The course introduces key concepts in international relations in the twentieth century and beyond, focussing on ideas and non-governmental actors regarded as marginal, but increasingly significant. The birth of ideas in specific historical contexts is examined, looking at both European-North American and Japanese examples emerging in the same time frames. Historical contexts cover Pre-1945; 1945 to 1989 and post-1989: the period of the ‘New World Order’.

Tutorial attendance and participation (20%), Essay (40%), Final exam or second essay (40%). Graduate students attend joint classes with undergraduates but may expect more rigorous assessment and additional assignment work, tailored to the graduate students’ interests. Graduate students may expect a final assignment rather than an exam.

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Tipton, Elise K., Modern Japan: A Social and Political History, London: Routledge, 2002; Allinson, G., 'The Structure and Transformation of Conservative Rule', in Gordon (ed) Postwar Japan as History, UC Press, 1993; Hane, M., Modern Japan: A Historical Survey, Westview Press, 1986; Gordon, A. ed., Postwar Japan as History, University of California Press, 1981.