Universität Wien

210174 SE M6: Austrian Politics (2021S)

Austria and global challenges

9.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The dates of the sessions are fixed, but we might need to re-evaluate the format (hybrid or online) closer to the dates. In case you have any questions about the content, please get in touch with heidi.maurer (at) bristol.ac.uk

  • Saturday 20.03. 09:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Saturday 27.03. 09:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Saturday 17.04. 09:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Saturday 08.05. 09:30 - 15:00 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Saturday 15.05. 09:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Saturday 22.05. 09:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Saturday 29.05. 09:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will be conducted in English. Participants should feel comfortable in engaging with academic literature and in expressing themselves in English. The course paper can be written both in English or German.

Austrian security nowadays stretches far beyond traditional foreign, security and defence questions: social justice and safeguarding economic prosperity, climate change, migration and data protection are just a few of the themes that Austrian political actors have to consider in European and international contexts. In this course we analyse the positioning of Austria in these international policy questions: Who are the involved political actors, and what is their strategy? How are Austrian interests fed into European and international cooperation fora, what challenges does Austria face as small state, and what implications does this involvement in return have for Austrian political processes?

By the end of this course, students are expected to:
- Have a comprehensive understanding of foreign policy-making processes in Austria and the EU
- Have the ability to critically analyse and assess national, European and international political steering processes
- Be able to communicate concisely and clearly their systematic and argumentative analysis, including the critical consideration of empirical data and alternative accounts

Assessment and permitted materials

• In-class assignments - 30%
• Annotated Bibliography – 20%
• Course Paper – 50%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Regular attendance and active participation
- Annotated Bibliography (20% of grade): Engagement with the core course literature and submission of an annotated bibliography (“most relevant readings”) at two dates (mid-term and end of course)
- In class assignments (30% of grade): 2 course tasks to be selected; submission of individual preparation (max 1000 words) plus group presentation in class at agreed date/time.
- Final Course paper (50% of the grade): 8.000 words to be submitted on time.
- Please keep in mind that for a successful participation in this course you will need to to invest time before and after each class to prepare the readings and course tasks.

Examination topics

Students are expected to engage with the inputs provided by the lecturer and are required to engage independently with the literature in the field and other topic-relevant sources. A list of core readings and additional sources will be provided in the syllabus. For the course paper an independent analysis building on well selected data and relevant (academic) sources will be required.

Reading list

Hill, Christopher (2015). The National Interest in Question: Foreign Policy in Multicultural Societies. Oxford University Press.
Hurrell, Andrew (2007). On Global Order: Power, Values and the Constitution of International Society. Oxford University Press.
Slaughter, Anne-Marie (2017). The Chessboard and the Web. Strategies of Connection in a Networked World. Yale University Press.
Steinmetz, Robert and Anders Wivel (2020). Small States in Europe. Challenges and Opportunities. Routledge.
Hadfield, Amelia, Manners, Ian and Richard Whitman (2017). Foreign Policies of EU Member States. Continuity and Europeanisation, Routledge.
Müller, Patrick and Heidi Maurer, (eds) (2016). Austrian Foreign Policy and 20 Years of EU Membership: Opportunities and Constraints. Austrian Political Science Journal 45 (2).

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