INGS1001 Lecture 1: WEEK 1

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: International Relations
• Course: INGS1001
• Professor: All

Document Summary

4th of april: critical assignment: cox: problem solving ( international world as a given, world through issues within the framework set by the dominant powers) vs critical theory (questions in order to change, assess or advance) "theory is always for someone and for some purpose". Focus on historical structures and change: theories that are overly simple (parsimony is an oversimplification: cox critques. His role is to analyse the social content ( america, us geo-politics : is significant, first department of international politics on west coast of wales) of specific political practises and theories. Who benefits from theories weeks 5 and 4: group two inclass reading quizzes participation. Read un charter, unit reader, david harvey reading, 3 readings on international organisations and global governance, cox (additional resources folder), blog posts (ppe: progress in political economy http://ppesydney. net/) Zebra: elegant, prey (liberalism: international institutions can also have power) liberal-institutionalism. Parrot: mimics, flighty (constructivism, parrots, via-media or middle way, no theoretical perspective: ideas)