Required readings (71 pages):

a)      Weaver, Ole. 1996. „The Rise and Fall of the Inter-paradigm Debate.“ In Smith, Steve, Booth, Ken and Marysia Zalewski (eds.) International Theory: Positivism & Beyond, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 149-185.

b)      Smith, Steve. 1996. “Positivism and Beyond.” In Smith, Steve, Booth, Ken and Marysia Zalewski (eds.) International Theory: Positivism & Beyond, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 11-44.

Optional readings:

Baylis, John and Steve Smith. 1999. The Globalization of World Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 167-187.