WMJ31701 British and American Society (International Relations)

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Lecture Code WMJ31701 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 英米社会論（国際関係）

Subject Name
（Katakana）エイベイシャカイロン(コクサイカンケイ)

Subject Name in
English British and American Society (International Relations)

Instructor NISHI KAYO

Instructor
(Katakana) ニシ　カヨ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  Intensive

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lecture and Discussion

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 02 : Political Science

Eligible Students

Keywords SDG_10、poverty, environmental issues, neoliberalism, structural violence

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Globalization has brought about such serious issues as deepening gaps between the rich and the poor and irreversible environmental destruction.  In terms of Peace Studies, they are representing violence “built into the structure” of modern world.  Throughout the course, students will learn the modern world systems and issues brought about by more recent globalization based on neoliberalism.  Towards the end of the course, they will discuss and make a presentation on sustainable interaction between human and environment.

Class Schedule 1. History of Modern Society 1〔modern state, industrial revolution〕
2. History of Modern Society 2〔the Second World War,the Four Freedoms, the United Nations〕
3. Peace and Developmentalism 1〔modernization of the Third World〕
4. Peace and Developmentalism 2〔Bretton Woods system〕
5. Development of the South 〔neoliberalism, Washington Consensus, sustainable development〕
6. Structural Violence ---Case 1:Bangladesh---〔Structural Adjustment Program〕、Video【BS世界のドキュメンタリー『シリーズ・グローバル化の影でー労働現場からの告発　バングラデシュー』 (Borgen Production/Heinemann Media, 2008)】
7. Structural Violence ---Case　2:agriculture〔WTO, food shortages〕、Video【BS世界のドキュメンタリー『誰が食糧危機を引き起こすのか～途上国の怒り～』 (Article Z, 2009年)】
8. Structural Violence ---Case 3:Nuclear Development---〔National Security, United Nations Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, Operation Crossroads, Radioactive contamination〕
9. Video【NHKスペシャル『シリーズ原子力（４）地球核汚染・被爆国日本の視点』（1995）】〔Marshall Islands〕
10. Structural Violence ---Case 4:Nuclear Power---〔内部被ばく問題〕
11. Video【ETV特集『原発事故への道程　前編　置き去りにされた慎重論』（2011）】〔History of Nuclear Power Introduction to Japan, myth of nuclear power safety〕
12.Video【ETV特集『アメリカから見た福島原発事故』】〔2011 Accident of Fukushima Dai-ichi Atomic Power Plant〕
13. Group Discussion on neoliberal developmentalism and sustainable relationship between men and environment.
14. Group Presentation
15. Final Report

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Galtung, Johan. “Violence, Peace, and Peace Research,” Journal of Peace Research, Vol.6, No. 3 (Sage Publications, 1969), pp. 167-191.
郭洋春 eds.『環境平和学―サブシステンスの危機にどう立ち向かうか－』（法律文化社, 2005）

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) DVD, bring your PC to the class

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review 1. Understand modernity of scientific technologies.
2. Learn history of aids to developing countries after the Second World War.
3. Compare and learn the differences between the notion of “peace” in traditional international politics and that in peace studies.
4. Learn the notion of structural violence advocated by Johan Galtung.
5. Understand neoliberalism which constitutes today’s economic paradigm as well as learn the international discussion on sustainable development.
6. Drawing on the case of Bangladesh, learn neoliberal ways of modernization and analyze their negative impacts on the developing countries. Watch a TV program on Bangladesh.
7. Consider how neoliberal trade policies of WTO have caused food shortage issues in developing countries.
8. Consider the modernity of nuclear technology.
9. Watch a TV program on the Operation Crossroads carried out by the United States government in 1946 and consider structural violence in developing nuclear weapons.
10. Consider the modernity of nuclear power technology.
11. Learn the historical process of constructing the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant and looks into the ways in which “safety myth” of nuclear power technology was left behind among politicians and engineers in Japan.
12. Watch a TV program which documents that despite some of the American engineers in charge of the construction of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant in the mid-1960s have questioned the power plant’s “safety,” their argument was ignored.
13. Drawing on the cases taken up so far, students discuss problems of neoliberal way of development and how men should interact with environment.
14. Make presentations.
15. Submit the final report.

Requirements Read the materials attached to the syllabus

Grading Method Class Participation 10%, Group Discussion 30%, Final Report 60%

Practical Experience Experienced

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it Having been an aid officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and United Nations Development Program, the lecturer would discuss sustainability issues in modern society.

Message Bring your PC

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
Lecture Code	WMJ31701	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	英米社会論（国際関係）
Subject Name （Katakana）	エイベイシャカイロン(コクサイカンケイ)
Subject Name in English	British and American Society (International Relations)
Instructor	NISHI KAYO
Instructor (Katakana)	ニシ　カヨ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Int) Inte
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture and Discussion
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	02 : Political Science
Eligible Students
Keywords	SDG_10、poverty, environmental issues, neoliberalism, structural violence
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Globalization has brought about such serious issues as deepening gaps between the rich and the poor and irreversible environmental destruction. In terms of Peace Studies, they are representing violence “built into the structure” of modern world. Throughout the course, students will learn the modern world systems and issues brought about by more recent globalization based on neoliberalism. Towards the end of the course, they will discuss and make a presentation on sustainable interaction between human and environment.
Class Schedule	1. History of Modern Society 1〔modern state, industrial revolution〕 2. History of Modern Society 2〔the Second World War,the Four Freedoms, the United Nations〕 3. Peace and Developmentalism 1〔modernization of the Third World〕 4. Peace and Developmentalism 2〔Bretton Woods system〕 5. Development of the South 〔neoliberalism, Washington Consensus, sustainable development〕 6. Structural Violence ---Case 1:Bangladesh---〔Structural Adjustment Program〕、Video【BS世界のドキュメンタリー『シリーズ・グローバル化の影でー労働現場からの告発　バングラデシュー』 (Borgen Production/Heinemann Media, 2008)】 7. Structural Violence ---Case　2:agriculture〔WTO, food shortages〕、Video【BS世界のドキュメンタリー『誰が食糧危機を引き起こすのか～途上国の怒り～』 (Article Z, 2009年)】 8. Structural Violence ---Case 3:Nuclear Development---〔National Security, United Nations Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, Operation Crossroads, Radioactive contamination〕 9. Video【NHKスペシャル『シリーズ原子力（４）地球核汚染・被爆国日本の視点』（1995）】〔Marshall Islands〕 10. Structural Violence ---Case 4:Nuclear Power---〔内部被ばく問題〕 11. Video【ETV特集『原発事故への道程　前編　置き去りにされた慎重論』（2011）】〔History of Nuclear Power Introduction to Japan, myth of nuclear power safety〕 12.Video【ETV特集『アメリカから見た福島原発事故』】〔2011 Accident of Fukushima Dai-ichi Atomic Power Plant〕 13. Group Discussion on neoliberal developmentalism and sustainable relationship between men and environment. 14. Group Presentation 15. Final Report
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Galtung, Johan. “Violence, Peace, and Peace Research,” Journal of Peace Research, Vol.6, No. 3 (Sage Publications, 1969), pp. 167-191. 郭洋春 eds.『環境平和学―サブシステンスの危機にどう立ち向かうか－』（法律文化社, 2005）
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	DVD, bring your PC to the class
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	1. Understand modernity of scientific technologies. 2. Learn history of aids to developing countries after the Second World War. 3. Compare and learn the differences between the notion of “peace” in traditional international politics and that in peace studies. 4. Learn the notion of structural violence advocated by Johan Galtung. 5. Understand neoliberalism which constitutes today’s economic paradigm as well as learn the international discussion on sustainable development. 6. Drawing on the case of Bangladesh, learn neoliberal ways of modernization and analyze their negative impacts on the developing countries. Watch a TV program on Bangladesh. 7. Consider how neoliberal trade policies of WTO have caused food shortage issues in developing countries. 8. Consider the modernity of nuclear technology. 9. Watch a TV program on the Operation Crossroads carried out by the United States government in 1946 and consider structural violence in developing nuclear weapons. 10. Consider the modernity of nuclear power technology. 11. Learn the historical process of constructing the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant and looks into the ways in which “safety myth” of nuclear power technology was left behind among politicians and engineers in Japan. 12. Watch a TV program which documents that despite some of the American engineers in charge of the construction of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant in the mid-1960s have questioned the power plant’s “safety,” their argument was ignored. 13. Drawing on the cases taken up so far, students discuss problems of neoliberal way of development and how men should interact with environment. 14. Make presentations. 15. Submit the final report.
Requirements	Read the materials attached to the syllabus
Grading Method	Class Participation 10%, Group Discussion 30%, Final Report 60%
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	Having been an aid officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and United Nations Development Program, the lecturer would discuss sustainability issues in modern society.
Message	Bring your PC
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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