Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)

The study of Politics and International Relations at Oxford has a long and distinguished history and the Department has become one of the largest in the field in the UK with 100 teaching and research staff. We are proud to be considered as an internationally excellent centre for teaching and research achieving consistently high rankings in league tables for teaching and research.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Who Should Intervene? The Agents of Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect	Dr. James Pattison (University of the West of England) presents a seminar on humanitarian intervention and the 'responsibility to protect'. The discussant is Seth Lazar (Oxford).	James Pattison, Seth Lazar	17 February, 2009
Process and Effects of Unification	The history of the Wall — Developments up to 1989 — The international handling of German unification — The domestic politics of unification — Enduring divisions in Germany — Conclusion.	Andreas Busch	7 March, 2007
The Social Market Economy	Changing assessments over time — Characteristics in brief — Historical experiences — The concept — The institutions — Economic performance.	Andreas Busch	28 February, 2007
Elections, Parties, and the Party System	Parties after 1945: continuities and change — Parties and the German State — The main parties: SPD — CDU — FDP — Greens — Party system and cleavage change — The 2005 Bundestag election.	Andreas Busch	21 February, 2007
Federalism and Policy-Making	Federalism as a concept — Roots of German federalism — The Länder and their constitutional responsibilities — Developments of German federalism — The influence of European integration — The Bundesrat and policy-making.	Andreas Busch	14 February, 2007
Executive-Legislative Relations	"Chancellor Democracy" — The Powers and Constraints on a Chancellor — The Rise of the Bundestag — The Bundesrat and Regional Administration — The Federal Constitutional Court — Parapublic Institutions.	Andreas Busch	7 February, 2007
The Constitutional Founding of the Federal Republic (1945-1949)	Germany after 1945 - Domestic and international situation - Towards the founding of the Federal Republic - The Parliamentary Council - The "Basic Law" and its main institutions.	Andreas Busch	31 January, 2007

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