IR 470Fall 2010
COMPARATIVE REGIONALISM
T/Th 9:30-10:50 amSaori N. Katada
Room SOS B44Office: VKC 309
Phone: 213-740-8542
Office hoursE-mail:
T 11-12, W 9-10, and by appointment
Course Objectives
The objective of the course is to expand our understanding of regional institutions in the world that encompass both economics and security. The course covers theories and practices of regional integration and how such processes impact global politics and international economy.
Most of the theories of regional integration since the late 1950s up to the present derive from the European experience. The main purpose of the course is, however, to focus on regional integration efforts beyond Europe, especially those happening in the Western Hemisphere and Asia, in comparative perspective: What are the structure of regional institutions and mechanism of regional integration? How well can we understand regionalism emerging in various parts of the world through existing theories? Why do regional integration efforts vary significantly across regions? How can we place those diverse regional integration movements in the global context?
Students are expected to do all the assigned readings before class so that they are ready to participate in the seminar. They will also take exams, complete an approximately 15-page research paper and present it in class during the last week of the course.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of international relations. Students interested in European and/or the Pacific Rim countries are encouraged to read relevant sections of The Los Angeles Times or other major newspapers, as well as weekly magazines such as Time, Newsweek, and the Economist.
- IR 210 (Introduction to International Relations) or equivalent knowledge of international issues and world affairs.
Official Note
DSP: Any student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to me as early in the semester as possible. DSP is located in STU 301 and is open 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The phone number for DSP is (213) 740-0776.
Academic integrity: Students are expected to understand and uphold the university standards of academic integrity (see http://mrel.usc.edu/class/591/acad_integ.pdf for the guidelines). The conducts such as “the submission of material authored by another person but represented as the student's own work, whether that material is paraphrased or copied in verbatim or near-verbatim form” and “improper acknowledgment of sources in essays or papers” will result in sanctions including an “F” for the course and/or University suspension.
Assignments and Course Grades
Class participation10%
Students should have read the reading assignment before class, and everyone is expected engage in discussion over the topics covered in each class. Students will also be called upon to orally present their views. Attendance and timely submission of assignments are also very important. Regular absence and tardiness without legitimate and documented reasons will be penalized. Good students are expected to ask questions, come to office hours, take leadership in discussions, and be an active member of the class!
Pop Quizzes10%
There will be a few pop quizzes given during the semester on the reading and the regional institutions discussed in class.
Two Midterms40% (20% each)
Two take-home midterms are scheduled; one on September 23 (Th) and the other on October 28 (Th). The respective questions are distributed two days prior to the exam day, and the students have option of sending the write-up in via Email, coming to class to submit it, or staying in class on the exam day to complete the exam.
Research Paper and Presentation ()40%
Research paper (30%): The paper must be between 3,000 and 4,000 words (if you use12-pitch fonts, it will be between 13 and 15 pages). Each student must analyze either certain issue or aspect regarding one regional institution, or do a comparative study of a few (more than two) regional institutions. The paper should include history, policy-making structure, purpose and politics of those institutions, and compare them especially focusing on the underlying factors of respective institutional viability. Do not rely heavily on magazines (like Time or Newsweek) or Internet sources. Try to use academic journals, books and government documents.
Deadlines:
Paper topic cleared by me by September 28
One-page outline of your paper by October 19
Interim discussions on your papers from November 2 through 18
Final draft of the paper sent via E-mail to be posted on Blackboard by November 23
Revised paper due December 9
The paper will receive an F if you miss the draft deadline (November 23) or the final deadline (December 9).
Paper presentation (10%): Each student will present his/her paper in class on November 30 (T) and December 2 (Th). Students are also responsible for reading your classmates’ papers and engage in the Q&A section.
Important Additional Notes
All the students are expected to have E-mail accounts and easy access to Internet. We will make frequent use of Blackboard, and will use E-mail to announce any changes in the class schedule. You can also get in touch with me by E-mail, which is the fastest and most certain way. I may not always be able to respond to your phone messages, but I promise that I will respond to your E-mail messages as quickly as possible.
Main Books for the Course (in the bookstore and one copy on reserve at Leavey library)
Walter Mattli, The Logic of Regional Integration, 1999 (Mattli)
John McCormick, Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction, Third ed, 2006. (McCormick)
Finn Laursen, Comparative Regionalism: Theoretical Perspectives, 2003 (Laursen)
Amitav Acharya and Iain Johnston, Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective, 2007 (Acharya and Johnston)
Course Schedule (See Attachment for the complete titles of the reserve readings)
Articles and chapters are on Electronic reserve via ARES
Getting ready and getting started.
August 24 (T):Getting Ready
Reading: No reading assignment.
Historical Perspectives and Traditional Theories of Regional Integration
August 26 (Th):Historical perspectiveReading: Fawcett, Mattli (Ch. 1)
August 31 (T):Theories and Old wave of integration
Reading: Mitrany, Mattli (Ch. 2).
September 2 (Th):NeofunctionalismReading: Haas and Schmitter, Balassa
September 7 (T):State-centric Theory versus Transactionalism
Reading: Hoffmann, Deutsch
European Union and its Theories
September 9 (Th):History and InstitutionsReading: McCormick (Ch. 1, 3, 5 and 7)
September 14 (T):Grand bargain
Reading: Mattli (Ch. 3&4), Moravcsik (1991)
September 16 (Th):Multilevel GovernanceReading: McCormick (Ch. 4, 6), Sweet and Sandholtz, Marks et.al.
September 21 (T): Ideas and IdentityTake home midterm I distributed
Reading: McCormick (Ch. 2 8), Risse, Van der Beek and Neal
Turn in the take home midterm I in class on September 23 (Th)
Comparative Regionalism: Theories and Practices
September 28 (T):Governmental Perspective: Theory Paper topic dueReading: Haggard, Moravcsik (1993)
September 30 (Th):Governmental Perspectives: Practice
Reading: Laursen (Ch. 2, 3 & 4)
October 5 (T):Power Perspective: Theory Reading: Grieco, Mansfield & Milner
October 7 (Th): Power Perspective: Practice
Reading: Laursen (Ch. 5 & 6)
October 12 (T):Constructivist Perspective: Theory Reading: Chekel, Adler and Bernett
October 14 (Th):Constructivist Perspective: Practice
Reading: Laursen (Ch. 7, 8 & 9)
October 19 (T):Historical Institutionalism: Theory
One-page paper outline dueReading: Pierson, Calder & Ye
October 21 (Th):Historical Institutionalism: Practice
Reading: Laursen (Ch. 10 & 11)
October 26 (T):Comparative Regionalism Take home midterm II distributed
Reading: Laursen (Ch. 12 & 13), Mattli (Ch. 5)
Turn in the take home midterm II in class on October 28 (Th)
Regionalism and Institutions (plus interim paper discussions)
November 2 (T):Regional Institutions
Reading: Acharya and Johnston (Ch. 1), Solingen
November 4 (Th):Southeast AsiaReading:Acharya and Johnston (Ch. 2)
November 9 (T):Latin America
Reading: Acharya and Johnston (Ch. 3)
November 11 (Th):Africa and Middle East Reading: Acharya and Johnston (Ch. 4 & 6)
November 16 (T):NATO
Reading: Acharya and Johnston (Ch. 5)
November 18 (Th):European Union revisitedReading: Acharya and Johnston (Ch. 7 & 8)
November 23 (T):No classFinal paper draft due
Reading No reading assignment
November 25 (Th):Thanksgiving BreakReading: No reading assignment
Paper presentations
November 30 (T):Paper Presentation Part 1
Assignment: Read the draft of papers presented
December 2 (Th):Paper Presentation Part 2Assignment: Read the draft of papers presented
The final version of the research paper due by noon, December 9 (Th), 2010. The revised paper has to be submitted with your draft paper. If the revised paper is not turned in, the student will receive an F on the paper.
Attachment: Reserve Readings (All posted on Blackboard)
Fawcett, Louise. “Regionalism in Historical Perspective.” in Fawcett and Hurrell (eds), Regionalism in World Politics: Regional Organization and International Order. 1995, p. 9-36.
Mitrany, David. “The Prospect of Integration: Federal or Functional.” Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 119-149, 1965.
Haas, Ernst and Philippe Schimitter. “Economics and Differential Patterns of Political Integration: Projections about Unity in Latin America.” International Organization, Vol. 18, No. 4, Autumn 1964, p. 705-737.
Balassa, Bela. “Towards a Theory of Economic Integration” Kyklos, Vol. 14, No. 1, p. 1-17, 1961.
Hoffman, Stanley. “Obstinate or Obsolete? The Fate of Nation State and the Case of Western Europe.” Daedalus 95. 1966.
Deutsche, Karl “Communication Theory and Political Integration.” In P.E. Jacob and J. V. Toscano (eds.) The Integration of Political Communities. 1964, p. 46-74.
Moravcsik (1991), Andrew. “Negotiating the Single European Act.” International Organization. Vol. 45, No. 1, Winter 1991, p. 19-56.
Sweet, Alec Stone and Wayne Sandholtz. “Integration, Supranational Governance, and the Institutionalization of the European Polity.” in Sandholtz and Sweet (eds.), European Integration and Supranational Governance, p. 1-26, 1998.
Marks, Gary, Liesbet Hooghe, and Kermit Blank. “European Integration from the 1980s: State-Centric versus Multi-level Governance.” Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 34, No. 3, September 1996, p. 341-78.
Risse, Thomas. “Nationalism and Collective Identities: Europe versus the Nation-State?” in Paul Heywood, Erik Jones and Martin Rhodes (eds.) Development in West European Politics 2, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, p. 77-93.
Van der Beek, Gregor and Larry Neal. “The Dilemma of Enlargement for the European Union’s Regional Policy.” The World Economy. Vol. 27, No. 4, April 2004, p. 587-607.
Haggard, Stephen. “Regionalism in Asia and the Americas.” In Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Miner (eds.) The Political Economy of Regionalism. Columbia University Press, 1997. p. 20-49.
Moravcsik (1993), Andrew. “Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach.” Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 31, No. 4. 1993.
Grieco, Joseph. “Systemic Sources of Variation in Regional Institutionalization in Western Europe, East Asia, and the Americas.” In Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Miner (eds.) The Political Economy of Regionalism. Columbia University Press. 1997. p. 164-187.
Mansfield, Edward and Helen Milner. “The New Wave of Regionalism.” International Organization. Vol. 53, No. 3, 1999. p. 589-627.
Chekel, Jeffrey. “Social Construction and Integration.” Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 6, No. 4, p. 545-560. 1999.
Adler, Emanuel & Michael Barnett. “Security Communities in Theoretical Perspective,” in Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett (eds.), Security Communities, 1998.
Pierson, Paul. “The Path to European Integration – A Historical Institutinalist Analysis.” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 29, No. 2 (April 1996). 123-63.
Calder, Kent & Min Ye. “Critical Juncture and Comparative Regionalism.” The Journal of East Asian Studies. August 2004, pp. 1-43.
Solingen, Etel. ““The Genesis, Design and Effects of Regional Institutions: Lessons from East Asia and the Middle East.” International Studies Quarterly. Vol. 52, No. 2. 261-294.
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