Scribd
Upload
6 views2 pages

Theme Notes - Week 1

The document outlines key concepts in International Relations (IR) for a tutorial, focusing on state and non-state actors, theories of state centrism, and models like the Billiard Ball and Cobweb models. It raises critical questions about the nature of international politics, power dynamics, and the significance of sovereignty, interconnectedness, and interdependence. Additionally, it provides resources for further reading and exploration of these topics.

Uploaded by

kshiprashukla
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
6 views2 pages

Theme Notes - Week 1

The document outlines key concepts in International Relations (IR) for a tutorial, focusing on state and non-state actors, theories of state centrism, and models like the Billiard Ball and Cobweb models. It raises critical questions about the nature of international politics, power dynamics, and the significance of sovereignty, interconnectedness, and interdependence. Additionally, it provides resources for further reading and exploration of these topics.

Uploaded by

kshiprashukla
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topic: Key Concepts in International Relations Tutorial Week: 1

Key Points to be discussed Additional Information (Notes, Web sites, Debatable/ ponderable points
Audio Visual Material)

Key concepts: International Relations, 1. STATE, definitions 1. What are international


Interconnectedness and Interdependence [Link] relations? How would you
a) Building blocks in IR: States; Individuals; and v=Em059ExD9gI situate them?
International System. 2. State and Non-State actors in 2. What is the kind of politics
b) key actors in International Relations and Global Global Politics that we are talking about?
Politics: [Link] Who is this politics between?
v=PEyat4SEiBg 3. How is ‘power’ relevant in
- State Actors- Definition of State as per Montevideo
3. Cob-web model in IRGP: the current discourse of inter-
Convention; Peace of Westphalia and its relevance in
[Link] state politics?
Modern International Relations and principles of
v=PDLqg4GLJMo 4. What is the nature of
Sovereignty
interconnectedness and
BOOKS AND COURSE MATERIAL:
- Non-State Actors: interdependence?
1. Chapters 1 and 2. Of 5. Why is International Politics
b) Theories of State Centrism and Mixed Actor Model;
Haywood Andrew (2011) transforming itself into
c) The Billiard Ball Model and Cobweb Model.
Global Politics, Global Politics?
d) Non State Actors: Intergovernmental Organisations, 2. Chapter 1 of Karen Mingst; 6. MOST IMPORTANTLY:
International NGO's, Insurgent Groups, Transnational 3. Chapter 1 ,2 and 3 of Sutch, P., What are the key areas of
Corporations and Multi-National Corporations. & Elias, J. (2007). IRGP? Where can the
International Relations: The
e) The concepts of Interconnectedness and student of law find
Interdependence. Basics. Routledge. themselves in these sub
4. Global Civil Society: The
fields of IR?
Progress of Post-Westphalian
7. How to locate contemporary
Key concepts that we will see: Politics by John S Dryzsek. Can
issues under Billiard ball and
be accessed at:
- Importance of the concept of ‘sovereignty’ in IR; Cobweb model?
[Link]
- Differences between internal and external 8. How to locate contemporary
oi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-polisci-
sovereignty; issues using various theories
042010-164946
- Relationship between a nation state’s sovereignty of IR?
and how it prioritises interconnectedness and THEORISTS:
interdependence.
Keohone and Nye for Cobweb
- The emergence and impact of non-state actors like
model.
international organizations, regional groupings,
MNC’s, and International Terrorist Organisations.

You might also like