Introduction to International Relations (WEEK -3): Quiz, Readings, Newspaper articles, and Presentations

Dear all,       

For the third Week, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class     

6 Nation-State. 
20 Sociology and the Nation-State in an Era of Shifting Boundaries (Donald N. Levine). 
21 The Westfailure System (Susan Strange). 
22 Globalization and the Myth of the Powerless State (Linda Weiss). 
23 Globalization and the Resilience of State Power (Daniel Béland). 
24 Beyond Nation-State Paradigms: Globalization, Sociology, and the Challenge of Transnational Studies (William I. Robinson).     

DOCUMENTARY:
Nasser and Arab Nationalism in the Middle East
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJogPC9ACI 
Strictly Kosher (Jewish Culture Documentary) - Real Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvkz6UEmi4Y

This week, we will have two presentations on Wednesday. YOU SHOULD PREPARE POWER POINTS and EMAIL IT TO ME A DAY BEFORE THE CLASS.  
This week, two students will have presentations: 

ZEYNEP OZGULEC 
6 Nation-State. 
20 Sociology and the Nation-State in an Era of Shifting Boundaries (Donald N. Levine). 
21 The Westfailure System (Susan Strange). 
22 Globalization and the Myth of the Powerless State (Linda Weiss).  

DAVID PEREZ-DES ROSIERS
23 Globalization and the Resilience of State Power (Daniel Béland). 
24 Beyond Nation-State Paradigms: Globalization, Sociology, and the Challenge of Transnational Studies (William I. Robinson). 

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring RECENT newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with NATION STATE AND NATIONALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Other subjects will not be accepted. PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE IN THE CLASS!       

QUIZ-1: You will take your first quiz on Wednesday and the quiz covers the following chapters:
1 Introduction to Globalization Debates. 
1 Is Globalization Civilizing, Destructive or Feeble? A Critique of Five Key Debates in the Social Science Literature (Mauro F. Guillén).  Part I Political Economy. 
2 Civilizations.  2 The Clash of Civilizations? (Samuel P. Huntington). 
3 Global Utopias and Clashing Civilizations: Misunderstanding the Present (John Gray). 
4 Can Civilizations Clash? (Jack F. Matlock, Jr). 
5 History Ends, Worlds Collide (Chris Brown). 
6 If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World (Samuel P. Huntington).
3 Orientalism, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism. 
7 Orientalism: Introduction (Edward W. Said). 
8 Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse (Sadik Jalal al-'Azm). 
9 Postcolonialism and Its Discontents (Ali Rattansi). 
10 Said’s Orientalism: A Vital Contribution Today (Peter Marcuse). 

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.        

Best to all,

Tugrul