Updated International Relations Readings - Final - Amrita Sharma

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
COURSE MANUAL
FINAL LIST OF READINGS FOR END-SEMESTER EXAMS
Weekly Course Outline and Readings
Week 1: Introduction to Theorizing in International Relations
Steve Smith, “The United States and the Discipline of International Relations: “Hegemonic
Country, Hegemonic Discipline,” International Studies Review 4, No. 2 (2002): 67–85.
Patricia Owens, John Baylis, and Steve Smith, “From International Politics to World
Politics,” in The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International
Relations, 8th edition, eds. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2020), 5–14.
Week 2: Nation State and Nationalism
Craig Calhoun, “State Nation and Legitimacy,” in Nationalism (Minneapolis: University of

Minnesota Press, 1997), 66–85.
Craig Calhoun, “Imperialism, Colonialism and the World-System of Nation States,” in

Nationalism (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997), 104–122.
Week 3-4: The Theory of Realism and the Concept of Sovereignty
Jack Donnelly, “Realism,” in Theories of International Relations, eds. Scott Burchill et al.
(New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), 29–54.
Tanja Aalberts, “Sovereignty”, in Concepts in World Politics, ed. Felix Berenskoetter

(London: Sage, 2016), 183–199.
Week 5-6: Liberalism
Primary readings:
Tim Dunne, “Liberal Internationalism,” in The Globalization of World Politics: An

Introduction to International Relations, 8th edition, eds. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and
Patricia Owens (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020), 103–114.
Week 7: Constructivism
Michael Barnett, “Social Constructivism,” in The Globalization of World Politics: An
Introduction to International Relations, 8th edition, eds. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and
Patricia Owens (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020), 192–206.
Week 9: Feminist Perspectives on International Relations
Anne Sisson Runyan and V. Spike Peterson, “Introduction: Gender and Global Issues,” in
Global Gender Issues in the New Millennium (Boulder: Westview Press, 2014), 1–30.

Bindhulakshmi Pattadath, “Changing Meanings of Home: Migrant Domestic Work and its
Everyday Negotiations,” in Mary E. John (ed.), Women in the Worlds of Labour:
Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Perspectives (New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2021), 251–
270 (some select paragraphs only)
Week 10: Marxism
Stephen Hobden and Richard Wyn Jones, “Marxist Theories of International Relations,” in
The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, 8th edition,
eds. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens (New York: Oxford University Press,
2020), 115–129.
Andrew Linklater, “Marxism,” in Theories of International Relations, 3rd edition, eds. Scott
Burchill, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak, Jack Donnelly, Matthew Paterson, Christian
Reus-Smit and Jacqui True (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), 110–136.

Week 11-12: An introduction to global governance: International law, institutions

and actors
John McCormick, Introduction to Global Studies, 2nd edition (London: Red Globe Press,
2021), 127–50 (Chapter 6: Global Governance).
Joseph Grieco, G. John Ikenberry, and Michael Mastanduno, Introduction to International

Relations: Perspectives, Connections and Enduring Questions, 3rd edition (London:
Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), 187–98 (Theoretical Explanations for the Existence of
International Law and Organizations; Theoretical Explanations for the Effectiveness of
International Law and Organizations).
Week 13-14: Global Concerns
1.Climate crisis
Climate and Capitalism (2022) “The Inequality Pandemic”
https://climateandcapitalism.com/2022/07/03/the-inequality-pandemic/
2
4. Global economic inequality
Nicola Phillips, “Power and Inequality in the Global Political Economy,” International
Affairs 93, No. 2 (2017), 429–444,
https://academic.oup.com/ia/article-pdf/doi/10.1093/ia/iix019/10879456/iix019.pdf.
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research (2022) “The Geopolitics of Inequality:
Discussing Pathways Towards a More Just World”
https://mronline.org/2022/10/26/dossier-no-57-the-geopolitics-of-inequality-
discussing-pathways-towards-a-more-just-world/

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

FINAL LIST OF READINGS FOR END-SEMESTER EXAMS

Weekly Course Outline and Readings

Week 1: Introduction to Theorizing in International Relations

Week 2: Nation State and Nationalism

Craig Calhoun, “State Nation and Legitimacy,” in Nationalism (Minneapolis: University of

Craig Calhoun, “Imperialism, Colonialism and the World-System of Nation States,” in

Week 3-4: The Theory of Realism and the Concept of Sovereignty

Tanja Aalberts, “Sovereignty”, in Concepts in World Politics, ed. Felix Berenskoetter

Week 5-6: Liberalism

Tim Dunne, “Liberal Internationalism,” in The Globalization of World Politics: An

Week 9: Feminist Perspectives on International Relations

Week 10: Marxism

Week 11-12: An introduction to global governance: International law, institutions

Joseph Grieco, G. John Ikenberry, and Michael Mastanduno, Introduction to International

Week 13-14: Global Concerns

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