Atlantic Monthly, February 1994.
Smith, Karin, “Has Africa Got Anything to Say? African Contributions to the Theoretical Development of
International Relations”, The Roundtable, Vol. 98, No. 402, June 2009, pp. , 269–284,
Taylor, Ian and Paul Williams, eds., Africa in international Politics, Routledge 2004.
3Taylor, Ian, The international relations of subsaharan Africa, Continuum, New York & London.
2. The African state as an international actor
Bach, Daniel & Mamoudou, Gazibo, eds., The neopatrimonial state in Africa and Beyond, Oxford: Routledge,
2011.
Bach, Daniel, Patrimonialism and neopatrimonialism: comparative trajectories and readings”,
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 49(3) (July 2011), p. 275-294.
Clapham, Herbst, Jeffrey and Greg Mills,eds., Big African States, Johannesburg: University Press of
Witwatersrand, 2006.
Englebert, Pierre, Africa: Unity, Sovereignty, and Sorrow, Westview Press, 2010. Introduction at:
https://www.rienner.com/uploads/4a0b18de86e2d.pdf
Herbst, State and power in Africa, Princeton university Press.
Kelsall, Tim, Business, Politics and the State in Africa : Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and
Transformation , London: Zed Press, 2013. (forthcoming)
Mbembe, Sortir de la nuit; Essai sur l’Afrique décolonisée, La Découverte: 2010.
Mills, Greg, Why Africa is Poor – and what Africans can do about it, Penguin.
3. Regionalism, regionalisation and regional order
Adebajo, Adekeye, Building Peace in West Africa; Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau Boulder Co.: Lynne
Rienner, 2002.
Adebayo, A. and Mustapha, A. (eds.) Gulliver’s Troubles: Nigeria’s Foreign Policy After the Cold War
Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.
Akokpari, John, Tim Murithi and Angela Ndinga-Muvumba (eds.), Building An African Union for the 21st
Century, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, à paraître .
Bach, “Régionalismes, régionalisation et globalisation” in Gazibo, Mamoudou & Celine Thiriot, dirs., Le
politique en Afrique, Etat des débats et pistes de recherche, Karthala, 2009.
Bach, Daniel, "Organisations régionales et régionalisation : crise en Europe, essor au-delà", in Bertrand
Badie et Dominique Vidal, dirs., Nouveaux acteurs, nouvelle donne, l’Etat du monde 2012, Paris : La
Découverte, p. 29-3.
Chalfin, Brenda, Neoliberal frontiers; an Ethnography of Sovereignty in West Africa, University of Chicago
Press, 2010.
Economic Commission for Africa, African Union, African Development Bank, Assessing Regional Integration
in Africa (4 vols)2010. See: http://www.uneca.org/aria/
Healy, Sally (2011) Hostage to Conflict: Prospects for Building Regional Economic Cooperation in the Horn of
Africa, A Chatham House Report, Chatham House, London: November.
TRALAC (2009) The African Trading Relationship with Brazil Stellenbosch: TRALAC.
Warleigh-Lack, Alex, Nick Robinson & Ben Rosamond, eds., New regionalism and the European Union,
Routledge, 2010.
Zeleza, P. (2005) ‘Rewriting the African Diaspora: Beyond the Black Atlantic’, African Affairs, vol. 104, no.
414.
4. Africa as a frontier and an interface
Alden, Chris, China in Africa, Zed Books, 2007.
Alden, Chris,et al., eds., China returns to Africa; A rising power and a Continent embrace, Hurst & Co., 2008.
Ampiah, Kweku & Sanusha Naidu, eds., Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? China and Africa: Engaging the
World's Next Superpower, University of Kwazulu Natal Press, 2008.
Bach, “The European Union and Africa: Trade liberalisation, constructive disengagement and the
securitization of Europe’s External frontiers”, Africa Review, 3, 1, 2011, p. 33-47.
(http://www.durkheim.sciencespobordeaux.fr/PDF/Africa%20Review%20Daniel%20Bach%20Asa%20Revie
w%20Delhi.pdf
Cargill, Tom, Our Common Strategic Interests: Africa's Role in the Post-G8 World, Chatham House Report,
June 2010. At: http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/directory/70647.
4Invest AD, Into Africa, Institutional Investor Intentions to 2016, Invest AD & Economist Intelligence Unit,
January 2012 at http://investad.com/reports/intoafrica.html .
Kaplan, R.D., "The Coming Anarchy: how scarcity, crime, overpopulation, tribalism, and disease [in West
Africa] are rapidly destroying the social fabric of our planet", The Atlantic Monthly, February 1994.
Large D.,& L. A. Patey, eds., Sudan Looks East China, India & the Politics of Asian Alternatives, Oxford: J.
Currey, 2011.
Michel, Serge et Michel Beuret, La Chinafrique, Pékin à la conquête du continent noir, Grasset, 2008.
Pesnot, Patrick, Les dessous de la Françafrique. Les dossiers secrets de Monsieur X, Paris, France Inter,
Nouveau monde poche, 2010.
Petiteville, Franck, La politique internationale de l'Union Européenne, Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2006.
Straus, Julia and Martha Saavedra, eds., China and Africa: Emerging Patterns in Globalization and
Development, China Quarterly (Special issue, new series), no 9, Cambridge 2009.
Taylor, I. (2009) China’s New Role in Africa Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
Taylor, Ian, China's new role in Africa, Lynne Rienner, 2009
US Council on Foreign Relations, More than Humanitarianism: A US strategic approach to Africa,
Washington: January 2006 at: http://www.cfr.org/africa/more-than-humanitarianism/p9302
Watts, M. (2006) ‘Empire of Oil: Capitalist Dispossession and the Scramble for Africa,’ Monthly Review, vol.
58, no. 4.
5. Websites
ZIF (Berlin), Peace operations update at: http://www.zif-berlin.org/en/analyse-und-
informationen/information-resources/peace-operations-update.html
UNU-CRIS Comparative Regional Integration Studies (divers annuaires et documents):
http://www.cris.unu.edu/
Economic Commission for Africa: assessing regional integration in Africa (II) http://www.uneca.org/aria2/
Human rights Watch Africa: http://hrw.org/doc/?t=africa
International Crisis Group, regular reports
General information on Africa: www.Allafrica.com
Trade and Law Centre (on regional integration): http://www.tralac.org/
IR2. EMERGING GLOBAL POWERS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Professor: Daniel Bach, d.bach@sciencespobordeaux.fr
18 hours, 4 credits ECTS
Available on Moodle: no
Synopsis
The course focuses on the emergence of new international powers with special emphasis on China, India
and Brazil. Through the study of these three countries, we will review new understandings of what
'emergence' stands for, the interactions with their regional and global environments, the rise of
multipolarity and the implications of the end of the equation between globalisation and 'Americanisation'.
The course will also discuss emerging powers' aspirations to a global role through membership of global
governance institutions, coalition-building and a new assertiveness within multilateral organisations. The
leadership performance of emerging powers will be addressed in conjunction with the serious gap between
aspirations and achievements. Country and case studies will emphasise the 'new' foreign policy of India,
China's soft power approach to its neighborhood, energy diplomacy and Africa's transformation into a king
of magnifying glass for the study of the emerging countries' rise and imprint.
All the information and readings associated with this course, are available through the following drop box
folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/01wdm7gvsfcxkuj/7XrKGYAegH
5Course work
Course assessment is based on an individual research essays written in (good) English or (good) French. The
topic of the essay needs to be chosen in consultation with the lecturer. The length of the essay should be
around 3,500 words, without counting the endnotes and bibliography.
Each essay will indicate clearly on the front page the name and the email of the student as well as the
course (PI or English track) he is enrolled in. The essay will have to be sent in electronic version to Daniel
Bach (d.bach@sciencespobordeaux.fr), as well as in print. The printed version will dropped at the
secretariat of Centre Emile Durkheim or sent by mail to Daniel Bach Centre Emile Durkheim, Sciences Po
Bordeaux 11 Allée Ausone 33607 Pessac.
Very important: So as to avoid any confusion, when sending you research essay by email (.doc or .rtf
format), please ensure that your file name reads as follows: egp+1st letter of your first name + surname +13
–thus, a student called Jean Durant will send a file presented as follows: egpjdurant13.doc.
Bibliographic indications
1. General
Badie, Bertrand et Dominique Vidal, dirs., Nouveaux Acteurs, nouvelle donne, l'Etat du monde 2012, La
Découverte , 2011.
Boillot, Jean-Joseph, Onze questions sur les grandes économies émergentes, Le Club du CEPII, Paris, 2009
(disponible sur: http://www.cepii.fr/francgraph/club/reunions/ouvrage/grands_emergents.htm
Dinello, Natalia et Wang Shaoguang, China, India and Beyond, Cheltenham: Edward Edgar, 2009.
Humphrey, John / Dirk Messner, “China and India as Emerging Global Governance Actors: Challenges for
Developing and Developed Countries” in: IDS Bulletin 37 (1), Brighton 2006, 107–114
Hurrell, Andrew and Amrita Narlikar. “A New Politics of Confrontation? Brazil and India in Multilateral Trade
Negotiations” Global Society, Volume 20, Issue 4 October 2006 , pages 415 – 433.
Hurrell, Andrew, « Hegemony, liberalism and global order : what space for would-be great powers ? »,
International Affairs, 82, 1 (2006), pp. 1-19.
Hurrell, Andrew, On Global Order; power values and the constitution of international society, Oxford
University Press, 2007.
Kappel, Robert: On the Economics of Regional Powers: Comparing China, India, Brazil, and South Africa,
GIGA Working Paper No. 145, September 2010.
Macfarlane, Neil, “The ‘R’ in the BRICs: is Russia an emerging power?”, International Affairs, 82, 1 (2006), p.
41-57.
Narlikar, Amrita, New powers; How to become one and how to Manage Them, London: Christopher Hurst,
2010. Taylor, Ian, “The South Will Rise Again”? New Alliances and Global Governance: The India-Brazil-South
Africa Dialogue Forum”, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Science, 36(1): 45-58.
Prys, Miriam, “Hegemony, Domination, Detachment: Differences in Regional Powerhood”, International
Studies Review, vol. 12, 4 (décembre 2010), 479-504.
Purushothaman, Ropa, The BRICS’ path to 2050; A dramatically different global economy Goldman Sachs,
2005.
Ramesh, Jairan, Making sense of Chindia, Delhi : India Research Press, 2005.
Sabouret, dir., L'Asie-Monde, Chroniques sur l'Asie et le Pacifique, 2011-2012, CNRS Editions, 2011.
Smith, David, The Dragon and the Elephant: China, India and the New World Order, 2006.
Virmani, Arvind, Economic performance, power potential and global gofvernance: towards a new
international order, working paper no 150, New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations, December 2004.
Wilson, Dominic and Purushothaman, Ropa Dreaming with BRICS: the Path to 2050, Global Economic Paper
no 99, 1 October 2003.
62. India
Boillot, Jean-Joseph, L'émergence de la puissance indienne, Essais, Presses universitaires de Rennes,
Rennes, 2010.
Bajpai, Kanti and Sidharth Mallavarapu, eds., International Relations in India: Bringing Theory back Home,
Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2005.
Bajpai, Kanti and Sidharth Mallavarapu, eds., Theorizing the region and Nation, Delhi: Orient Black Swan,
2005.
Bajpai, Kanti, "Pakistan and China in India strategic thought", International journal [Texte imprimé] /
Canadian institute of international affairs, 2007, vol. LXII, no 4, p. 805-822.
Baldev Raj Nayar and T.V. Paul (eds.), India in the World Order, Cambridge UP, 2003
Basu, Prasenjit K., Brahma Chellaney, Parag Khanna, Sunil Khilnani, India as a New Global Leader, London:
the Foreign policy Centre, 2005 http://fpc.org.uk/publications/IndiaNewGlobalLeader
Blank, Stephen. “The Geostrategic Implications of the Indo‐American Strategic Partnership,” India Review
6.1 (2007), http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/14736480601172667
Cohen, Stephen India. Emerging Power, Oxford UP, 2003;
De Lamballe, Alain,L’eau en Asie du Sud : confrontation ou coopération ?, L'Harmattan, 2009.
Dessai, Radhika. "Dreaming in technicolour ? India as a BRIC economy", International journal [Texte
imprimé] / Canadian institute of international affairs, 2007, vol. LXII, no 4, p. 781-804.
Ganguly, Sumit (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect (Oxford University Press New Delhi,
2009).
Ganguly, Sumit, India as an emerging power, London: Frank Cass, 2003.
Guruswamy Mohan & Zorawar Daulet Singh, eds., Chasing the Dragon: Will India Catch up with China?, New
Delhi: Pearson, 2009.
Haglund, David G. ; Jockel, Joseph T., "India emerging : strength and challenge" International journal [Texte
imprimé] / Canadian institute of international affairs, 2007, vol. LXII, no 4, p. 731-861.
Hall, Peter G.; Poloz, Stephen S., "When will India reach its full potential?" International journal [Texte
imprimé] / Canadian institute of international affairs, 2007, vol. LXII, no 4, p. 771-779.
Jaffrelot, Christophe dir.,New Delhi et le monde, Autrement ? 2008 ou 2009
Jaffrelot, Christophe, dir., l'enjeu mondial; les pays émergents; Les presses de Sciences po & L'Express, 2009.
Kavalski, Emilian, India and Central Asia, The Mythmaking and International Relations of a Rising Power, IB
Taurus, 2009.
Khilnani, Sunil, The Idea of India (London: Penguin, 2003, third edition)
Menon, S S, “The Challenges Ahead for India’s Foreign Policy” Speech by Foreign Secretary, Shri
Shivshankar Menon at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 10 April 2007,
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/newsletters/SAP/pdf/april07/challenges_india.pdf.
Mitra, Subrata Kumarn "Emerging Major Powers and the International System: Significance of the Indian
View", South Asia Institute, Department of Political Science Working Paper No. 9, October 2002.
http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/frontdoor.php?source_opus=4118&la=en
Mohan, C Raja, “Balancing Interests and Values: India’s Struggle with Democracy Promotion,” The
Washington Quarterly, Summer 2007, 30:3 pp. 99–115.,
http://www.twq.com/07summer/docs/07summer_mohan.pdf.
Mohan, C Raja, “India and the Balance of Power” Foreign Affairs, 2006
Mohan, Raja, Crossing the Rubicon, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003.
Norton, James K. Global Studies: India and South Asia. Guilford, CT: Duskin Publications Group, 8th Edn,
2007.
Panandikar, V.A. Pai and Ashis Nandy (eds), Contemporary India (New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill, 1999)
Paul, T. V., "The US-India nuclear accord : implications for the nonproliferation regime", International journal
[Texte imprimé] / Canadian institute of international affairs, 2007, vol. LXII, no 4, p. 845-861.
Racine, Jean-Luc, Les relations indo-pakistanaises entre Realpolitik et nouvel ordre mondial, Politique
Étrangère 2006/2 (2006), pp 297-307
Sasikumar, Karthika. India's emergence as a "responsible" nuclear power. International journal [Texte
imprimé] / Canadian institute of international affairs, 2007, vol. LXII, no 4, p. 825-844.
7Scott, David. “India's “Extended Neighborhood” Concept: Power Projection for a Rising Power,” India
Review 8.2 (2009), http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/14736480902901038
Talbott, Strobe, Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb (Washington: Brookings Institution,
2004).
Wagner, Christian, Die verhinderte Grossmacht? Die Außenpolitik der Indischen union 1947-1998, Nomos,
Baden-Baden, 2005.
3. China
Aguetta, Michel et Landry, Yves, La Chine vers la superpuissance, Economica, 2007.
Bergère Marie-Claire, Capitalismes et capitalistes en Chine. Des origines à nos jours, Perrin, 2007
Cabestan J.P. : La politique étrangère chinoise : une Chine sans ennemi n’est pas forcément une Chine
rassurante, in Hérodote n° 125, « Chine, nouveaux enjeux géopolitiques », 2007.
Cabestan, Jean-Pierre, La politique internationale de la Chine : entre intégration et volonté de puissance,
Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2010.
Fishman Ted, La Chine première entreprise mondiale, Paris Vuilbert, 2005.
Foot, Rosemary and Andrew Walter, China, the United States and Global Order. Cambridge University Press,
2010.
Halper, Stefan, The Beijing Consensus; How China's Authoritarian Model with Dominate the Twenty-First
Century, Basic Books, 2012.
Joyaux, François, La tentation impériale. Politique extérieure de la Chine depuis 1949, Paris, Imprimerie
Nationale, 1994
Kurlantzick, Joshua, Charm offensive: how China’s soft power is transforming the World, Yale University
Press, 2007
Lafargue F.: Demain, la guerre du feu: USA et Chine à la conquête de l’énergie, Ellipses, Paris, 2006.
ICG, Stirring up the South China Sea (I), avril 2012: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/north-east-
asia/china/223-stirring-up-the-south-china-sea-i.aspx
Jacques, Martin, When China rules the world: the end of the Western world and the birth of a new global
order, New York: Penguin Press, 2009.
Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, eds, China and the Strategic Dynamics in East Asia:the Shaping of a New
Regional Order, Lexington Books, 2011..
Medeiros, Evan S, China's International Behavior: Activism, Opportunism, and Diversification (Santa Monica:
Rand Corporation, 2009).
Suzuki, Shogo, Civilization and empire: China and Japan's encounter with European international society,
Routledge, 2009
Xuetong, Yang, Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power, Princeton University Press: 2011.
Zhibin Gu, George, .China and the New World Order, Fultus Corporation, 2006.
4. Brazil
Bethell, Leslie (2010). Brazil and Latin America, in: Journal of Latin American Studies, 42(3): 458-485.Cervo,
Amado Luiz, Formação dos conceitos brasileiros, São Paulo, 2008
de Almeida, Paulo Roberto, Diaz Miguel, Brazil's Candidacy for Major Power Status, Working paper, The
Stanley Foundation, novembre 2008, Disponible sur
http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/powersandprinciples/BrazilCandidacyMPStatus.PDF de Lima, Maria
Regina Soares and Monica Hirst. “Brazil as an intermediate state and regional power: action, choice and
responsibilities” International Affairs, Volume 82, Number 1, January 2006, pp. 21-40.
Hirst, Monica, The United States and Brazil, New York: Routledge, 2005
Hurrell, Andrew, “Lula’s Brazil: A rising Power, but going where?” Current History, (February 2008): 51-57.
Lessa, Antonio Carlos & Denis Rolland, Relations internationales du Brésil, les chemins de la puissance,
L’Harmattan, 2 vols, 2010.
Lima, Maria Regina Soares de and Mônica Hirst, “Brazil as an intermediate state and regional power”,
International affairs, vol. 82, 1 (2006), pp. 21-40
8Pecequilo Cristina Soreanu, « A política externa do Brasil no século XXI: os eixos combinados de cooperação
horizontal e vertical », Revista brasileira de política internacional, vol.51, n.2, 2008, pp. 136-156. Disponible
sur http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292008000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso
(consulté le 21/01/2010)
Rouquie, Alain, Le Brésil au XXIe siècle, Paris, Fayard, 2006
5. South Africa
Alden Alden and Mills Soko, "South Africa's economic relations with Africa: hegemony and its discontents",
The Journal of Modern African Studies (2005), 43:3:367-392
Carlsnaes, Walter and Philip Nel (eds) In Full Flight: South African Foreign Policy After Apartheid, 2006,
Midrand: Institute for Global Dialogue.
Flemes, Daniel (2009) India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) in the New Global Order: Interests, Strategies and
Values of the Emerging Coalition, in: International Studies, 46 (4): 401-421.
6. Other emerging (or would be) powers
“Indonesia: Everybody’s friend” The Economist, September 10, 2009.
“Turkish foreign policy: Dreams from their fathers” The Economist, July 23, 2009.
Bach, Daniel, Nigeria’s ‘manifest destiny’ in West Africa: dominance without influence”,Afrika spectrum,
2(2007).
Kaplan, Robert, “The Bear has still teeth”, The Atlantic, 28 September 2009,
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909u/missile-defense-russia.
Trenin, Dimitri, “Russia Reborn. Reimagining Moscow’s Foreign Policy” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 88, No 6
(November/December 2009): 64-78.
7. Africa as a pioneering front and a mirror
Alden, Chris, China in Africa, Zed Books, 2007.
Alden, Chris,et al., eds., China returns to Africa; A rising power and a Continent embrace, Hurst & Co., 2008.
Ampiah, Kweku & Sanusha Naidu, eds., Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? China and Africa: Engaging the
World's Next Superpower, University of Kwazulu Natal Press, 2008.
Bach, Daniel & Gazibo Mamoudou, eds., Neopatrimonialism in Africa and Beyond, Routledge, 2011.
Beri, Ruchita and Uttam Kumar Sinha, eds., Africa and Energy Security, New Delhi, Academic Foundation,
2009.
Kitissou, Marcel, Africa in China's global Strategy, Adonis, 2007.
Le Pere, Garth, China in Africa; Mercantilist, predator or partner in Development? Institute for Global
Dialogue & SIIA, 2007.
Michel, Serge et Michel Beuret, La Chinafrique, Pékin à la conquête du continent noir, Grasset, 2008.
Straus, Julia and Martha Saavedra, eds., China and Africa: Emerging Patterns in Globalization and
Development, China Quarterly Special issue, new series no 9, Cambridge 2009.
Seibert, Gerhard, Brasilien in Afrika: Globaler Geltungsanspruch und Rohstoffe, Giga Focus, Nr 9, 2009
Taylor, China in Africa: Engagement and Compromise, Routledge, 2006.
Taylor, Ian, China's new role in Africa, Lynne Rienner, 2009. Taylor, Ian, The International Relations of Sub-
Saharan Africa, New York, NY: Continuum Publishers, 2010.
8. Web sites
European institutions and think-tanks
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) : http://www.giga-hamburg.de/
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) : http://www.swp-berlin.org/
Clingendael Institute: http://www.clingendael.nl/
Institut français des relations internationales e (IFRI) : http://www.ifri.org/
Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) : http://www.iris-france.org/
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) : http://www.iiss.org/
9Royal Institute of International Affars (Chatham House): http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/
India
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS): http://www.ipcs.org/
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA): http://www.idsa.in/
Observer Research Foundation (ORF): http://www.observerindia.com/
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) : http://www.teriin.org/
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE): http://www.cseindia.org/
China
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies: http://www.siis.org.cn/en/default.aspx
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR):
http://www.cicir.ac.cn/tbscms/html/byjj_en.asp
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) : http://www.ciis.org.cn/en/index.asp
US think-tanks
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): http://csis.org/
The Brookings Institution: http://www.brookings.edu/
RAND Corporation: http://www.rand.org/
Brazil
Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão : http://www.funag.gov.br/
Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais: http://www.cebri.com.br/
Indian Newspapers and Magazines
The Hindu http://hindu.com/
The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
The Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/
The Tribune http://www.tribuneindia.com/
Hinudstan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/HomePage/HomePage.aspx
India Today http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/
Outlook http://www.outlookindia.com/
Frontline http://www.frontlineonnet.com/
Chinese Newspapers and Magazines
Beijing Review http://www.bjreview.com.cn/
People's Daily http://french.peopledaily.com.cn/
China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
Global Times http://www.globaltimes.cn/
South China Morning Post http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/
PLA Daily http://english.chinamil.com.cn/
Communist Party of China (CPC) http://english.cpc.people.com.cn/
Brazilian Newspapers and Magazines
Folha de São Paulo http://www.folha.uol.com.br/
Estado de São Paulo http://www.estadao.com.br/
Veja http://veja.abril.com.br/
10IR3. HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIETIES IN WORLD
HISTORY
Professor: Dario Battistella, d.battistella@sciencespobordeaux.fr
18 hours, 4 credits ECTS
Available on Moodle: no
The course is a historical overview of the evolution of international politics from its early beginnings to the
contemporary post-Cold War world.
Its purpose is twofold. First and foremost to recall the major stages of this evolution with the view of
enabling students to have an in-depth knowledge of long-term trends and processes at the roots of current
historical features.
Second objective: to serve either as a complementary or as a preliminary class to a course on IR theories.
Social sciences being plural fields composed by competing paradigms, the analysis proposed is necessarily a
personal – although not an arbitrary – one. As such, it is open to discussion and criticism.
The exam will take the form of a short oral examination.
Syllabus
1. Introduction. How to Approach World History?
Part I. The Evolution of the International System
2. 1492-1648: From the Middle Ages to a Global International System
3. 1648-1815: The Anglo-French Struggle for Mastery in Europe
4. 1815-1945: The Rise and Decline of Pax Britannica
5. 1945-1989/91: The Soviet-American Struggle for Mastery in the World
6. 1989/91- …: The Triumph of Pax Americana
Part II. The Development of the International Society
7. 1492-1648: Christianity vs. Heathen Barbarians
8. 1648-1815: European Commonwealth vs. Savage Tribes
9. 1815-1945: Civilization vs. Non-Civilized Entities
10. 1945-1989/91: Western World vs. Eastern Totalitarianism
11. 1989/91- ...: International Community vs. Rogue Regimes
12. Conclusion. What Does World History Tell Us?
Selective Bibliography
Aron (Raymond), Paix et guerre entre les nations (1962), Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 8e édition, 2004.
Bain (William), Between Anarchy and Society. Trusteeship and the Obligations of Power, Oxford: Oxford UP,
2003.
Barnett (Michael), Empire of Humanity. A History of Humanitarianism, Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2011.
Battistella (Dario), The Return of the State of War. A Theoretical Analysis of Operation 'Iraqi Freedom',
Colchester: ECPR Press, 2008.
Battistella (Dario), Un monde unidimensionnel, Paris: Sciences Po les Presses, 2011.
Battistella (Dario), Paix et guerres au 21e siècle, Auxerre: Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2011.
Bowden (Brett), The Empire of Civilization. The Evolution of an Imperial Idea, Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 2009.
Brooks (Stephen) & Wohlforth (William), World Out of Balance. International Relations and the Challenge of
11American Primacy, Princeton: Princeton UP, 2008.
Bull (Hedley), The Anarchical Society. A Study of Order in World Politics (1977), Basingstoke: Palgrave
MacMillan, 3rd edition, 2002.
Bull (Hedley) & Watson (Adam) (eds), The Expansion of International Society, Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1984.
Burbank (Jane) & Cooper (Frederick), Empires in World History. Power and the Politics of Difference,
Princeton: Princeton UP, 2010.
Buzan (Barry) & Little (Richard), International Systems in World History. Remaking the Study of International
Relations, Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004.
Byers (Michael) & Nolte (Georg) (eds), US Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law, Cambridge:
Cambridge UP, 2003.
Carr (Edward), The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939. An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
(1945, 2nd edition), Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan, 2001.
Chandler (David), Empire in Denial. The Politics of State-Building, London: Pluto Press, 2006.
Clark (Ian), The Hierarchy of States. Reform and Resistance in the International Order, Cambridge:
Cambridge UP, 1989.
Clark (Ian), Legitimacy in International Society, Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005.
Corten (Olivier), Le droit contre la guerre. L'interdiction du recours à la force en droit international
contemporain, Paris: Pedone, 2008.
Dehio (Ludwig), Gleichgewicht oder Hegemonie. Betrachtungen über ein Grundproblem der neueren
Staatengeschichte (1948), Stuttgart: Manesse, 2002.
Deutsch (Karl) et al., Political Community and the North Atlantic Area, Princeton: Princeton UP, 1957.
Droit (Roger-Pol), Généalogie des barbares, Paris: O. Jacob, 2007.
Gaddis (John L.), We Now Know. Rethinking Cold War History, Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997.
Gilpin (Robert), War and Change in World Politics, Princeton: Princeton UP, 1981.
Gong (Gerrit), The Standard of ‘Civilization’ in International Society, Oxford: Oxford UP, 1984.
Grewe (Wilhelm), Epochen der Völkerrechtsgeschichte, Baden Baden: Nomos, 1984.
Gulick (Edward), Europe's Classical Balance of Power, New York: Norton, 1955.
Haine (Jean-Yves), Les Etats-Unis ont-ils besoin d’alliés ?, Paris: Plon, 2004.
Hanson (Victor D.), Carnage and Culture. Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power, London:
Doubleday, 2001.
Ikenberry (John), After Victory. Institutions, Strategic Restraint and the Rebuilding of Order After Major
Wars, Princeton: Princeton UP, 2001.
Ikenberry (John), Mastanduno (Michael) & Wohlforth (William) (eds), International Relations Theory and
the Consequences of Unipolarity, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2011.
Kaufman (Stuart), Little (Richard), & Wohlforth (William) (eds), The Balance of Power in World History,
Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2007.
Keal (Paul), European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Moral Backwardness of
International Society, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.
Keene (Edward), Beyond the Anarchical Society. Grotius, Colonialism and Order in World Politics, Cambridge:
Cambridge UP, 2002.
Kennedy (Paul), The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Economic and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000,
London: Harper-Collins, 1988.
Kissinger (Henry), A World Restored. Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace 1812-1822, Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1957.
Kissinger (Henry), Diplomacy (1994), New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Little (Richard), The Balance of Power in International Relations. Metaphors, Myths and Models, Cambridge:
Cambrdige UP, 2007.
Mearsheimer (John), The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York: Norton, 2001.
Morgenthau, Hans, Politics among Nations. The Struggle for Power and Peace (1948), New York: MacGraw-
Hill, Brief edition, 1993.
Münkler (Herfried), Imperien, Berlin: Rowohlt, 2005.
12Organski (Kenneth), World Politics, New York: Knopf, 1958.
Pagden (Anthony), European Encounters with the New World, New Haven: Yale UP, 1993.
Pagden (Anthony), Worlds at War. The 2,500-Year Struggle between East & West, Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008.
Paul (T.V.), Wirtz (James), & Fortmann (Michel) (eds), Balance of Power. Theory and Practice in the 21st
Century, Stanford: Stanford UP, 2004.
Said (Edward), Orientalism (1978), London: Penguin, 2003.
Salter (Mark), Barbarians and Civilization in International Relations, London: Pluto Press, 2002.
Schmitt (Carl), Der Nomos der Erde im Völkerrecht des Jus Publicum Europaeum (1950), Berlin: Duncker &
Humblot, 1997.
Schroeder (Paul), The Transformation of European Politics. 1763-1848, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994.
Simpson (Gerry), Great Powers and Outlaw States. Unequal Sovereigns in the International Legal Order,
Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004.
Soutou (Georges-Henri), La guerre de cinquante ans. Les relations Est-Ouest 1943-1990, Paris: Fayard, 2001.
Tammen (Ronald) et al., Power Transitions. Strategies for the 21st Century, New York: Chatham House, 2000.
Taylor (A.J.P.), The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954.
Vilmer (Jean-Baptiste), La guerre au nom de l'humanité. Tuer ou laisser mourir, Paris: PUF, 2012.
Walt (Stephen), The Origins of Alliances, Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1987.
Waltz (Kenneth), Theory of International Politics, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.
Waltz (Kenneth), Realism and International Politics, London: Routledge, 2008.
Watson (Adam), The Evolution of International Society, London: Routledge, 1992.
Wendt (Alexander), Social Theory of International Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999.
Wight (Martin), International Theory. The Three Traditions, Leicester: Leicester UP, 1991.
IR4. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORIES: AN INTRODUCTION
Professor: Dario Battistella, d.battistella@sciencespobordeaux.fr
18 hours, 4 credits ECTS
Available on Moodle: no
The course is an introduction to international relations theories, consisting in a historical presentation of the
evolution of the discipline and the various debates among its major approaches. At the end of the semester,
each student should be familiar with the main theories and concepts used in the discipline, their strengths
and limitations. Theoretical knowledge is not an end in itself: it provides rigorous frameworks likely to
contribute to a better, that is, critical understanding of current trends and events in world politics.
The basic bibliographical reference is my – French – handbook 'Théories des relations internationales',
Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 4e édition, 2012. See below for further references.
The final exam will consist in a short oral examination.
Syllabus
Part One: Defining International Relations
1. The Meaning of International Relations and the Significance of Theory
2. International Theory in the History of Political Thought
3. The Discipline of International Relations
Part Two: Major Theoretical Approaches
4. Classical and Neo-Classical Realism
5. Neo-Realism
6. State-Centric Liberalism: From Idealism to the English School
7. Non-State Centric Liberalism: New Liberalism and Transnationalism
138. (Neo-)Marxism
9. Post-Positivist Approaches
10. Social Constructivism
Part Three: Assessing International Relations
11. The Usefulness of International Relations
12. What Have We Learned?
Selected Bibliography
Students are encouraged to have a closer look at one, or two, handbooks, dictionaries, and readers, in order
to complement the class notes with presentations of theories and concepts by other scholars.
Handbooks
In English:
Baylis (John), Smith (Steve), & Owens (Patricia), (eds), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to
International Relations, Oxford, Oxford UP, 5th ed., 2010.
Burchill (Scott) et al., Theories of International Relations, Basingstoke, Palgrave, 5th ed., 2013.
Carlsnaes (Walter), Risse (Thomas) & Simmons (Beth), (eds), The Sage Handbook of International Relations,
London, Sage, 2nd ed., 2012.
Dunne (Tim), Kurki (Milja), & Smith (Steve) (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity,
Oxford, Oxford UP, 2nd ed., 2010.
Reus-Smit (Chris) & Snidal (Duncan), (eds), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford, Oxford
UP, 2008.
In French:
Battistella (Dario), Théories des relations internationales, Paris, Sciences Po les Presses, 4th ed., 2012.
McLeod (Alex) & O’Meara (Dan), (eds), Théories des relations internationales. Contestations et résistances,
Outremont, Athéna, 2nd ed., 2010.
Dictionaries
In English:
Evans (Graham) & Newnham (Jeffrey), The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations, London, Penguin,
1998.
Griffiths (Martin) et al., International Relations: Key Concepts, London, Routledge, 2nd ed., 2008.
Griffiths (Martin) et al., Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations, London, Routledge, 2nd ed., 2008.
In French:
Battistella (Dario), Petitivelle (Franck), Smouts (Marie-Claude) & Vennesson (Pascal), Dictionnaire des
relations internationales. Approches, Concepts, Doctrines, Paris, Dalloz, 3rd ed., 2012.
MacLeod (Alex) et al., Relations internationales. Théories et concepts, Outremont, Athéna, 3rd ed., 2008.
Readers
Der Derian (James) (ed.), International Theory: Critical Investigations, London, MacMillan, 1995.
Linklater (Andrew) (ed.), International Relations: Critical Concepts in Political Science. London, Routledge,
2000.
Little (Richard) & Smith (Micheal) (eds), Perspectives on World Politics: A Reader, London, Routledge, 3rd ed.,
2004.
Chan (Stephen) & Moore (Cerwyn) (eds), Theories of International Relations, London, Sage, 2006.
Mingst (Karen) & Snyder (Jack) (eds), Essential Readings in World Politics, New York, Norton, 4th ed., 2010.
14IR5. PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Professor: Dario Battistella, d.battistella@sciencespobordeaux.fr
18 hours, 4 credits ECTS
Available on Moodle: no
In everyday language, 'problems' are questions to be considered, solved, or answered. In science,
'problems' are 'puzzles', identified by Thomas Kuhn as problems likely to receive solutions within existing
paradigms. If we combine these two definitions, “Problems in International Relations” can be defined as
questions to be considered, solved, or answered thanks to theories, concepts, and methods used in the
discipline of International Relations.
The aim of this course is to tackle some contemporary international problems by having a look at them
through the scientific lenses provided by IR. Given the potentially huge domain of international issues at
stake, the topics concerned will focus on international security, rather than international political economy.
The exam will consist in a short oral examination.
Syllabus
I. Systems and Structures
1. The End of the Cold War: Conceptual Surprise or Logical Outcome?
1A: M. Gorbachev, “Europe as a Common Home”, Address given to the Council of Europe,
Strasbourg, July 6th, 1989.
1B: R.N. Lebow & T. Risse-Kappen, “Introduction”, in R. N. Lebow & T. Risse-Kappen (eds),
International Relations and the End of the Cold War, New York, Columbia UP, p. 1- 21.
1C: H. Nau, “Ideas Have Consequences: The Cold War and Today”, International Politics, 48
(4/5), 2011, p. 460-481.
2. The Contemporary Interstate System: Multipolar, Unipolar, Nonpolar?
2A: K. Waltz, “The Emerging Structure of International Politics”, International Security, 18 (2), 1993,
p. 44-79.
2B: J. Ikenberry et al., “Unipolarity, State Behavior, and Systemic Consequences”, World
Politics, 61 (1), 2009, p. 1-27.
2C: R. Haass, “The Age of Non-Polarity: What Will Follow U.S. Dominance”, Foreign Affairs, 87
(3), 2008, p. 44-56.
3. The Contemporary International Society: Pluralist or Solidarist?
3A: K. Annan, “Two Concepts of Sovereignty”, The Economist, September 16th, 1999.
3B: R. Paris, “International Peacebuilding and the 'Mission Civilisatrice'”, Review of
International Studies, 28 (4), 2002, p. 637-656.
3C: C. Reus-Smit, “Liberal Hierarchy and the Licence to Use Force”, Review of International
Studies, 31 (1), 2005, p. 71-92.
II. Institutions and Organizations
4. The United Nations: From A Peace-Prone to A War-Prone Institution?
4A: UN Charter.
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