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| Unit name |
Foreign Policy Analysis |
| Unit code |
POLI31363 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
H/6
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Christie |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Description including Unit Aims
States operate in an increasingly complex world. The aim of this unit is to show how governments survive and promote their interests within this environment. The unit examines some of the conceptual and theoretical literature which provides a framework for thinking about the nature of foreign policy and how foreign policy is made.
Aims:
- To identify the distinguishing characteristics of foreign policy.
- To provide a framework designed to show how foreign policy is made.
- To account for the political and academic debates about the formation of foreign policy.
Intended Learning Outcomes
- An understanding of the distinguishing characteristics of foreign policy.
- An understanding of how foreign policy is made.
- A knowledge of the political and academic debates about the formation of foreign policy.
- An ability to make a clear and concise oral presentation, either alone or collaboratively.
- An ability to search out and select relevant material related to the foreign policy formation.
- An ability to discuss the formation of foreign policy of a state clearly and concisely in an essay.
Teaching Information
Option 1 – A 1hr lecture and 2 hour seminar
Option 2 – A 3 hr seminar
Assessment Information
Reading and References
- C.Hill, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy (Palgrave, 2002)
- C.W.Kegley & E.R.Wittkopf American Foreign Policy (Palgrave, 2002, 6th ed.)
- L.Neack, The New Foreign Policy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002)
- L.Neack,J.A.K.Hey,&P.J.Haney Foreign Policy Analysis
- R.Little & M.Smith Perspectives on World Politics
