- Major subject students
Learning outcomes
After a successful completion of this course, students will be familiar with the arguments behind the methodological choices done by the competing disciplines of international relations. In addition, they will have a deeper understanding of some methodological orientation as a part of international relations field discussion.
Contents
Lectures and an essay seminar based on separately defined methodological literature.
Further information on prerequisites and recommendations
For degree/major subject students.
Teaching methods
Lectures and related exercises (20 h).
Modes of study
Participation in classroom work + seminar. For degree/major subject students.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Recommended year of study
Fourth year. The course is offered at the beginning of each term (period 1/3) and it should be completed during the first period of Master's Thesis Seminar I at the latest.
Study materials
General methodological literature:
1. Ackerly - Stern - True (edit.), Feminist Methodologies for International Relations. Cambridge University Press 2007.
2. Alker, Rediscoveries and Reformulations. Cambridge University Press 1996.
3. Starr, Approaches, Levels, and Methods of Analysis in International Politics: Crossing Boundaries. Palgrave 2006.
4. Tetlock et al, Unmaking the West: ”What-If?” Scenarios That Rewrite World History. University of Michigan Press 2006.
Special methods:
1) Quantitative methodology and modelling:
Sprinz - Wollinsky, Models, Numbers, and Cases: Methods for Studying International Relations. University of Michigan Press 2004.
or
King et al., Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton University Press 1994.
2) Semiotics:
Chandler, Semiotics: The Basics. Routledge 2004.
3) Rhetoric:
Hart, Modern Rhetorical Criticism. 3. painos. Allyn & Bacon 2004.
4) Narrative research:
Boje, Narrative Methods for Organizational & Communication Research. Sage 2001.
5) Discourse analysis:
Fairclough, Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research. Routledge 2003.
6) Analogies and scenarios:
Patomäki, The Political Economy of Global Security. Routledge 2008.
Belongs to following study modules
2009–2010
