Class Introduction to International Relations

- Deepen students' understanding of international relations, leading them to question prejudices about international phenomena.

- Deepen students' understanding of the main theoretical debates in international relations, the context of their development, their main concerns and how these relate to the empirical dimension, both historical and contemporary, of international relations.

- Deepen students' understanding of how international relations theories constitute a set of perspectives/tools at their disposal, which are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and which are fundamental for a critical and sustained analysis of international phenomena.

- Encourage research based on themes and cases within the framework of international relations.

- Promote reasoned debate and thematic discussion with a critical sense.

1. Introduction
1.1 Nature, object and methodology of the discipline
1.2. Basic bibliography presentation
2. Globalization and Democracy
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The Theories of Globalization
2.3. The Globalization of the Political World
2.4. What is Democracy?
2.5. The Democratization of Globalization
3. The Actors of International Relations
3.1. The main actors - the States
3.2. Derived actors - International Organizations
3.3. The supporting actors
3.3.1. The Global Public Opinion
3.3.2. The Multinationals
3.3.3. the Holy See
3.3.4. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
3.3.5. the minorities
3.3.6. The National Liberation Movements
3.3.7. The Individuals
3.4. Unrecognized actors and terrorist movements
4. Power in International Relations
5. Introduction to International Relations Theories

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  YOUNG, J. e KENT, J. (2004) International relations since 1945. Oxford: OUP.
  HEYWOOD, A. (2011) Global Politics. Londres: Palgrave.
  KRASNER, S. D. (1999) Sovereignty. Organized Hypocrisy. New York: Princeton Uni.Press.
  NYE, JR., J. S. (2004) Soft Power. Nova Iorque: Public Affairs.
  STRANGE, S. (1996) The retreat of the state. Cambridge: CUP.
  Willetts, P. (2001) “Transnational Actors and International Organizations in Global Politics” in J. Baylis e S. Smith (eds) The Globalisation of World Politics. Oxford: OUP.
  SATO, E. (2003) “Conflito e cooperação nas relações internacionais: as organizações internacionais no século XXI” RBPI 46(2): 161-176.
  BULL, H. ([1977]2002) The Anarchical Society. Londres: Palgrave
  DA SILVA, J.V. (2003) “A Verdadeira Paz: desafio do Estado democrático”, São Paulo em Perspectiva, 16(2):36-43.
  ZAKARIA, F. (2008) “The Rise of the Rest”, Newsweek.