(Бес)порядок и управление в глобальную эпоху

2026/2027

Статус: Маго-лего

Кто читает: Департамент политики и управления

Где читается: Факультет социальных наук

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Миронюк Михаил Григорьевич, Смысленова Екатерина Николаевна

Язык: русский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 30

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Аннотация

This course combines a focus on major theoretical and conceptual approaches in IR and foreign policy formation with discussions of the pressing issues of world politics. The course is organized around three main goals. The first goal is to introduce students to major concepts, ideas, and issues in IR, which have been shaping its field. We will explore the essential problems and puzzles in the study of world politics and international relations: Under what conditions do politicians choose to settle disputes without fighting? What is the role of international institutions in world politics? How can institutions and norms shape the behaviour of a state? Under what conditions do politicians take into account the preferences of groups or the public when foreign policy decisions or major policies are made? Why do leaders decide to start trade wars? What means do states have at their disposal to get what they want? The second goal is to invite students to reflect critically on the relationship between theories and history in the study of world politics. The third goal is to stimulate students to critically read, understand and contest political statements and official policy objectives. This course is not about Russia, the United States, China, the EU. This course is not about retelling the news and criticising particular leaders or countries. Students will learn concepts, models, and ideas that can be used to analyse the choices available to leaders and to understand the rationale behind their choices. We will try not to make judgements on moral or partisan grounds. Our approach is mostly evidence-based. As for the prerequisites, students starting this course are expected to have a good knowledge of World Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, Economics, and Political Theory. The working language of the course is English. The readings for this course in .pdf or .doc formats are available online to download or through e-mail. They are intended for private use only and are not supposed to be distributed out of the class. Students are also provided with web-links to video materials (mostly, on YouTube).

Цель освоения дисциплины

Students are expected to: (1) master theoretical and conceptual approaches to the analysis of international and transnational interactions and foreign policy analysis tools; (2) understand the forces of change within the contemporary international system; (3) familiarize with the pressing issues of world politics and national politics and their sometimes troubled interrelations.

Планируемые результаты обучения

To have knowledge of major concepts, ideas, and theories of IR.
To analyze critically the political statements and developments in world politics.
To be able to apply tools of IR research and foreign policy analysis to analyze problems in the sphere of international relations and world politics.
To be able to identify complex interrelations between national, international, and transnational politics.

Содержание учебной дисциплины

How We (Can) Study IR and World Politics: A Very Brief Introduction
A Bit of History (An Ambitiously Generalizing View): How Our World Was Shaped and Where We Are Now. The Making and Expansion of the Territorial State, European Imperialism, the World Wars, the Rise of Globalization
Discussing the Liberal World Order
Competition and Cooperation among States. Hegemony: How It Starts, How It Ends, and What Comes After
Actors, Preferences and Interests, Institutions, and Interactions. Psychological Factors in Decision-Making
Means of Getting What You Want in World Politics: Hard, Soft, Smart, Sharp. When and How Sanctions Work (and Do Not Work)
Domestic Politics and Relations among States: Domestic and International Dimensions (of Almost Everything)
International Law and Norms. Human Rights in World Politics. The Logic of Appropriateness and the Logic of Consequentialism. Courts as Actors and Institutions

Элементы контроля

Attendance
Op-ed
Class activities
A video presentation

Промежуточная аттестация

2026/2027 3rd module
0.2 * Op-ed + 0.2 * Attendance + 0.4 * Class activities + 0.2 * A video presentation

Список литературы

Авторы

Миронюк Михаил Григорьевич
Смысленова Екатерина Николаевна

Программа дисциплины