Stephen Van Evera, 1997. Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, Ithaca: Cornell. Ch. 1.
K. J. Holsti, 1989, “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Which Are the Fairest Theories of All?” International Studies Quarterly 33(3): 255–61.
Stephen M. Walt, 1998. “International Relations: One World, Many Theories,” Foreign Policy, 110: 29–46.
延伸閱讀:
John Lewis Gaddis, 1992/93. “International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War,” International Security 17: 5-58.
David A. Lake, 2013. “Theory is Dead, Long Live Theory: The End of the Great Debates and the Rise of Eclecticism in International Relations,” European Journal of International Relations 19(3): 567-587.
Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, 2013. “The Rise of Big Data: How It’s Changing the Way We Think about the World,” Foreign Affairs 92(3): 28-40.
Week 4 (3/13) 現實主義
William Wohlforth, 2008. “Realism,” in The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, edited by Reus-Smit, Christian, and Duncan Snidal. Oxford University Press.
Jack Donnelly, 2008. “The Ethics of Realism,” in The Oxford Handbook of International Relations.
Jeffrey W. Legro and Andrew Moravcsik, 1999. “Is Anybody Still a Realist?” International Security 24(2): 5-55.
延伸閱讀:
Kenneth N. Waltz, 2000. “Structural Realism after the Cold War,” International Security 25(1): 5-41.
Aaron L. Friedberg, 2005. “The Future of U.S.-China Relations: Is Conflict Inevitable?” International Security 30(2): 7-45.
Kang, David C. 2003. “Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytical Frameworks,” International Security 27(4): 57-85
Johnston, Alastair Iain. 2012. “What (If Anything) Does East Asia Tell Us About International Relations Theory?” Annual Review of Political Science 15 (1): 53-78.
延伸閱讀:
Yuan-kang Wang, 2013. “Explaining the Tribute System: Power, Confucianism, and War in Medieval East Asia,” Journal of East Asian Studies 13(2): 207-232.
Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan, 2017. “Why is there no Non-Western International Relations Theory? Ten Years On,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 17(3): 341-370.
Chih-yu Shih et al., 2019. China and the International Theory: The Balance of Relationships, Oxon & New York: Routledge. Introduction & Ch. 1.
Week 11 (5/1) 權力轉移理論與中美關係
Avery Goldstein, 2007. “Power Transitions, Institutions, and China’s Rise in East Asia: Theoretical Expectations and Evidence,” Journal of Strategic Studies 30(4-5): 639-682.
Friedman, Edward, 2011. “Power Transition Theory: A Challenge to the Peaceful Rise of World Power China,” In China’s Rise: Threat or Opportunity?, edited by Herbert S. Yee. London: Routledge.
Mastro, Oriana Skylar, 2019. “In the Shadow of the Thucydides Trap: International Relations Theory and the Prospects for Peace in U.S.-China Relations,” Journal of Chinese Political Science 24(1): 25-45.
延伸閱讀:
Sample, Susan G. 2018. “Power, Wealth, and Satisfaction: When Do Power Transitions Lead to Conflict?” Journal of Conflict Resolution 62(9): 1905-1931.
Michael Beckley, 2023. “The Peril of Peaking Powers: Economic Slowdowns and Implications for China’s Next Decade,” International Security 48(1): 7-46.
John Vasquez and Marie T. Henehan, 2001. “Territorial Disputes and the Probability of War, 1816-1992,” Journal of Peace Research 38 (2):123-138.
Scott F. Abramson and David B. Carter, 2021. “Systemic Instability and the Emergence of Border Disputes,” International Organization 75 (1):103-146.
M. Taylor. Fravel, 2010. “International Relations Theory and China’s Rise: Assessing China’s Potential for Territorial Expansion,” International Studies Review 12(4): 505-532.
延伸閱讀:
Dominic D.P. Johnson and Monica Duffy Toft, 2014. “Grounds for War: The Evolution of Territorial Conflict,” International Security 38(3): 7-38.
Ketian Zhang, 2019. “Cautious Bully: Reputation, Resolve, and Beijing’s Use of Coercion in the South China Sea,” International Security 44(1): 117-159.
James D. Fearon, 1995. “Rationalist Explanations for War,” International Organization 49(3): 379-414.
Jessica L. Weeks, 2008. “Autocratic Audience Costs: Regime Type and Signaling Resolve,” International Organization 62(1): 35-64.
Oriana Skylar Mastro, 2011. “Signaling and Military Provocation in Chinese National Security Strategy: A Closer Look at the Impeccable Incident,” Journal of Strategic Studies 34(2): 219-244.
延伸閱讀:
Jack Snyder and Erica D. Borghard, 2011. “The Cost of Empty Threats: A Penny, Not a Pound,” American Political Science Review 105(3): 437-456.
Frances Yaping Wang, 2021. “Barking Without Biting: Understanding Chinese Media Campaigns During Foreign Policy Disputes,” Security Studies 30(4): 517-549.
David A. Baldwin, 1971. “The Power of Positive Sanctions,” World Politics 24 (1): 19-38.
Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman, 2019. “Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion,” International Security 44(1): 42-79.
Darren J. Lim and Victor A. Ferguson, 2022. “Informal Economic Sanctions: The Political Economy of Chinese Coercion during the THAAD Dispute,” Review of International Political Economy 29(5): 1525-1548.
延伸閱讀:
Rena Sung and Jonghyuk Park, 2022. “How Do Economic Sanctions Affect Public Opinion and Consumer Behavior in Target States? Evidence from China’s Economic Sanctions on South Korea,” International Studies Quarterly 66(3): sqac023.
Bruce M. Russett, 2009. “Democracy, War and Expansion through Historical Lenses,” European Journal of International Relations 15(1): 9-36.
Jennifer Lind, 2011. “Democratization and Stability in East Asia,” International Studies Quarterly 55(2): 409-436.
Mark S. Bell and Kai Quek, 2018. “Authoritarian Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace,” International Organization 72(1): 227-242.
延伸閱讀:
Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder, 1995. “Democratization and the Danger of War,” International Security 20(1): 5-38.
Stephan Haggard, 2004. “The Balance of Power, Globalization, and Democracy: International Relations Theory in Northeast Asia,” Journal of East Asian Studies 4(1): 1-38.
Matthew A Baum and Philip B. K. Potter, 2008. “The Relationships Between Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis,” Annual Review of Political Science 11(1): 39-65.
Josheph Fewsmith and Stanley Rosen, 2001. “The Domestic Context of Chinese Foreign Policy: Does “Public Opinion” Matter?” in The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform, 1978-2000, edited by David M. Lampton. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
Jessica Chen Weiss, 2013. “Authoritarian Signaling, Mass Audiences, and Nationalist Protest in China,” International Organization 67(1): 1-35.
延伸閱讀:
James Reilly, 2014. “A Wave to Worry About? Public Opinion, Foreign Policy and China’s Anti-Japan Protests,” Journal of Contemporary China 23(86): 197-215.
Alastair Iain Johnston, 2017. “Is Chinese Nationalism Rising? Evidence from Beijing,” International Security 41(3): 7-43.
Xiaojun Li and Dingding Chen, 2021. “Public Opinion, International Reputation, and Audience Costs in an Authoritarian Regime,” Conflict Management and Peace Science 38(5): 543-560.
Week 17 (6/12) 意識形態與中國外交
Judith Goldstein and Robert O. Keohane, 1994. “Ideas and Foreign Policy: An Analytical Framework,” in Thomas W. Robinson and David Shambaugh, eds. Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Susan G. Sample, 2018. “Power, Wealth, and Satisfaction: When Do Power Transitions Lead to Conflict?” Journal of Conflict Resolution 62(9): 1905-1931.
Eun A Jo and Jessica Chen Weiss, 2023. “Ideology and Chinese Foreign Policies,” in The Routledge Handbook of Ideology and International Relations, edited by Jonathan Leader Maynard and Mark L. Haas. New York: Routledge.
延伸閱讀:
Steven I. Levine, “Perceptions and Ideology in Chinese Foreign Policy,” in Chinese Foreign. Policy: Theory and Practice, eds. Thomas W. Robinson, David L. Shambaugh
Jennifer Pan and Yiqing Xu, 2018. “China’s Ideological Spectrum,” Journal of Politics 80(1): 254-273.
Xuetong Yan, 2018. “Chinese Values vs. Liberalism: What Ideology Will Shape the International Normative Order?” The Chinese Journal of International Politics 11(1): 1-22.
Week 18 (6/19) 期末報告題綱討論
Week 1 (2/21) 課程介紹與分組
Week 2 (2/28): 放假
Week 3 (3/6) 什麼是國際關係理論?
Stephen Van Evera, 1997. Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, Ithaca: Cornell. Ch. 1.
K. J. Holsti, 1989, “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Which Are the Fairest Theories of All?” International Studies Quarterly 33(3): 255–61.
Stephen M. Walt, 1998. “International Relations: One World, Many Theories,” Foreign Policy, 110: 29–46.
延伸閱讀:
John Lewis Gaddis, 1992/93. “International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War,” International Security 17: 5-58.
David A. Lake, 2013. “Theory is Dead, Long Live Theory: The End of the Great Debates and the Rise of Eclecticism in International Relations,” European Journal of International Relations 19(3): 567-587.
Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, 2013. “The Rise of Big Data: How It’s Changing the Way We Think about the World,” Foreign Affairs 92(3): 28-40.
Week 4 (3/13) 現實主義
William Wohlforth, 2008. “Realism,” in The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, edited by Reus-Smit, Christian, and Duncan Snidal. Oxford University Press.
Jack Donnelly, 2008. “The Ethics of Realism,” in The Oxford Handbook of International Relations.
Jeffrey W. Legro and Andrew Moravcsik, 1999. “Is Anybody Still a Realist?” International Security 24(2): 5-55.
延伸閱讀:
Kenneth N. Waltz, 2000. “Structural Realism after the Cold War,” International Security 25(1): 5-41.
Aaron L. Friedberg, 2005. “The Future of U.S.-China Relations: Is Conflict Inevitable?” International Security 30(2): 7-45.
Kang, David C. 2003. “Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytical Frameworks,” International Security 27(4): 57-85
Johnston, Alastair Iain. 2012. “What (If Anything) Does East Asia Tell Us About International Relations Theory?” Annual Review of Political Science 15 (1): 53-78.
延伸閱讀:
Yuan-kang Wang, 2013. “Explaining the Tribute System: Power, Confucianism, and War in Medieval East Asia,” Journal of East Asian Studies 13(2): 207-232.
Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan, 2017. “Why is there no Non-Western International Relations Theory? Ten Years On,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 17(3): 341-370.
Chih-yu Shih et al., 2019. China and the International Theory: The Balance of Relationships, Oxon & New York: Routledge. Introduction & Ch. 1.
Week 11 (5/1) 權力轉移理論與中美關係
Avery Goldstein, 2007. “Power Transitions, Institutions, and China’s Rise in East Asia: Theoretical Expectations and Evidence,” Journal of Strategic Studies 30(4-5): 639-682.
Friedman, Edward, 2011. “Power Transition Theory: A Challenge to the Peaceful Rise of World Power China,” In China’s Rise: Threat or Opportunity?, edited by Herbert S. Yee. London: Routledge.
Mastro, Oriana Skylar, 2019. “In the Shadow of the Thucydides Trap: International Relations Theory and the Prospects for Peace in U.S.-China Relations,” Journal of Chinese Political Science 24(1): 25-45.
延伸閱讀:
Sample, Susan G. 2018. “Power, Wealth, and Satisfaction: When Do Power Transitions Lead to Conflict?” Journal of Conflict Resolution 62(9): 1905-1931.
Michael Beckley, 2023. “The Peril of Peaking Powers: Economic Slowdowns and Implications for China’s Next Decade,” International Security 48(1): 7-46.
John Vasquez and Marie T. Henehan, 2001. “Territorial Disputes and the Probability of War, 1816-1992,” Journal of Peace Research 38 (2):123-138.
Scott F. Abramson and David B. Carter, 2021. “Systemic Instability and the Emergence of Border Disputes,” International Organization 75 (1):103-146.
M. Taylor. Fravel, 2010. “International Relations Theory and China’s Rise: Assessing China’s Potential for Territorial Expansion,” International Studies Review 12(4): 505-532.
延伸閱讀:
Dominic D.P. Johnson and Monica Duffy Toft, 2014. “Grounds for War: The Evolution of Territorial Conflict,” International Security 38(3): 7-38.
Ketian Zhang, 2019. “Cautious Bully: Reputation, Resolve, and Beijing’s Use of Coercion in the South China Sea,” International Security 44(1): 117-159.
James D. Fearon, 1995. “Rationalist Explanations for War,” International Organization 49(3): 379-414.
Jessica L. Weeks, 2008. “Autocratic Audience Costs: Regime Type and Signaling Resolve,” International Organization 62(1): 35-64.
Oriana Skylar Mastro, 2011. “Signaling and Military Provocation in Chinese National Security Strategy: A Closer Look at the Impeccable Incident,” Journal of Strategic Studies 34(2): 219-244.
延伸閱讀:
Jack Snyder and Erica D. Borghard, 2011. “The Cost of Empty Threats: A Penny, Not a Pound,” American Political Science Review 105(3): 437-456.
Frances Yaping Wang, 2021. “Barking Without Biting: Understanding Chinese Media Campaigns During Foreign Policy Disputes,” Security Studies 30(4): 517-549.
David A. Baldwin, 1971. “The Power of Positive Sanctions,” World Politics 24 (1): 19-38.
Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman, 2019. “Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion,” International Security 44(1): 42-79.
Darren J. Lim and Victor A. Ferguson, 2022. “Informal Economic Sanctions: The Political Economy of Chinese Coercion during the THAAD Dispute,” Review of International Political Economy 29(5): 1525-1548.
延伸閱讀:
Rena Sung and Jonghyuk Park, 2022. “How Do Economic Sanctions Affect Public Opinion and Consumer Behavior in Target States? Evidence from China’s Economic Sanctions on South Korea,” International Studies Quarterly 66(3): sqac023.
Bruce M. Russett, 2009. “Democracy, War and Expansion through Historical Lenses,” European Journal of International Relations 15(1): 9-36.
Jennifer Lind, 2011. “Democratization and Stability in East Asia,” International Studies Quarterly 55(2): 409-436.
Mark S. Bell and Kai Quek, 2018. “Authoritarian Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace,” International Organization 72(1): 227-242.
延伸閱讀:
Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder, 1995. “Democratization and the Danger of War,” International Security 20(1): 5-38.
Stephan Haggard, 2004. “The Balance of Power, Globalization, and Democracy: International Relations Theory in Northeast Asia,” Journal of East Asian Studies 4(1): 1-38.
Matthew A Baum and Philip B. K. Potter, 2008. “The Relationships Between Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis,” Annual Review of Political Science 11(1): 39-65.
Josheph Fewsmith and Stanley Rosen, 2001. “The Domestic Context of Chinese Foreign Policy: Does “Public Opinion” Matter?” in The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform, 1978-2000, edited by David M. Lampton. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
Jessica Chen Weiss, 2013. “Authoritarian Signaling, Mass Audiences, and Nationalist Protest in China,” International Organization 67(1): 1-35.
延伸閱讀:
James Reilly, 2014. “A Wave to Worry About? Public Opinion, Foreign Policy and China’s Anti-Japan Protests,” Journal of Contemporary China 23(86): 197-215.
Alastair Iain Johnston, 2017. “Is Chinese Nationalism Rising? Evidence from Beijing,” International Security 41(3): 7-43.
Xiaojun Li and Dingding Chen, 2021. “Public Opinion, International Reputation, and Audience Costs in an Authoritarian Regime,” Conflict Management and Peace Science 38(5): 543-560.
Week 17 (6/12) 意識形態與中國外交
Judith Goldstein and Robert O. Keohane, 1994. “Ideas and Foreign Policy: An Analytical Framework,” in Thomas W. Robinson and David Shambaugh, eds. Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Susan G. Sample, 2018. “Power, Wealth, and Satisfaction: When Do Power Transitions Lead to Conflict?” Journal of Conflict Resolution 62(9): 1905-1931.
Eun A Jo and Jessica Chen Weiss, 2023. “Ideology and Chinese Foreign Policies,” in The Routledge Handbook of Ideology and International Relations, edited by Jonathan Leader Maynard and Mark L. Haas. New York: Routledge.
延伸閱讀:
Steven I. Levine, “Perceptions and Ideology in Chinese Foreign Policy,” in Chinese Foreign. Policy: Theory and Practice, eds. Thomas W. Robinson, David L. Shambaugh
Jennifer Pan and Yiqing Xu, 2018. “China’s Ideological Spectrum,” Journal of Politics 80(1): 254-273.
Xuetong Yan, 2018. “Chinese Values vs. Liberalism: What Ideology Will Shape the International Normative Order?” The Chinese Journal of International Politics 11(1): 1-22.
Week 18 (6/19) 期末報告題綱討論
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指定/參考書目Textbook & References
指定參考書:Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal eds., 2008. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford University Press.