Universität Wien

950155 VU International Relations after 1945 Part I (2024W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), Universitätslehrgänge
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED

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Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Contents
Introduction into analytical models of International Relations and Historiography; central actors and issues of international relations after 1945; the postwar international order; the UN; East-West relations, the Cold War and détente; crises and treaties; Decolonization and the North-South relations.

Aims
Command of and ability to critically analyze central issues and models.

Assessment and permitted materials

• Written exam (60 %)
• Written homework (1-2 pp.) (20 %)
• Participation (20 %)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

0 – 50 %: 5
51 – 63 %: 4
64 – 76 %: 3
77 – 89 %: 2
90 – 100 %: 1

Examination topics

Details will be published on moodle.

Reading list

• dtv-Atlas Weltgeschichte, vol. 2: Von der Französischen Revolution bis zur Gegenwart, 46 ed. Munich: DTV 2015. English version: Penguin Atlas of World History, vol. 2: From the French Revolution to the Present, 3 ed. London: Penguin 2004.
• Lundestad, Geir. International Relations since 1945: East, West, North, South, 8 ed. Oxford: Univ. Press 2021.
• Oxford Concise Dictionary of Politics and International Relations, 4 ed. Oxford: Univ. Press 2018.
• Reynolds, David. One World Divisible: A Global History Since 1945. London: Penguin, 2001.

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Last modified: Fr 04.10.2024 12:07