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Small state strategies in modern diplomatic environment
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:21.02.2024 13:16:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SZF_043 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics; International Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māris Cepurītis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | BA level understanding of international system, theories of international relations and foreign policy making. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Create understanding of challenges and solutions of small states and secondary actors in modern diplomatic environment. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Small states in international relations: development and basic concepts | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Modern diplomatic environment and small states | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Diplomatic strategies of small states: from survival to thriving | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Case studies in small state foreign policy and diplomacy | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | As part of the study course, students will have to learn the mandatory literature (up to 50 pages of text for each lesson), write two essays on the specified topic, successfully complete the seminars, write a report, present the report, and successfully pass the course final exam. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation and quality of answers in lectures and seminars – 10%; Essays – 20%; Paper presentation – 20%; Report – 25%; Exam grade – 25%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will be oriented in the information about the challenges of the foreign policy of small countries and the available solutions and examples of how small countries can implement a successful foreign policy. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to understand the limits of small states in international politics, as well as the importance of use of strategy. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to carry out research on the foreign policy of small states. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Visa literatūra ir angļu valodā un piemērota gan latviešu, gan angļu plūsmas studentiem | ||||||||
| 2 | Constantinou, Costas M., Kerr, Pauline, Sharp, Paul. The Sage Handbook of Dplomacy. (Melbourne: Sage Publications, 2016), 257- 267; 281- 307 pp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Archer, C., Bailes, Alyson J. K., Wivel, A. Small States and International Security: Europe and Beyound. (Routhledge, 2014) 26-79 pp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Cooper, Andrew F., Shaw, Timothy M. The Diplomacies of Small States: Between Vulnerability and Resilience. (Palgrave Macmillian: New York, 2009) 21-64 pp. (Jaunāks izdevums nav izdots) | ||||||||
| 5 | Brady A., Thorhallsson B. Small States and the New Security Environment, (Cham: Springer, 2021) | ||||||||
| 6 | Baldaccjino G., Wivel A. Handbook on the Politics of Small States, (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) | ||||||||
| 7 | Panke. D., Gurol, J. Small States as Agenda-setters? The Council Presidencies of Malta and Estonia, (Journal of Common Market Studies, 2018) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Neumann, Iver B., Gstohl, Sieglinde. Introduction. Lilliputians in Gulliver`s Word?, Small States in International Relations. C. Ingebritsen, I. Neumann, S. Gstohl, J. Beyer Eds. (University of Washington Press: Seattle, 2006), 3-36 pp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Fox, Annette Baker. The Power of Small States: Diplomacy in the World War II, Small States in International Relations. C. Ingebritsen, I. Neumann, S. Gstohl, J. Beyer Eds. (University of Washington Press: Seattle, 2006), 39 – 54 pp. | ||||||||
