Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
International Relations and Political Science Analysis - Approaches and Current Issues
Course Code
DN_200
Branch of Science
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ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Political Science
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova
Structure Unit Manager
Dace Bandere
Structural Unit
Department of Doctoral Studies
Contacts
Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, dn@rsu.lv, +371 67409120
About Study Course
Objective
To provide an insight into the latest research approaches by ensuring the academic connection of doctoral students with the sub-branch of political science, as well as to contribute to the doctoral students' understanding of current issues in accordance with the individual topics of the doctoral thesis.
Preliminary Knowledge
Successfully passed requirements of the "Social Sciences" Doctoral Study program study semesters 1 through 3.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Doctoral students will be able to analyze the development trends of political science theories in depth, as well as analyse and evaluate topical issues in Latvian and international politics by applying contemporary research methods.
Skills
1.The doctoral student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to the analysis of Latvian and international politics, incl. when writing a doctoral thesis, thus contributing to the widening of the knowledge frontier. The doctoral student will be able to communicate the results of research both orally and in writing, adapting the information to different audiences.
Competences
1.Independently search, select, analyze, evaluate, pass on information related to political theories and processes in the course of research and teaching, as well as to lead scientific projects.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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To conduct in-depth study of approaches to the analysis of international relations and political science; to familiarise oneself with the mandatory reading materials; to expand the text of the dissertation based on the information obtained during the study course. The student's contribution to the improvement of the study process is the provision of meaningful feedback on the study course by filling out its evaluation questionnaire.
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Examination
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Remote final examination - during the last seminar, students are offered 3 essay topics based on the material presented during the course. The student chooses one of the topics and submits an essay of 3 pages in the e-study environment within 24 hours. The essay must demonstrate knowledge as well as personal analysis of the topics discussed during the course.
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Attendance and active participation in lectures and seminars 10%; seminar presentation 40%; passing the written final examination 50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Research Framework: ontology, epistemology, methodology
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Presentations of doctoral students on the value aspects of the dissertation. (Doctoral students who write in critical theories present on the active research position and its ethical implications).
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Presentations of the doctoral students on the ontological, epistemological, methodological framework and the affiliation to the sub-branch
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Presentations of doctoral students on the intellectual roots of the doctoral thesis theoretical framework
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Guest lecture
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Funding for international relations and political science research -- consortia formation and project applications
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The founding concepts of politics and international relations (current, methodological, theoretical issues)
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Presentations of doctoral students on the ontological, epistemological, methodological framework of the dissertation and the affiliation to the sub-branch
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Levels of analysis of international relations: international system, country and individual
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The intellectual history of political thought and its connection to current research
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Seminar, discussion
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Affiliation to the sub-branch. Analysis in International Relations and Political Science -- commonalities and differences
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Discussion of the guest lecture, as well as the readings provided by the guest speaker.
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Presentations of doctoral students on the levels of analysis and central concepts of the dissertation theoretical framework
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Presentation of the research plan, conclusions
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Doktorantu disertācijas gaitā individuāli izmantojamā apakšnozarei atbilstošā literatūra
2.
Dunne, T., Kurki, M., Smith, S. (ed.). (2016). International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity. 4th edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
Additional Reading
1.
Tukidīda darbi jebkurā pieejamā valodā, piem.: Thucydides. (2013). Third year of the war, 429–28 [II 71–103]. In: J. Mynott (Ed.), Thucydides: The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, pp. 135-161). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Ebook Central Academic Complete; EBSCOhost Ebook Academic Collection)
2.
Freyberg-Inan, A. (2021). Critical Theories and Change in International Relations. In: The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations. Edited by T. V. Paul, Deborah Welch Larson, Harold A. Trinkunas, et..al.
3.
Parekh, B. (2003). Non-Western political thought. In: T. Ball & R. Bellamy (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought (The Cambridge History of Political Thought, pp. 551-578). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4.
Browning, G. (2016). A History of Modern Political Thought: The Question of Interpretation. Oxford University Press.