Lesson Plan Thinking Analytically
Topic: Thinking Analytically in International Relations |
Week #: 1 | Estimated Time: 150-180 minutes |
Lecture Slides: Available Required Readings: - “One World, Many Actors” by Carmen Gebhard in International Relations edited by Stephen McGlinchey. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/international-relations/view. CC BY-NC
- 14 pages
- Individual Level: Longo, Matthew, and Bernardo Zacka. 2019. “Political Theory in an Ethnographic Key.” The American Political Science Review 113 (4): 1066–70. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055419000431. CC BY-NC-SA
- 5 pages
- State Level: Guild, James. 2019. “Feed‐in‐tariffs and the Politics of Renewable Energy in Indonesia and the Philippines.” Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies 6 (3): 417–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.288. CC BY
- 15 pages
- System Level: Meulenbelt, Stephanie. 2018. “Assessing Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats to the Food Supply Chain.” Global Security: Health, Science and Policy 3 (1): 14–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/23779497.2018.1509675. CC BY
- 13 pages
Total Page Count: 47 Optional Readings and Resources: - Bonanno, Giacomo. 2019. “Game Theory: An Open Access Textbook.” n.d. Accessed December 1, 2019. https://www.freetechbooks.com/game-theory-an-open-access-textbook-t1213.html. CC BY-NC-ND
- “Periodic Table of 2x2 Games” by Bryan Bruns, CC-BY-SA
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Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson plan, students will be able to: - Remember the 4 levels of analysis
- Analyze examples of levels of analyses
- Evaluate the utility of game theory to explain strategic interaction between countries
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Misconceptions of Topic: - International relations does not use a rigorous analytical framework
- International relations only focuses on country-to-country issues
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Lesson Component | Ancillary(ies) |
Levels of Analysis | Reading 1 Lecture Slides |
Exploring the Individual Level | Reading 2 |
Exploring the State Level | Reading 3 |
Exploring the System Level | Reading 4 |
Strategic Interaction | Lecture Slides Optional Resource 5 Optional Resource 6 |