POLS 3230 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Neoliberalism, Foreign Policy, This Week Abc Tv Series
POLS 3230
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Pols 3230
Lecture 1
Outline
Review of last session / outstanding issues?
– Course outline is on Moodle
– There are no books for this course but you need to get the materials yourself, including
from the library catalogue in the case of academic journals
– Everyone should register for iClicker for participation: see the resources on the Moodle
site
New questions:
■ How do classes without tutorials work?
■ From whose perspective do we examine global issues in foreign policy? [will examine today]
■ What do we ea y Gloal Issues i Foreig Poliy?: Fraeworks for aalysis
■ Discussion
■ Podcast poll / discussion
– One more practice week, will discuss assessment next week; for now, attendance
Theories of Foreign Policy Analysis: an
intellectual history
Foreig poliy aalysis as a sufield of Iteratioal ‘elatios, traditioal theories
■ Levels of analysis, structure, and the question of method
– Comparative Foreign Policy
– Mid-range Theories
■ The decline of comparative foreign policy and contemporary FPA
■ Problem-solving versus critical theories
■ What next? A preliminary framework
Valerie Hudson, the development of FPA
■ Theory Development in Decision Making
– Construction of Meaning and Framing of Situations by Human Agents in IR
– Persuasion and Diffusion Undertaken by Framing/Meaning Entrepreneurs within IR;
Analysis of Interaction between Competing Entrepreneurs
– Change and Learning by Human Agents in IR
– The Study of Human Agents as They Interact in Groups in IR
■ Theory Development Regarding Leader Characteristics
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– Leader Assessment Frameworks
– New Frontiers: Neuroscience, Emotion, and Embodiment
■ Theory Development Concerning Culture, Identity, and Societal Groups
– Construction of National Role Conception Identity by Human Agents within the Nation
– Horizon/Template Analysis
– The Influence of Societal Groups
■ Development of Innovative FPA Methodology
■ Theory Development on Integration
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Document Summary
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