Lehrende: Prof. Ron Krebs
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: FB02 / Politikwissenschaft (Institut)
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl:
Weitere Informationen: Ab Mitte Mai möchte sich Prof. Krebs mit den Teilnehmern durch Gruppenemails in Verbindung setzten. Bitte teilen Sie uns Ihre Mailadresse mit unter: dingeldein@pg.tu-darmstadt.de Da Prof. Krebs wegen der zeitlichen Befristung der Gastprofessur nicht in der Lage ist, mündliche Prüfungen/Klausuren durchzuführen, wird in dem Blockseminar "Sources of National (In)Security" im SoSe2015 die mündliche Prüfung/Klausur durch die Prüfungsform der Hausarbeit ersetzt Requirements (1) Participation and Reading Questions This research seminar is oriented around students’ questions, concerns and contributions. It is absolutely essential for students not only to complete all the readings, but also to engage in individual reflection prior to the course (e.g., consider strengths and weaknesses of various approaches) in order to fully benefit from the seminar meetings. To that end, for each session, all students will prepare 2 questions based on the entire session’s readings to help spur class discussion. Questions must be circulated by e-mail to the entire seminar by 2 p.m. on the day of the seminar (and by 9 pm on Saturday night prior to the last two sessions). NB: Students who do the reading ahead of time—even before the mini-course begins—are naturally welcome to circulate their questions early. If you do the reading far in advance, however, I do expect that you will review it before the actual class meeting. (2) Presentations All students are formally required to present once during the course. One reading per student will be assigned ahead of the course via email. Students will then produce a 1 p. summary of the text, followed by 1-2 pp. of critical engagement with the text. In those critical engagements, students should offer a preliminary argument about some aspect of the reading that the student found intriguing, illuminating, problematic, or controversial. These short papers must be circulated by e-mail to the entire seminar by 2 p.m. on the day of the seminar (and by 9 pm on Saturday night prior to the last seminar meetings). During seminar sessions, each presenter will present their views for about five minutes to launch the group discussion. NB: Presenters need not write separate reading questions for that session. (3) Final paper (only for students taking the seminar for full course credit) The final paper (due August 15, 2015) consists of an essay of approximately 3,500-5,000 words focused on some aspect of national or international (in)security. Specific topics are to be determined by students in consultation with the instructor.
Offizielle Kursbeschreibung: Course Description This mini-course examines several approaches to the sources of national security policy and its corollary—insecurity. After a critical examination of the nature of security, the seminar will explore important structural features of global politics (polarity) and domestic politics (regime type) as well as key processes (bargaining, securitization, legitimation, narration), before concluding with speculation regarding the future of national (in)security.
