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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Simon Koschut
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Displayed in timetable as:
VSPAIR_II
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
9,0
Note: In your exam regulations, differing credits may have been specified.
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 35
Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung
Course content:
This course invites students to view international politics through the lens of social psychology. What happens in the minds and hearts of state leaders, diplomats, and other public officials when they interact on the international stage? How can psychological approaches explain individual and collective political decision-making? What are the cognitive and emotional underpinnings of war, peace, and conflict in international security?The course will introduce student to various psychological approaches in International Relations and illustrate each approach through empirical examples and cases.
Further information about the exams:
The examinations include a presentation (not graded) and a term paper at the end of the semester.
Each presentation should last between 10 and 15 minutes. The presentation should consist of three parts: a) a brief summary of the core statement of the text (What is this text about?) b) a brief summary of the core theses (max. 3-4) with explanations and, if necessary, examples for illustration c) a presentation of the conclusions of the text and, if applicable, your own (critical) evaluation. The presentation should be made available to all participants at the beginning of the meeting as a thesis paper (max. 1 page). If desired, a Power Point presentation is possible (but not as a substitute for the thesis paper!).
For the term paper, please follow the “Guidelines for term papers and final theses” (an English version will follow soon) which is uploaded on ILIAS. You will need to hand in a one to two pages long written research proposal (“Exposé”) before you start working on your research paper. In addition, a teaching and learning agreement will be required.
Admitted Aids:
none
Mandatory literature:
Robert Jervis (1976) Perception and Misperception in International Politics. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Philip E. Tetlock (1998) Social Psychology and World Politics, in: Daniel T. Gilbert, Susan T. Fiske and Lindzey Gardner (eds) The Handbook of Social Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 868-912.
Rose Mc Dermott (2004) Political Psychology in International Relations, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
David O. Sears, Leonie Huddy and Robert Jervis (eds) (2003) The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Paul Nesbitt-Larking, Catarina Kinnvall, Tereza Capelos and Henk Dekker (2014) (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology. New York: Palgrave.
Thomas C. Schelling (1960). The Strategy of Conflict. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Irving Janis (1972). Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Foreign Policy Decisions and Fiascoes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Graham Allison (1971). Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (Boston: Little, Brown.
Robert Jervis, Richard N. Lebow and Janice Gross Stein (1985). Psychology and Deterrence. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Deborah Welch Larson (1985). Origins of Containment: A Psychological Explanation. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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