FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS

FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS

LECTURER: DR O.P. ADELUSI

         

 

                   

COURSE DESCRIPTION 

This course has been designed to introduce students to the basic concepts and key debates that constitute Foreign policy analysis (or FPA) as well as provide an overview of the evolution of the field and its relationship to International Relations more generally. It has also been designedto introduce the student to the relationshipbetween foreign policy and power, the formulation of ‘national interest’ and the different means available to states to achieve their foreign policy objectives.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this course students should be able to:

• identify the key concepts of FPA

• describe and define the centrality of the state and national interest to FPA

• identify the key concepts of power and national interest

• describe the impact of the international system in defining the tasks of foreign policy for states

• discuss the utility of different foreign policy instruments in achieving foreign policy goals.

METHOD OF TEACHING/TEACHING AIDS

 The teacher outlines the major points of discourse on the topic. He talks to these points so outlined.   Students are encouraged to participate during contact hours.

The Teaching Aid employed is the Overhead Projector , where slides are  projected on the screen during the contact hours.

METHOD OF GRADING:

    C/A Test - 20%

    Group Assignment -10%

     End of Semester Exam-   70%

 CLASS BEHAVIOUR:

-        Listening to Teacher as He talks to Bullet Points on the Screen. The class copies Bullet Points on the screen.

TOPICS FOR TERM ASSIGNMENT/PAPER:

·        Approaches based on a Structural Perspective.

·       Neo-Liberal Institutionalism and Organizational Approaches..

·       Approaches from an Agency-Based Perspective

·       Bureaucratic Politics Approach and Liberal Approach.

·       Approaches based on a Social-Institutional Perspective

·       Social constructivism and Discursive Approaches.

·       Approaches based on an Interpretative Actor Perspective.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Module I- What is Foreign Policy Analysis?

Week 1: The definition of Foreign Policy and its nature.

      Week 2: Goals of Foreign Policy.

Module II-Current approaches in Foreign Policy Analysis-I

Week 3: Approaches based on a Structural Perspective.

  Week 4& Week 5:Neo-Liberal Institutionalism and Organizational Approaches.

Module III- Current approaches in Foreign Policy Analysis-II

Week 6: - Approaches from an Agency-Based Perspective

    Week 7 & Week 8:- Bureaucratic Politics Approach and Liberal Approach.

Module IV- Current approaches in Foreign Policy Analysis-III

    Week 9:Approaches based on a Social-Institutional Perspective

Week 10:Social constructivism and Discursive Approaches.

    Module V -Current approaches in Foreign Policy Analysis-IV

     Week 11 & Week 12: Approaches based on an Interpretative Actor Perspective.

   Module VI- REVISION

   Week 13: Revision

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