WEEKLY SCHEDULE
2/20 Quiz and Introduction of Course
2/27 228 Memorial Day off (make-up class: project activities.)
3/5 Basics of International Relations: Definitions and Perspectives
Readings
1.(zerox) John T. Rourke, International Politics on the World Stage (New York: McGrawHill, 2006): 165-170; 250-257.
2.(zerox) Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Principles of International Politics (Washington DC: CQ Press, 2006): 15-20;
3.(綜圖Reserve) Kelly-Kates S. Pease, International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the 21st Century (New York: Longman, 2010): 41-49; 56-63
3/12 Multilateralism and Institutionalism in World Politics
Grouping for Projects, Choosing IO and knowing your group members
Readings:
1.(zerox) Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Principles of International Politics (Washington DC: CQ Press, 2006): 485-492.
2.(online) John Gerard Ruggie, “Multilateralism: the Anatomy of an Institution”, International Organization, Vol. 46, No.3 (Summer, 1992), pp. 561-598.
3.(online) Robert O. Keohane, “International Institutions: Two Approaches”, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Dec., 1988), pp. 379-396.
3/19 Theories of International Organization
Project Report 1): the overall plan, division of labor, 4/2 field work
Readings:
1.(zerox) Volker Rittberger and Bernhard Zangl, International Organization: Polity, Politics and Policies (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006): 3-24.
2.(reserve) Kelly-Kates S. Pease, International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the 21st Century (New York: Longman, 2010): 49-56; 66-71.
3/26 Theories of International Regimes
Project Report 2): the background and establishment
Readings:
1.(online) Stephen D. Krasner, “Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regimes as Intervening Variables”, International Organization, Vol. 36, No. 2, (Spring 1982), pp. 185-205
2.(online) Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “Power and Interdependence Revisited”, International Organization, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Autumn 1987), pp. 725-753.
4/2 Project Interviews and Field Activities
4/9 Theories of International Regimes: interest, power, & knowledge-based
Project Report 3): the initial design of operation
Readings:
1. (IIR Library) Andreas Hasenclever, Peter Mayer, Volker Rittberger, Theories of International Regimes (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997): 1-7; 23-33; 83-90; 167-192.
4/16 Mid-term Exam (in Class)
4/23 International Organization and Security
Project Report 4): the development and evolution
Readings:
1. (Online) Robert Jervis, “Security Regimes,” International Organization vol. 36, no. 2, Spring 1982.
2. (Online) David Dewitt, “Common, Comprehensive, and Cooperative Security,” The Pacific Review, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1994), 1-15.
4/30 Global Politico-Security Organization
Project Report 5): current mandates and debating issues
Readings:
1. (zerox) Volker Rittberger and Bernhard Zangl, International Organization: Polity, Politics and Policies (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006): 25-32.
2. (Reserve) Kelly-Kates S. Pease, International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the 21st Century (New York: Longman, 2010): 105-114.
3. (Zerox) J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), Chapter 5 & 6, 53-78.
5/7 Regional Politico-Security Organization
Project Report 6): the importance to Taiwan
Readings:
1. (Zerox) Amitav Acharya, “Regional Institutions and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Evolution, Adaptation, and Prospects for Transformation”, in Amitav Acharya and Evelyn Goh eds. Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2007), 19-40.
2. (Zerox) Jugen Haacke, “Regional Security Institutions: ASEAN, ARF, SCO, and KEDO,” in Stephen Haodley and Jurgen Ruland eds. Asian Security Reassessed (Singapore: ISEAS, 2006), 128-167.
3. (Zerox) Rodrigo Tavares, Regional Security: The Capacity of International Organizations, (New York: Routledge, 2010), Chapter 7 ASEAN, pp. 83-94.
5/14 International Organization and International Political Economy
1230 Project Report 7): the role of Taiwan’s mass media
｜ Project Report 8): Taiwan’s official lines
1600 Readings:
1. (Zerox) Charles W. Kegley, Jr. World Politics: Trend and Transformation (Belmont, CA: Thomson, 2007), Chapter 9 Money and Markets in the Global Political Economy, pp. 300-341.
2. (Zerox) Robert Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relations (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987) pp. 8-15; 25-40.
5/21 Global/Regional Politico-Economic Organizations
1230 Project Report 9): Taiwan’s public awareness
｜ Global & Regional Politico-Economic Organization
1600 Readings:
1. (Reserve) Kelly-Kates S. Pease, International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the 21st Century (New York: Longman, 2010): 153-162; 180-194.
2. (Zerox) J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), Chapter 8 & 9, 91-112.
3. (Online) Stuart Harris, “Policy Networks and Economic Cooperation: Policy Coordination in the Asia-Pacific Region”, The Pacific Review, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1994, 381-395.
4. (Zerox) Mark Beeson, Institutions of the Asia-Pacific: ASEAN, APEC, and Beyond (New York: Routledge, 2009), Chapter 3: APEC, 37-55.
5/28 NO Class
6/4 Taiwan and International Organization
1230 Project Report 10) ways to improve our understanding of the selected IO
｜ Readings:
1600
1. (Zerox) Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations”, in Edward Friedman ed. China’s Rise, Taiwan’s Dilemmas and International Peace (New York: Routledge, 2006), pp. 149-173.
2. (Zerox) T. Y. Wang, “Taiwan’s Bid for UN Membership”, in Edward Friedman ed. China’s Rise, Taiwan’s Dilemmas and International Peace (New York: Routledge, 2006), pp. 174-192.
3. (Zerox) Chyungly Lee, “Taiwan’s Participation in Asia-Pacific Regional Processes: Searching for an Agenda of Cross-Strait Consultations”, in Wei-Chin Lee, ed. Taiwan’s Politics in the 21st Century: Changes and Challenges (New Jersey: World Scientific, 2010), pp. 265-286.
4. (Online) T. Y. Wang, Wei-Chin Lee and Ching Hsin Yu, “Taiwan’s Expansion of International Space: Opportunities and Challenges”, Journal of Contemporary China (2011), 20(69), March 249-267.
6/11 Group Project Presentations (DVDs)
6/18 Final Exam (in-class)
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