Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences International Peace and Co-existence Program
Lecture Code WMG01501 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name International Politics II
Subject Name
(Katakana)
 
Subject Name in
English
International Politics II
Instructor YOSHIDA OSAMU
Instructor
(Katakana)
ヨシダ オサム
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Thur1-4:IDEC 201
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture, presentation and discussion 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction E : English
Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 24 : Social Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 02 : Political Science
Eligible Students All graduate students
Keywords Post-WWII World, Asia, Democracy, Economic Order and SDG_10, 16 and 17 
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
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Class Objectives
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     Attention will be given to the political orders in East as well as South Asias which will be compared by focusing on several issue fields.  Problems of democracy in developing countries are also analyzed.  Each participant is expected to give presentations about the reference materials relating to the subject once or twice in a whole period of the lecture.  Part of the second half of the day will be for the presentation and discussions thereafter by participants.
     Through these lectures, presentations and discussions the capacity to analyze the trend of the world politics and the direction of the politics of developing regions in it are aimed at. 
Class Schedule Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Theories of World Political Order (1) Realism
Week 3: Theories of World Political Order (2) Interdependence
Week 4: Theories of World Political Order (3) World or Global System
Week 5: International Relations in East Asian World (1)
Week 6: International Relations in East Asian World (2)
Week 7: International Relations in Southeast Asia (1)
Week 8: International Relations in Southeast Asia (2)
Week 9: International Relations in South Asian World (1)
Week 10: International Relations in South Asian World (2)
Week 11: International Politics and Center-Subregion (1)
Week 12: International Politics and Center-Subregion (2)
Week 13: International Politics and Autonomous Government (1)
Week 14: International Politics and Autonomous Government (2)
Week 15: Wrapping up

Each participant is expected to give presentations about the reference materials relating to the subject once or twice in a whole period of the lecture. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Bacevich, Andrew J., American Empire: The Realities and Consequences, Harvard University Press, 2002.
Fawcett, Louise and Andrew Hurrell(eds.), Regionalism in World Politics: Regional Organization and International Order, OUP, 1995.
Frieden, Jeffry A., Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century, W. W. Norton, 2007.
Gaddis, John Lewis, We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History, OUP, 1997.
Hippler, Jochen(ed.), The Democratisation of Disempowerment: The Problem of Democracy in the Third World, London. 1995.
Neher, Clark D. and Ross Marlay, Democracy and Development in Southeast Asia: The Winds of Change, Westview Press, 1995.
Rupesinghe, Kumar and Khawar Mumtaz(eds.), Internal Conflict in South Asia, PRIO,1996.
Woods, Ngaire(ed.), Explaining International Relations since 1945, OUP, 1996.

     A Handout summarizing each day's lecture will be provided.
 
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(More Details) Hand-outs will be shared by using moodle. 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Students are expected to learn more from the materials referred to in each lesson. 
Requirements Students must register themselves for 'International Politics I,' too, in the same academic year in order to take this course.  English will be used as the main medium and Japanese will be for supplementary purpose only. 
Grading Method Evaluation will be made mainly on each participant's performance on his/her presentation and on his/her participation in the discussions. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
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