Måndag 19 september, 15.15-17.00 (514)

Lärare: Kilian Spandler

This lecture, which will be given in English, looks at Neoliberalism in IR, for which Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye came to be central figures.

Slides: ladda ned här

Nyckeltexter:

Keohane, Robert och Nye, Joseph S. 1977. 'The Characteristics of Complex Interdependence', från Power and Interdependence. HarperCollins Publishers, s 122-125.
Keohane, Robert. 1984. After Hegemony: Cooperation and Conflict in the World Political Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, kapitel 4, s. 49–64.

Diskussionsfrågor:

What are some of main differences between the realist worldview and how these texts see International Relations?
How do Keohane and Nye define interdependence? What makes interdependence complex, according to them?
The authors are not overly optimistic about the effects of interdependence on world politics. Why is that?
Can you think of examples for asymmetric interdependence? How can a state use asymmetric interdependence to its advantage in those examples?

Rekommenderad litteratur:

Acharya, Amitav och Buzan, Barry. 2019. The Making of Global International Relations: Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, kapitel 5 & 6, s. 112-178.
Sterling-Folker, Jennifer. 2021. 'Neoliberalism', Kapitel 5 i International Relations Theories, 5:e upplaga, Dunne et al (reds), s. 89-107.