SECURITY POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

RSPC05

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in SOCIAL RESEARCH, SECURITY POLICY AND CRIMINAL STUDIES

Disciplinary Sector:

Sociology of Political Phenomena

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CANZANO GIANSANTE ANTONELLO

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

153

Objectives

The course explores the processes of social change that are rooted in the interactions between individuals and groups beyond the borders of national states. The first module will illustrate the concepts and the analytical approaches useful for the study of globalization processes in a sociological-political key.
The second module will be dedicated to the dynamics of mobility and migration in Europe. Particular attention will be paid to migration processes such as litmus paper of the experience of difference based on ethnic and national identity.

Contents

International relations in a sociological perspective; the basic concepts: race, ethnicity and nation. How nations are formed: comparative theories; national identities and nationalism; the cosmopolitanism between the philosophical model and cultural practice; globalization and politics: the sociological perspective; transnationalism and transnational practices; ethnic prejudice and xenofobia.
Forms and dimension of mobility in contemporary society; international migration in Europe: a historical-sociological framework; the regulation of migration in Europe; the Euopean citizenship and international integratio; the second generations; EU enlargment policies and the Turkey case; mobility, migration and politics.

Extended Syllabus

Programma esteso International relations in a sociological perspective; the basic concepts: race, ethnicity and nation. How nations are formed: comparative theories; national identities and nationalism; the cosmopolitanism between the philosophical model and cultural practice; globalization and politics: the sociological perspective; transnationalism and transnational practices; ethnic prejudice and xenofobia.
Forms and dimension of mobility in contemporary society; international migration in Europe: a historical-sociological framework; the regulation of migration in Europe; the Euopean citizenship and international integratio; the second generations; EU enlargment policies and the Turkey case; mobility, migration and politics.
FIRTS MODULE : 6 CREDITS
International relations in a socio-political perspective.
recommended books:
Introduction to "International Relations: Enduring Questions and Contemporary Perspectives", Joseph Grieco, G. John Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno, Macmillan Education UK, 2014
M. Graziano, “ Geopolitica” , Il Mulino, 2018.
SECOND MODULE: 3 CREDITS
Security policies.
recommended book: Treccani, Atlante geopolitico 2023.

Recommended Bibliography

Introduction to International Relations: Enduring Questions and Contemporary Perspectives, Joseph Grieco, G. John Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno, Macmillan Education UK, 2014.
B.Loyer, "Geopolitica. Metodi e concetti" UTET, 2021.
Foradori, Giacomello, “ Sicurezza Globale. Le nuove minacce”, Il Mulino, 2014.
Treccani. Atlante geopolitico 2023

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

written with possible oral integration. Is expected, so, for the attendings, (optional for not attendings), the realization of an elaborate about an theme of a course topic).

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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