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Module Title |
Foreign Policy
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Module Code |
LG219
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School |
School of Law & Government
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Online Module Resources
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| Module Co-ordinator | Dr John Doyle | Office Number | C201A |
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Level |
2
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Credit Rating |
5
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None
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Module Aims
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7 To introduce students to the study of foreign policy
7 To give them an awareness of the different theoretical approaches to the study of foreign policy
7 To analyse the range of policy issues which now have a foreign policy dimension
7 To introduce them to a range of case studies, beginning with Ireland and the EU, and moving on to both emerging powers such as China and other small states.
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Learning Outcomes
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7 Students will be able to discus alternative approaches to foreign policy analysis, at national and comparative level.
7 Students will have an overview of the range of issues of interest in Irish Foreign Policy
7 Students will have explored the emergence of CFSP within the EU.
7 Students will have had an opportunity by way of case studies to examine at least one topic Or one other country in depth, with some independent work.
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Indicative Time Allowances
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Hours
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Lectures |
0
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Tutorials |
0
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Laboratories |
0
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Seminars |
0
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Independent Learning Time |
75
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Total |
75
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Placements |
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NOTE
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Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.
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Indicative Syllabus
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· Introduction to Foreign Policy analysisTheoretical approaches and comparative problems
· Irish Foreign Policy : values and interests.
· Anglo-Irish relations
· Ireland and the EU
· Ireland and Development, the UN and multilateralism.
· EU CFSP : its origins and prospects
· Institutionalising EU foreign policy· The difficulties of agreement from Yugoslavia to Iraq.
· Case Studies of countries, to include brief intro to USA (covered in separate module later), China and other small states
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| Assessment | | Continuous Assessment | 50% | Examination Weight | 50% |
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Indicative Reading List
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Essential
Hook, Stephen W (2002). Comparative Foreign Policy. Prentice Hall.
Tonra, Ben and Eilms Ward eds. (2002) Ireland in international affairs : interests, institutions and identities. Dublin:Institute of Public Administration, 2002
White, Brian, (2001) Understanding European foreign policy. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Others
Webber,Mark and Michael Smith with David Allen (2002). Foreign policy in a transformed world. Prentice Hall.
Lampton, David ed. (2001) The making of Chinese foreign and security policy in the era of reform, 1978-2000. Stanford UP.
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Programme or List of Programmes
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| BSSA | Study Abroad (DCU Business School) |
| BSSAO | Study Abroad (DCU Business School) |
| ECSA | Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing) |
| ECSAO | Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing) |
| HMSA | Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science) |
| HMSAO | Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science) |
| IR | BA in International Relations |
| SHSA | Study Abroad (Science & Health) |
| SHSAO | Study Abroad (Science & Health) |
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