Seminar paper on the premises, assumptions, characteristics, performance, achievements, and consequences of a particular theory/approach/method for International Relations analysis

Introductory literature:
• For a very brief, classical overview: Stephen van Evera: Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science.
Ithaca: Cornell U.P.1997
• More extensive, deeper-going analyses in Vivien Lowndes/David Marsh/Gerry Stoker (eds.): Theory and
Methods in Political Science. 4th ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2018.
• First Aid Conceptual Toolbox: Robert L. Miller/John D. Brewer (eds.): The A – Z of Social Research. A
Dictionary of Key Social Science Research Concepts. London: Sage 2003
Perspectives on and Theories of International Relations:
– Robert Jackson/Georg Sorensen: Introduction to International Relations. Theories and Approaches. 7th ed.
Oxford: Oxford UP 2019.
– Tim Dunne/Milja Kurki/Steve Smith: International Relations Theories. Discipline and Diversity. 4th ed. Oxford:
Oxford UP 2016. [5th ed. announced for December 2020]
– Knud Erik Jorgensen: International Relations Theory. A New Introduction. 2. Aufl. London: Palgrave Macmillan
2018.
– Additional material to cover the individual syllabus sections mentioned above will be presented to participants
in electronic form in the cloud or on the seminar stick

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