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.School: Social and Political Sciences
Department/Program: Government and International Relations
Unit of Study: GOVT 2226 International Organisations
Session:Semester 2 2014
Unit of Study Outline
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3GOVT 2226 International OrganisationsLectures: Monday 2-4pm,
Venue: Carslaw Lecture Theatre 157 UNIT DESCRIPTIONInternational
Organisations is a survey of both the range of institutions created
in response to various economic, security and environmental
challenges faced by states and other actors in the global system,
and some of the most prominent theories aimed at explaining them.
The course will be arranged around a series of case studies of
particular issue areas, from international peacekeeping, to the
regulation of multinational corporations, and the struggle to slow
global warming. More broadly, the course will question whether
international organisations are instruments of, or rivals to,
sovereign states and whether they reflect the hegemony of the West,
solutions to international collective problems, or agents of new
transnational communities. LEARNING OUTCOMESResearch and Inquiry:
Graduates of this unit will be create new knowledge and
understanding through the process of research and Inquiry Possess a
body of knowledge relevant to international organisations and a
firm grasp of the principles, practices, and boundaries of this
sub-discipline (essay) Be able to acquire and valuate new knowledge
through independent research (essay) Be able to identify, define,
investigate, and solve problems (essay) Think independently,
analytically and creatively about the possibilities and limits of
IOs (essay and participation) Exercise critical judgment and
critical thinking to create new modes of understanding about IOs
(essay)Information Literacy; Graduates of this unit will be able to
use information effectively in a range of contexts use appropriate
media, tools and methodologies to locate, access and use
information; (essay)
critically evaluate the sources, values, validity and currency
of information about IOs; (essay) and
use information critically (essay and participation).
Personal and Intellectual Autonomy; Graduates of this unit will
be able to work independently and sustainably in a way that is
informed by openness, curiosity and a desire to meet new
challenges. set appropriate goals for ongoing intellectual and
professional development, and evaluate their own performance
effectively; (essay, participation and exam)
be intellectually curious, open to new ideas, methods and ways
of thinking, and able to sustain intellectual interest; (essay and
participation)
respond effectively to unfamiliar problems in unfamiliar
contexts; (essay, participation and exam) and
work effectively in teams and other collaborative contexts
(participation).
Ethical, Social and Professional Understanding; Graduates of
this unit will hold personal values and beliefs consistent with
their role as responsible members of local, national, international
and professional communities be informed and open-minded about
social, cultural and linguistic diversity in Australia and the
world; (essay, participation and exam)
appreciate their ethical responsibilities towards colleagues,
research subjects, the wider community, and the environment; (essay
and participation)
be aware that knowledge is not value-free (participation).
Communication; Graduates of this unit will recognize the value
of communication as a tool fo negotiating and creating new
understanding, interacting with others, and furthering their own
learning. Possess a high standard of oral, visual and written
communication skills relevant to analyzing IOs (essay,
participation and exam) Recognize the importance of continuing
their oral, visual, and written communication skills (essay,
participation, and exam) Be able to use appropriate communication
technologies (course interaction and exam)LEARNING
STRUCTURELectures will provide a broad introduction to key themes
and issues. The format will be formal, requiring a combination of
structured note-taking and listening questions are of course
welcome! Tutorials provide the opportunity for further interaction
(including non-assessed group work) of weekly topics. You must
prepare for the discussions by doing the weekly assigned readings
in advance, giving you the chance to maximise the benefit obtained
from classes. You should also bring a willingness to speak and
raise issues. If everyone does this, the whole class benefits. The
tutorials are electronically allocated. The weekly program is
detailed in the following table. It includes the topic schedule and
relevant items of required reading as contained in the reader. This
course material should be your initial introduction to topics, but
you will need to read beyond these sources for your major essay.
Recommended readings are there to guide your further reading.
Tutorials will begin in week two of the semester. To complete this
unit of study you must: attend 80% of all the classes. If a student
misses more than three tutorial sessions (without a Doctors
certificate), then they will be deemed to have failed the
participation assessment; participate in tutorial discussions;
complete the weekly required readings as prescribed; complete
satisfactorily all written work, presentations and examinations as
may be prescribed; and meet the standards required by the
University for academic honesty.
You can log on to the eLearning system via MyUni. Alternatively,
you can bookmark the login page directly at
http://elearning.sydney.edu.au/. Log in with your unikey. If you
have any difficulties logging in or using the system, visit the
Student Help area of the Sydney eLearning site,
http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/student/ .
UNIT SCHEDULE
Semester TwoWeekWeek beginningLecture [content]Tutorial
128 JulyWhat are IOs? IOs as problem solvers in International
RelationsNo tutorial
204 AugustCollective Security: Minimizing and Halting
ConflictIOs as problem solvers in IR
311 AugustWeapons Proliferation: Eliminating and Regulating
WeaponsCollective Security
418 AugustInternational Humanitarian Law (IHL): Protecting Human
RightsWeapons Proliferation
525 AugustThe World Health Organisation (WHO): Providing Global
HealthGuest Lecture- Dr Adam Kamradt-ScottIHL (First conceptual
paper due Monday 26th)
601 SeptemberThe GATT and WTO; Promoting International Trade.
WHO
708 SeptemberThe International Monetary Fund (IMF): Providing
Financial Governance Guest Lecture Dr.Yelena ZarbotsevaGATT/WTO
815 SeptemberCreating and Promoting Economic Unions: Furthering
International Development IMF
922 SeptemberSustainable Development: From the WCED to Rio +
20Economic Unions and International Development EU, ASEAN, FTAS
BREAK29 SeptemberSESSION BREAK
1006 October*No Lecture- Monday 6th Labour Day Public Holiday-
tutorials as normal this weekSustainability (Main Research essay
due Tuesday 7th)
1113 OctoberThe UNFCCC, the IPCC & Climate ChangeClimate
Change
1220 OctoberGlobal Governance?Global Governance
1327 OctoberExam Review and Course EvaluationExam Review
STUVAC03 NovemberSTUVAC
EXAMS10 NovemberEXAM PERIOD commences
* NB: Public holiday on Monday 6 October.READING REQUIREMENTSYou
must purchase the Govt 2226, International Organisations Reader,
which is available from Kopystop at 55 Mountain St. near Broadway.
You need to bring your student card. Copies are also available in
Special Reserve section in Fisher Library. The readings must be
done prior to your weekly tutorial and this is essential in order
to pass this unit.The Readings include the lecture schedule and
relevant items of required readings and videos.The Course Reader is
available at Kopystop on 55 Mountain St. near Broadway.
A full reading list is included later in this Outline..ONLINE
COMPONENTS This unit requires regular use of the Universitys
Learning Management System (LMS), also known as Blackboard Learn.
You will need reliable access to a computer and the Internet to use
the LMS. The easiest way to access is through MyUni (click on the
MyUni link on the university home page, http://sydney.edu.au or
link directly to the service at https://myuni.sydney.edu.au/. There
is a BlackBoard LMS icon in the QuickLaunch window on the left hand
side of the screen.If you have any difficulties logging in or using
the system, visit the Student Help area of the LMS site,
http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/student/help/. Mobile LearnYou can
also access your LMS sites via the Sydney Uni App for iPhone and
Android. The full set of features available on the mobile app for
the University LMS can be found in detail in this PDF document:
Features in the mobile App for the University LMS (PDF)To download
the University of Sydney mobile app directly to your phone or
mobile device you need to be able to access the marketplace
associated with your device's operating system. iTunes store on
your iPhone/ iPod touch or iPad Play Store or the Android
Marketplace (depending on the phone's OS) BlackBerry App World on
your BlackBerry smartphone device Palm App Catalog on your HP webOS
deviceOnce you are at the marketplace or app store:1. Search for
University of Sydney2. Install the app3. Open the app and click on
the icon 'Bb Learn' to access the LMS4. Login to the LMS with your
UniKey and password.Important: due to the limitations of mobile
devices you cannot submit assignments using the assignment tool.
You should not complete graded tests (quizzes) using your mobile
device due to the possibility of internet drop out. The Universitys
Privacy Management Plan governs how the University will deal with
personal information related to the content and use of its web
sites. See http://sydney.edu.au/privacy.shtml for further
details.
ASSESSMENT TASKS AND DUE DATES
The assessment includes one short concept paper, one major
essay, tutorial participation, and a final exam. Note: Tutors do
not look over draft assignments. They are however more than happy
to discuss relevant issues during consultation periods and give
advice where possible. 1) Concept Paper This short concept paper is
a means of grappling with one of the core issues in international
organization. The concept paper must answer the question, have a
beginning, middle and end, as well as a reference list at the end
of the paper. Papers will be returned within two weeks of
submission if submitted on time. This is worth 20% of your overall
grade and is 1000 words. The concept paper is due Monday 26th
August at 4 pm, to be submitted in the GOVT 2226 International
Organisations locker located in the entrance foyer of the
Merewether Building. Compulsory Concept Paper Question:
Are International Organisations actors or structures in
internationalrelations?
2) The Major Analytical Essay Case/Issue Study
The essay is designed to test the students critical, analytical
and research skills. The essay will require substantial reading and
research beyond the course materials and students should allow
sufficient time for hunting down library materials, official
documents and online sources. This is where you may be able to
extend your knowledge and insight into a particular institution or
issue area where institutions play a crucial role in the
international system. You should consider this to be the avenue for
exploration and originality. It is worth 40% of your overall
assessment. Papers will be returned within two weeks of submission
if submitted on time.
There are eight essay questions for you to choose from. You must
choose only ONE. The essay is worth 40% of your overall grade. The
essay should be 2500 words maximum. You are expected to do your own
research for this essay rather than rely on the course materials.
You must refer to specific International Organisations in your
essays. Please see the online essay tips sheet for guidance, as
well as the unit guide for information on referencing and how
grades are determined. The essay must be submitted in the GOVT2226
box in the Merewether Building with a coversheet (available through
eLearning and in front on the Government and International
Relations office in the Merewether Building). The essay is due
Tuesday 7th October at 4 pm, to be submitted in the GOVT 2226
International Organisations locker located in the entrance foyer of
the Merewether Building.
Essay Questions: 1. International Organisations are merely
conduits for power politics. Debate with reference to one or two
particular areas (development, trade, security, etc). 2. Are IOs
effective? Consider a few examples and discuss. 3. Current debates
frame IO change as determined by either the organisations culture
OR the IOs material relationship with its member states. Which
account best explains IO change? 4. Are IOs autonomous actors in
international relations? Provide evidence from two cases to back
your claims. 5. Can global environmental issues be solved by
international organizations? Consider at least one specific global
environmental issue (climate change, biodiversity loss,
overfishing, deforestation, etc). 6. Are regional organisations a
better alternative than universal organizations in furthering
states interests? 7. What are the moral and material limits of
humanitarian intervention by IO and NGOs? 8. Is cooperation in
security as fraught as realists claim? Provide evidence of the
operations of one international organization in your answer. 3)
Tutorial participation Each student will be allotted a
participation mark which is worth 10% of the overall assessment.
This is designed to encourage active participation. The criteria to
be considered in calculating the participation mark are: 1) Quality
of contribution including relevance, contribution to understanding,
critical analysis, clarity of statements, originality, evidence of
learning in the subject; and 2) Attitude to learning: Interest,
attentiveness in class. 4) Final Examination The examination
deadline is scheduled for the exam period at the end of semester.
The exam is worth 30% of the overall grade. Students will be
informed of the format by week 13 of semester. It will cover the
entire semesters content and pertain to the formal lectures and all
readings. Students are strongly urged to read the weekly assigned
reading before each tutorial. It is designed to assess your
understanding of the key theories and events covered within the
unit. The aim of the exam is to demonstrate your awareness of the
utility of these tools for understanding how international
organizations operate and the constraints they face in their
internal and external environments. It is worth 30% of your overall
assessment. READING REQUIREMENTS All reading materials for this
unit are online, via eLearning (also call the Learning Management
System or LMS). Readings include articles and chapters that are
placed into folders per week. There is no required textbook for
this unit. If you are interested for background reading there is a
recommended text: Karns, M. and K. Mingst, 2010, International
Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance,
Second Edition, Lynne Rienner, Boulder and London. The book is
available for purchase at the Co-op Bookshop, or at the library (as
is the first edition). This book is an excellent introduction to
the unit.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA In assessing students work, markers operate
on the basis of standard academic principles and specific guidance
laid down by the Department of Government and International
Relations within the School of Social and Political Sciences,
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. A marker looks for: 1. Content
extent of your reading accuracy of knowledge breadth and depth of
knowledge relevance of information sufficiency of evidence of
documentation
2. Understanding understanding of problem or project judgement
of significance of material awareness/understanding of different
arguments in the field recognition of implications of evidence
familiarity with / use of political science concepts (ability to
think politically) ability to think critically grasp of relevant
theory understanding of ethics and values relevant to reading and
subject matter
3. Independence judgement and initiative in reading and research
originality in use and interpretation of evidence development of
argument independence in use of concepts and language
4. Style correctness of grammar and scholarly documentation
organisation and presentation of material clarity in writing style
originality and creativity of writing style.
General Guidance for Writing Essays A vitally important element
in passing written assignments is preparation. This means
organising your work to give you sufficient time to prepare, read
and write-up. On no account should you leave an assignment until
the last day or so and then limit your reading to lecture notes and
one or two books/articles. Your lecture notes are simply
introductory guides, and after you have consulted them, you should
set them aside and concentrate on reading widely. This will provide
you with examples, arguments, issues and analysis not contained in
the lectures. There is no right answer to an assignment in the
field of International Relations. Any topic or question may be
approached in a multitude of perfectly legitimate ways. Bearing
this in mind, the task is to provide a structured, coherent,
substantial, reflective and credible `answer' to the specific
question being asked. While taking these issues into about, an
assignment should display the following attributes: A clear
understanding of what the question is asking (or what you think it
is asking) and a comprehension of the main issues raised. You must
show that you are addressing the specific question being asked. A
well-defined structure that makes sense in terms of the question
set. In the vast majority of cases, it is a good idea to identify
the structure of the assignment in the introduction, so that the
reader is given a context and a reasonably good idea of what to
expect. Do not treat your assignment as a Who Done It? novel where
the reader is mystified the whole way through and the answer only
becomes clear right at the end. Evidence of wide reading through
the use of relevant quotations, examples, statistics etc. This is
very important, because it adds to the substantive nature and
credibility of the work as a whole. Critical analysis of
literature/themes/issues/evidence/arguments through pointing to how
they fit into your overall argument rather than `bouncing' from one
idea to the next. You must show that you are attempting to answer
the question in an `academic' manner. Do not use words such as `I',
and do not say `I think that...' or `I believe that... This does
not mean, however, that you should not put your own views in an
answer. Indeed, you are encouraged to do so. But it is important to
do so in an `academic' manner. This means showing that you are
aware of competing arguments and `suggesting' for example, that a
particular argument or line of analysis seems particularly
useful/strong/ problematic/weak, through pointing to relevant
examples and/or evidence which justifies or supports this
contention. At all costs, you should avoid one-sided assertions. A
conclusion which indicates that you have actually answered the set
question and dealt with the issues raised by it. In this regard, it
should be noted that you do not have to answer a question with a
definitive `yes' or `no'. In many questions, you will find a
variety of conflicting arguments and evidence. Thus, it is just as
much an `answer' to explain why the variety of arguments/evidence
make it very difficult to produce a definitive answer but which may
favour one argument more than another.
Bibliography and References It is standard academic practice to
provide a list of all publications utilised in producing an essay,
and to ensure that all quotes and figures used are traceable to
their original source. It is the purpose of the bibliography and
references to provide this information. It is important that you
are aware of academically acceptable ways of providing the required
information. A solid bibliography and referencing system
contributes to the overall `credibility' of a piece of work. The
following is a brief guide to the main ways in which you can go
about this. The Bibliography is a listing of all publications
consulted and used in producing a piece of work. Key points to note
about this are: The Bibliography should be at the end of the
assignment. Publications should be listed in alphabetical order in
terms of the author's surname, whether this is an individual, or an
organisation. Each listing should identify the author, title of
book (or title of article and the journal which it is published
in), publisher, year of publication, and edition (if there is more
than one edition). Also, if it is a document which is available
on-line, you should quote the URL e.g.
http://www.health.gov.au/pbs/healthpro/pubs/pdf/asm00.pdf. and the
date that you accessed it. The title of the book should be placed
in italics. In the case of a journal article, the title should be
put in inverted commas and the name of the journal should be placed
in italics. Journal articles should list the appropriate volume
edition and number as well as the relevant page numbers. Do not
include the electronic database you used to find it, this is
unnecessary. Procedures for dealing with internet sites are still
developing and no standard has yet emerged. In the meantime, you
should list the full web address for any internet sites you have
consulted and made some use of. Also, if you use a document that
you have obtained from the net, you should give as full a reference
as you would normally do and the web address for locating the
specific piece of information you consulted.
Examples are: Price, R., and Reus-Smit, C., 1998, Dangerous
Liaisons? Critical International Theory and Constructivism,
European Journal of International Relations 4 (3): 259-294.
Reinalda, B., and Verbeek, B., (eds.), 1998, Autonomous Policy
Making by International Organizations, London and New York,
Routledge. Risse, T., 2000, Lets Argue! Communicative Action in
World Politics, International Organization 54 (1): 1-39. Risse, T.,
Ropp, S., and Sikkink, K., (eds.), 1999, The Power of Human Rights:
International Norms and Domestic Change, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press.
CHANGES TO GRADE CODES IN 2014As the University moves to adopt a
new online student management system in 2014, there will be some
changes to the grade codes that are used to report on your results.
This will not affect the standards you are expected to meet in
order to achieve a Pass, Credit, Distinction or High Distinction
grade, but your academic transcript may look a little different
from mid-year onwards. The University will keep students updated on
the timing of these changes throughout the year. You can also check
in with the Ask Sydney website for help with understanding the
common grade codes that appear on your academic
transcript.SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN WORKCompliance StatementsAll
students are required to submit an authorised statement of
compliance with all work submitted to the University for
assessment, presentation or publication. A statement of compliance
certifies that no part of the Work constitutes a breach of Academic
Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy. The format of the compliance
statement will differ depending on the method required for
submitting your work (see Assessment Submission below). Depending
on the submission method, the statement must be in the form of:a. a
University assignment cover sheet;b. a University electronic form;
orc. a University written statement.Assessment SubmissionPaper
submission onlyWritten work must be submitted in hard copy in the
Govt 2226 drop box in the entrance foyer of the Merewether Building
H04 by 4 pm on the due date.You must complete, sign and attach a
cover sheet/compliance statement to any written work handed in for
assessment.Essays and assignments not submitted on or before the
due date are subject to penalty. Refer to
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/late_work.shtml for the
Policy on Late Work.ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AND PLAGIARISMAcademic
honesty is a core value of the University. The University requires
students to act honestly, ethically and with integrity in their
dealings with the University, its members, members of the public
and others. The University is opposed to and will not tolerate
academic dishonesty or plagiarism, and will treat all allegations
of academic dishonesty or plagiarism seriously. The Universitys
Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy 2012 and associated
Procedures are available for reference on the University Policy
Register at http://sydney.edu.au/policies (enter Academic
Dishonesty in the search field). The Policy applies to the academic
conduct of all students enrolled in a coursework award course at
the University.Under the terms and definitions of the Policy,
academic dishonesty means seeking to obtain or obtaining academic
advantage (including in the assessment or publication of work) by
dishonest or unfair means or knowingly assisting another student to
do so. plagiarism means presenting another persons work as ones own
work by presenting, copying or reproducing it without appropriate
acknowledgement of the source. The presentation of another person's
work as one's own without appropriate acknowledgement is regarded
as plagiarism, regardless of the authors intentions. Plagiarism can
be classified as negligent (negligent plagiarism) or dishonest
(dishonest plagiarism).An examiner who suspects academic dishonesty
or plagiarism by a student must report the suspicion to a nominated
academic in the relevant faculty. If the nominated academic
concludes that the student has engaged in dishonest plagiarism or
some other sufficiently serious form of academic dishonesty, the
matter may be referred to the Registrar for further disciplinary
action under the terms of the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism
Policy 2012 and Chapter 8 of the University of Sydney By-Law 1999
(as amended). . SPECIAL CONSIDERATION The Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences assesses student requests for assistance relating
to completion of assessment in accordance with the regulations set
out in the University Assessment Policy 2011 and Assessment
Procedures 2011. Students are expected to become familiar with the
Universitys policies and Faculty procedures relating to Special
Consideration and Special Arrangements. Students can apply for:
Special Consideration - for serious illness or misadventure Special
Arrangements - for essential community commitments Simple Extension
an extension of up to 5 working days for non-examination based
assessment tasks on the grounds of illness or misadventure.Further
information on special consideration policy and procedures is
available on the Faculty website at
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/special_consideration.shtml.
OTHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELEVANT TO THIS UNIT OF STUDYThe
Facultys Student Administration Manual is available for reference
at the Current Students section of the Faculty Website
(http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/). Most day-to-day
issues you encounter in the course of completing this Unit of Study
can be addressed with the information provided in the Manual. It
contains detailed instructions on processes, links to forms and
guidance on where to get further assistance.STAYING ON TOP OF YOUR
STUDYFor full information visit
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/staying_on_top.shtml The
Learning Centre assists students to develop the generic skills,
which are necessary for learning and communicating knowledge and
ideas at university. Programs available at The Learning Centre
include workshops in Academic Reading and Writing, Oral
communications Skills, Postgraduate Research Skills, Honours,
masters Coursework Program, Studying at University, and Workshops
for English Language and Learning. Further information about The
Learning Centre can be found at
http://sydney.edu.au/stuserv/learning_centre/. The Write Site
provides online support to help you develop your academic and
professional writing skills. All University of Sydney staff and
students who have a Unikey can access the WriteSite at
http://writesite.elearn.usyd.edu.au/. The Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences has units at both an Undergraduate and Postgraduate
level that focus on writing across the curriculum or, more
specifically, writing in the disciplines, making them relevant for
all university students. To find out more visit
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/teaching_learning/writing_hub/index.shtml
and
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/teaching_learning/pg_writing_support/index.shtml.
In addition to units of study on writing, The FASS Writing Hub
offers drop-in sessions to assist students with their writing in a
one-to-one setting. No appointment is necessary, and this service
is free of charge to all FASS students and/or all students enrolled
in WRIT units. For more information on what topics are covered in a
drop-in session and for the current schedule, please
visithttp://sydney.edu.au/arts/teaching_learning/writing_hub/drop_in_sessions.shtml.
Pastoral and academic support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander students is provided by the STAR Team in Student Support
services, a dedicated team of professional Aboriginal people able
to respond to the needs of students across disciplines. The STAR
team can assist with tutorial support, mentoring support, cultural
and pastoral care along with a range of other services. More
information about support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
students can be found at
http://sydney.edu.au/current_students/student_services/indigenous_support.shtml.
The Library offers students free, online tutorials in library
skills at http://sydney.edu.au/library/skills. There's one designed
especially for students studying in the Humanities and Social
Sciences at http://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/. And don't forget
to find out who your Faculty Liaison Librarians are.OTHER SUPPORT
SERVICESDisability Services is located on Level 5, Jane Foss
Russell Building G20; contact 8627 8422 or email
mailto:[email protected]. For further information,
visit their website at
http://sydney.edu.au/stuserv/disability/.Counselling and
Psychological Services (CAPS) are located on Level 5, Jane Foss
Russell Building G20; contact 8627 8433 or email
mailto:[email protected]. For further information, visit
their website at
http://sydney.edu.au/current_students/counselling/.
WEEKLY TUTORIAL TOPICS & READINGS Week 2 Beginning 04
August, Topic: IOs as Problem Solvers in International Relations
Tutorial Questions: What is the P-A model? What is agency slack?
What is agency slippage? Why do Barnett and Finnemore argue that
IOs become pathological? Where does this pathology stem from? Can
it be overcome? How do these two approaches differ? Required
Readings: Hawkins, D., Lake, D., Nielson, D., and Tierney, M.,
2006, Delegation and Agency in International Organizations,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1-40. Barnett, M., and
Finnemore, M., 1999, The Politics, Power and Pathologies of IOs,
International Organization 53 (4): 699-732.
Recommended (Further) Readings: Abbott, K and D. Snidal, 1998,
Why States Act through Formal International Organizations, Journal
of Conflict Resolution 42 (1): 3-32. Abbott, K. and D. Snidal,
2010, International regulation without international government:
Improving IO performance through orchestration, Review of
International Organization 5:315344. Frey, B., 2008, Outside and
inside competition for international organizationsfrom analysis to
innovations Review of International Organizations 3:335350.
Gehring, T and S. Oberthur, 2009, The Causal Mechanisms of
Interaction between International Institutions, European Journal of
International Affairs 15(1): 125-156. Johnson, T., 2011, Guilt by
association: The link between states influence and the legitimacy
of intergovernmental organizations, Review of International
Organizations 6:57-84. Johnston, A., 2001, Treating International
Institutions as Social Environments, International Studies
Quarterly 45 (4): 487-515. Keohane, R., 1988, International
Institutions: Two Approaches, International Studies Quarterly 32
(4): 379-96. Keohane, R, 2012, Twenty Years of Institutional
Liberalism, International Relations 26 (2): 125-138. Kratochwil,
F., and Ruggie, J.G., 1986, International Organizations: A State of
the Art on the Art of the State, International Organization 40 (4):
753-776. Martin, L., 1992 "Interests, Power, and Multilateralism,"
International Organization 46 (4): 765-792. Martin, L., and B.
Simmons, 1998, Theories and Empirical Studies of International
Institutions, International Organization 52 (Autumn): 729-757.
Mingst Karen A. & Margaret P. Karns, 2010, International
Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
(Boulder: Lynne Rienner): chapter 3. Ruggie, John Gerard, 1992,
Multilateralism: The Anatomy of an Institution, International
Organization 46 (3):561-598. Schneider, Christina, 2011, Weak
States and Institutionalised Bargaining Power in International
Organizations, International Studies Quarterly 55: 331-355.
Week 3 Beginning 11 August, Topic: Minimising and Halting
Conflict Tutorial questions: Can the UN implement the tasks given
to it in international security? Should the UN have more power to
use force in the international system? Does the UN have some
autonomy in implementing its mandate in post-conflict
peacebuilding? If so, how did this arise and is this a positive
thing? Required readings: Tardy, Thierry, 2007, The UN and the Use
of Force: A Marriage Against Nature, Security Dialogue 38 (1):
49-70. Karns, M., 2012, The Roots of UN Post-Conflict
Peacebuilding: A Case Study of Autonomy Agency, in J. Ostereich
(ed), International Organizations as Self-Directed Actors, Oxon,
Routledge: 60-88. Recommended Readings: Barnett Michael and Martha
Finnemore. 2004. Genocide and the Peacekeeping Culture at the
United Nations, in Rules for the World: International Organizations
in Global Politics. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, ch.5.
Bellamy, A., Williams, P., and S. Griffen, 2004, Peacekeeping after
the Cold War. In Alex J Bellamy, Paul Williams and Stuart Griffin
Understanding Peacekeeping. Cambridge, Polity Press: 75-93.
Boehmer, C., Gartzke, E and T. Nordstrom, 2004, Do
Intergovernmental Organizations Promote Peace? World Politics 57:
1-38. Boulden, J.,2005, Mandates Matter: An Exploration of
Impartiality in United Nations Operations, Global Governance 11:
147-160. Bures, 2006, Regional Peacekeeping Operations:
Complementing or Undermining the United Nations Security Council?
Global Change, Peace and Security 18 (2): 83-99. Benner, Thorsten,
Andrea Binder, and Philipp Rotmann. 2007. Learning to Build Peace?
United Nations Peacebuilding and Organizational Learning:
Developing a Research Framework. GPPi Research Paper Series No.7.
Byers, M., 2004, Agreeing to Disagree: Security Council Resolution
1441 and International Ambiguity. Global Governance 10: 165-186.
Chapman, T., 2009, Audience Beliefs and International Organization
Legitimacy, International Organization 63: 73364. Diehl, P., 2001,
Forks in the Road: Theoretical and Policy concerns for 21st Century
Peacekeeping in Paul F. Diehl (ed.) The Politics of Global
Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World
2nd ed. (Boulder: Lynne Rienner). Glennon, M. J., 2003, Why the
Security Council Failed Foreign Affairs 82 (3): 16-36. Harris, J.,
(ed.), 1995, The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention, London,
Pinter. Hurd, I., 2005. The Strategic Use of Liberal
Internationalism: Libya and the UN Sanctions 1992-2003
International Organization 59: 495-526. Holloway, S., 2000, US,
Unilateralism and the UN: Why Great Powers Do Not Make Great
Multilateralists Global Governance 6 (3): 361-381. Fausett, E. and
T. Volgy, 2010, Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) and
Interstate Conflict: Parsing Out IGO Effects for Alternative
Dimensions of Conflict in Postcommunist Space International Studies
Quarterly 54, 79-101. Hurd, I., 2008, Myths of Membership: The
Politics of Legitimation in UN Security Council Reform, Global
Governance 14: 199217. Koppell, J., 2008, Global Governance
Organizations: Legitimacy and Authority in Conflict, Journal of
Public Administration Research and Theory 18:177203. Lipson, M.,
2007, Organized Hypocrisy? Peacekeeping in the United Nations,
European Journal of International Relations 13 (1): 5-34. Malone,
D., and J. Cockayne, 2006, The UN Security Council: 10 Lessons from
Iraq on Regulation and Accountability, Journal of International Law
and International Relations 2 (2): 1-24. Piiparinen, T., 2008, The
Rise and Fall of Bureaucratic Rationalisation: Exploring the
Possibilities and Limits of the UN Secretariat in Conflict
Prevention, European Journal of International Relations 14 (4):
697-724. Thompson, A., 2006, Coercion through IOs: The Security
Council and the Logic of Information Transmission, International
Organization 60 (1): 1-34. Background on UN Peacekeeping:
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/5 History of Peacekeeping:
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/operations/history.shtml
Peacekeeping Reform:
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/operations/reform.shtml Brahimi
Report: http://www.un.org/peace/reports/peace_operations/ United
Nations Peacekeeping Operations Year in Review, 2010, available at
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/publications/yir/yir2010.pdf Week
4 Beginning 18 August, Topic: Eliminating and Regulating Weapons
Tutorial Questions: What is the main problem is attempting to
control the amount of weapons in circulation? Can there be an
effective governance of arms control? Who are the main players in
the small arms trade? Who are the main advocates for governing
small arms? Is the attempt to govern small arms different from
governing other weapons? If so, how? If not, why not? Required
readings: Beach, Hugh, 2008, Is there a Future for Arms Control?
International Relations 22: 363-368. Bobb, Clifford, 2010, Packing
Heat: Pro-Gun Groups and the Governance of Small Arms, in Deborah
Avant, Martha Finnemore and Susan Sell (eds) Who Governs the Globe?
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 183-202. Recommended
Readings: Boothby, Derek, 2004, Disarmament: Successes and
Failures, in Jean E Krasno (ed), The United Nations: Confronting
the Challenges of a Global Society, Boulder, Lynne Rienner:
193-224. Brown, Andrew and Lorna Arnold, 2010, The Quirks of
Nuclear Deterrance, International Relations 24 (3): 293312.
Grillot, Suzette, 2011, Global Gun Control: Examining the
Consequences of Competing International Norms, Global Governance
17: 529-555. Johns, L., 2007, A Servant of Two Masters:
Communication and the Selection of International Bureaucrats,
International Organization 61: 245-275. Price, Richard, 1998,
Reversing the Gun Cites: Transnational Civil Society Targets Land
Mines, International Organization 52 (3): 613-32. Price, Richard,
1995, A Genealogy of the Chemical Weapons Taboo, International
Organization, 49(1), pp. 73-103. Saur, Tom and Bob van der Zwaan,
2012, US Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe after NATOs Lisbon
Summit: Why their Withdrawal is Desirable and Feasible,
International Relations 26 (1): 78-100. Smith, D., 2003. Deterrence
and Counterproliferation in an Age of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Security Studies 12 (4): 152-197. Riggs, Robert and Jack Plano.
2005, The United Nations: International Organization and World
Politics, Belmont CA, Thompson Wadsworth. Roberts, A., and B.
Kingsbury (eds.) 1993, United Nations: Divided World 2nd edition
Oxford, Clarendon Press. Mills, G., 2004, Better with the UN?
Searching for Peace and Governance in Iraq. Global Governance 10:
281-288. Mingst, K., and M. Karns, 1995, The United Nations in the
Post-Cold War Era, Boulder, Westview Press. Muldoon, J., 2005.
Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations Today, Boulder
Colorado, Westview Press. Tuchman Matthews, J., 2004, Weapons of
Mass Destruction and the United Nations. Global Governance 10:
265-271. Weiss, T and R. Thakur, 2010, Arms Control and
Disarmament, in Thomas Weiss and Ramesh Thakur, Global Governance
and the UN, Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis:
90-127.
Week 5 Beginning 25 August Topic: Protecting Human Rights
Tutorial Questions: What role does legitimacy play in the decisions
made by states in the UN Security Council? How important is
international law for humanitarian intervention? What is the basis
for international law on humanitarian intervention? Can the UN
protect human rights in post-conflict situations? Can the UN be
held to account? How can we reconcile the decisions made by states
with the actions of the IO? Required readings: Chesterman, S., 2002
Legality Versus Legitimacy: Humanitarian Intervention, the Security
Council, and the Rule of Law Security Dialogue 33(3): 293307.
Devereux, Annemarie, 2009, Selective Universality? Human Rights
Accountability of the UN in Post-Conflict Operations, in Brett
Bowden, Hilary Charlesworth and Jeremy Farrall (eds), The Role of
International Law in Rebuilding Societies after Conflict,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 218-244. Recommended
Readings: Barnett, Michael and Martha Finnemore. 2004. Defining
Refugees and Voluntary Repatriation at the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, in Rules for the World: International
Organizations in Global Politics. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University
Press, ch.4. Brunnee, Jutta and Stephen Toope, 2001, Norms,
Institutions and UN Reform: The Responsibility to Protect Journal
of International Law and International Relations 2 (1): 121-137.
Kelley, Judith, 2004, International Actors on the Domestic Scene:
Membership Conditionality and Socialisation by International
Institutions International Organization 58: 425-57. Krook, Mona and
Jacqui True, 2012, Rethinking the Life Cycles of International
Norms: The United Nations and the Global Promotion of Gender
Equality, European Journal of International Relations 18 (1):
103-127. Edward Luck. 2008. The United Nations and the
Responsibility to Protect, Stanley Foundation Policy Analysis
Brief, August 2008. Available at
www.humansecuritygateway.com/documents/TSF_theUNandR2P.pdf Erskine,
Toni, 2004, "Blood on the UN's Hands"? Assigning Responsibilities
to an Intergovernmental Organization', Global Society, 18: 21-42.
Megret, F., and F. Hoffman, 2003, The UN as a Human Rights
Violator? Some Reflections on the United Nations Changing Human
Rights Responsibilities Human Rights Quarterly 25: 314-342.
Moosleitner, Juergen, 2009, Collective Security and Human Rights:
How the United Nations' Institutional Design Corrupted
Complementary Purposes, Global Society, 23 (1): 11-36. Prantl,
Jochen and Ryoko Nakano, 2011, Global Norm Diffusion in East Asia:
How China and Japan Implement the Responsibility to Protect,
International Relations 25 (2): 204-211. Ogata, S., 2005, The
Turbulent Decade: Confronting the Refugee Crisis of the 1990s, New
York, W.W Norton. Oesterich, Joel, 2009, The Ethical
Responsibilities of International Organisations, in Power and
Principle: Human Rights Programming in International Organizations,
Washington D.C: Georgetown University Press: 183-211. Price, R.,
and M. Zacher, 2004, The United Nations and Global Security, New
York, Palgrave Macmillan. Ratner, S., 1995, The New UN
Peacekeeping, London, Macmillan. Riggs, Robert and Jack Plano.
2005, The United Nations: International Organization and World
Politics, Belmont CA, Thompson Wadsworth. Sabeel, Rahman. 2002.
Another New World Order? Multilateralism in the Aftermath of
September 11. Harvard International Review Winter: 40-44. Sharma,
Serena K. 2010. Toward a Global Responsibility to Protect: Setbacks
on the Path to Implementation, Global Governance 16: 121-138.
Smith, A., 2004. Drifting Toward Insignificance or Increased
Relevance? The UN Following the Iraq War, Learning from Other
Institutions Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 28 (2): 133-145.
Vriens, Lauren.2009. Troubles Plague UN Human Rights Council,
Council on Foreign Relations, 13 May 2009. Available at
http://www.cfr.org/un/troubles-plague-un-human-rights-council/p9991.
Luisa Blanchfield. 2011. The United Nations Human Rights Council:
Issues for Congress. Congressional Research Service, RL33608, 26
January 2011. Available at
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33608.pdf On the UNHCR:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home UNHCR RefWorld:
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/ On R2P:
http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/ (International NGO
coalition to promote R2P) Week 6 Beginning 1 September, Topic:
Providing Global Health Tutorial Questions: Diseases now spread
globally very quickly. What role does the WHO play in preventing
diseases from spreading like SARS? Can the WHO be improved? What
influences WHO behaviour? Required Readings: Smith, F. 2009. 'WHO
Governs? Limited Global Governance by the World Health Organization
during the SARS Outbreak', Social Alternatives 28, no. 2, pp. 9-12.
Kamradt-Scott, A. 2010. The WHO Secretariat, norm entrepreneurship
& global communicable disease control. Journal of International
Organization Studies. 1(1): 72-89.
Recommended Readings: Benatar, Solomon R. Abdallah S. Daar &
Peter A. Singer 2003 Global health ethics: the rationale for caring
International Affairs (January 2003). Benatar, Soloman, Stephen
Gill and Isabella Bakker, 2009, Making progress in global health:
the need for new paradigms, International Affairs 85 (2): 347371.
Camilleri, Joseph and Richard Falk, 2009, Governance, Pathogens and
Human Health, in Camilleri and Falk (eds) Worlds in Transition:
Evolving governance Across a Stressed Planet, Cheltenham, U.K.,
Edward Elgar: 377-444. Collin, Jeff, Kelley Lee and Karen Bissell,
2005, Negotiating the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: An
Updated Politics of Global Health Governance in Rorden Wilkinson
(ed), The Global Governance Reader, London, Routledge: 251-273. Cox
Robert & Harold K. Jacobson (eds.) The Anatomy of Influence
(New Haven, Conn.:Yale University Press, 1973). Cullet Philippe
Patents and medicine: the relationship between TRIPS and the human
rights to health International Affairs (January 2003). Horton
Richard WHO: the casualties and compromises of renewal The Lancet
(May 2002). Harman, Sophie, 2012, Global Health Governance,
Routledge, New York and London. Karesh, William B., and Robert A.
Cook. 2005 "The Human-Animal Link." Foreign Affairs 84 (4): 38.
Kenny, Michael, 2004, Mad Cows and Mad Money: Problems of Risk in
the Making and Understanding of Policy British Journal of Politics
and International Relations 6 (3): 312-32. Poku Nana K. & Alan
Whiteside Global health and the politics of governance: An
introduction Third World Quarterly (April 2002) Poku Nana K.
Poverty, debt and Africas HIV/ AIDS crisis International Affairs
(July 2002). Siddiqi Javed World Health and World Politics: The
World Health Organization and the UN System (London: Hurst, 1995).
Thomas Caroline Trade policy and the politics of access to drugs
Third World Quarterly Thomas, Caroline and Martin Weber. 2004. The
Politics of Global Health Governance: Whatever Happened to Health
for All by the Year 2000? Global Governance 10 (2): 187-205. Upton,
Maureen 2004 Global Public Health Trumps the Nation-State World
Policy Journal 21 (3): 73-78. Whiteside, A., and A. De Waal, 2004
Thats Resources You See! Political Economy, Ethics and HIV/AIDS New
Political Economy 9 (4) 581-94. Woodward, David, 2005, The GATS and
Trade in Health Services: Implications for Health Care in
Developing Countries Review of International Political Economy 12
(3): 511-34. WHO Four Decades of Achievement (Geneva: WHO, 1988).
WHO Implementation of the Global Strategy of Health for All by the
Year 2000(Geneva:WHO, 1993). WHO The World Health Report 2002
(Geneva: WHO 2002).
Week 7 Beginning 08 September, Topic: Promoting International
Trade Tutorial Questions: Apart from the UN, the WTO is one of the
most universal IOs in the international system. Does it work? What
impedes its activities? Why? Can the WTO continue to operate in its
current format? What does this tell us about inter-state
cooperation? Required readings: Narlikar, A., and P. Van Houten,
2010, Know the Enemy: Uncertainty and Deadlock in the WTO, in A.
Narlikar (ed) Deadlocks in Multilateral Negotiations, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press: 142-163. Schwab, S., 2011, After Doha:
Why the Negotiations Are Doomed and What We Should Do About It,
Foreign Affairs, May / June 2011: 104-117.
Recommended Reading: Busch, M. and K. Pelc, 2010, The Politics
of Judicial Economy at the World Trade Organization, International
Organization 64: 257-79. Ford, J., 2003. A Social Theory of the
WTO: Trading Cultures. Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire, Palgrave
Macmillan: (chapt 1) 14-41. Gilligan, M., 2004, Is there a
Broader-Deeper Trade-Off in International Multilateral Agreements?
International Organization 58: 458-84. Gruber, L., 2000, Ruling the
World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions,
Princeton, Princeton University Press. Narlikar A., 2002, The
Politics of Participation: Decision-Making Processes and Developing
Countries in the World Trade Organization The Round Table (April)
Cronin, P., 2003, The Doha Round: Prospects for the Rules- Based
Trading System in C. Roe Goddard, Patrick. Cronin & Kishore C.
Dash (eds.) International Political Economy: State-Market Relations
in a Changing Global Order 2nd edition (Boulder: Lynne Rienner).
Dommen, C., 2002, Raising Human Rights Concerns in the World Trade
Organization: Actors, Processes and Possible Strategies Human
Rights Quarterly (February). Finger, J.M. and J.J. Nogues, 2002,
The Unbalanced Uruguay Round Outcome: The New Areas in Future WTO
Negotiations The World Economy (March). Goldstein, J., and R.
Steinberg, 2008, Negotiate or Litigate? Effects of WTO Judicial
Delegation on US Trade Politics, Law and Contemporary Problems 71:
257-282. Gruber, L., 2001, Power Politics and the Free Trade
Bandwagon, Comparative Political Studies 34 (7): 703-741. Paul
Blustein. 2008. The Nine-Day Misadventure of the Most Favoured
Nations: How the WTOs Doha Round Negotiations Went Awry in July
2008, Brookings Institution, 5 December 2008.
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2008/1205_trade_blustein/1205_trade_blustein.pdf
Ann Capling and Richard Higgott. 2009. Introduction: The Future of
the Multilateral Trade System What Role for the World Trade
Organization? Global Governance, 15: 313-325. Shaffer, G., 2005,
Power, Governance and the WTO: A Comparative Institutional
Approach, in M Barnett and R Duvall (eds), Power in Global
Governance, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 130-60.
Wilkinson, Rorden, 2009, Language, Power and Multilateral Trade
Negotiations, Review of International Political Economy 16 (4):
597-619. Week 8 Beginning September 15th , Topic: Providing
Financial Governance Tutorial Questions: What role has the IMF
played in the most recent financial crisis? How does this compare
to previous crises? How is international finance governed? Can
international finance be governed effectively? What are the major
constraints to doing so? Required Readings: Woods, N., 2006,
Understanding Pathways Through Financial Crises and the Impact of
the IMF: An Introduction, Global Governance 12: 373-93. Germain,
Randall, 2010, Global Politics and Financial Governance, Palgrave
Macmillan, Houndsmill Basingstoke, Hampshire 120-148.
Recommended Reading: Abdelal, R., 2007, Capital Rules. The
Construction of Global Finance (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Press). Babb, S., 2003: The IMF in Sociological Perspective: A Tale
of Organizational Slippage, Studies in Comparative International
Development 38(2): 3-27. Babb, S., and A. Buira, 2005, Mission
Creep, Mission Push and Discretion: The Case of IMF Conditionality,
in Ariel Buira, The IMF at Sixty, Antham Press, London: 59-84.
Baker, A., 2008, The Group of Seven, New Political Economy 13 (1):
103-15. Bird, G., 2001, A suitable case for treatment?
Understanding the ongoing debate about the IMF Third World
Quarterly (October). Bird, G., 2001, The International Monetary
Fund and developing countries: a review of the evidence and policy
options in Paul F. Diehl (ed.) The Politics of Global Governance:
International Organizations in an Interdependent World 2nd ed.
(Boulder: Lynne Rienner). Boughton, J., 2001, Silent Revolution.
The International Monetary Fund, 1979-1989 (Washington, DC: IMF).
Brooks, S., 2004, Explaining Capital Account Liberalization in
Latin America: A Transitional Cost Approach, World Politics 56(3):
389-430. Broome, Andre, The Currency of Power: The IMF and Monetary
Reform in Central Asia, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill Basingstoke,
Hampshire: 17-43. Broome, A., and L. Seabrooke, 2007, Seeing Like
the IMF: Institutional Change in Small Open Economies, Review of
International Political Economy 14 (4): 576-601. Broome, A., 2008,
The Importance of Being Earnest: The IMF as a Reputational
Intermediary, New Political Economy 13 (2): 125-51. Chwieroth, J.,
2008, Normative Change from Within: The International Monetary
Funds Approach to Capital Account Liberalisation, International
Studies Quarterly 52: 129-58. Chwieroth, Jeffrey, (2010) Capital
Ideas: The IMF and the Rise of Financial Liberalization, Princeton,
Princeton University Press. Eichengreen, B., 1996, Globalizing
Capital. A History of the International Monetary System (Princeton,
NJ: Princeton University Press). Helleiner, E. and S. Pagliari,
2009, Towards a New Bretton Woods? The First G20 Leaders Summit and
the Regulation of Global Finance, New Political Economy 14 (2):
275-287. Helleiner, E., 1994, States and the Reemergence of Global
Finance: From Bretton Woods to the 1990s (Ithaca: Cornell
University Press). Kerwer, Dieter, (2002) Standardizing as
Governance: the Case of Credit Rating Agencies, in A. Hritier
(Ed.), Common Goods: Reinventing European and International
Governance, Lanham, Rowmann & Littlefield: 293-315. McNamara,
Kathleen, (1998) The Currency of Ideas: Monetary Politics in the
European Union, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press.
Momani, Bessma, 2005, Limits on Streamlining Fund Conditionality:
The International Monetary Funds Organizational Culture, Journal of
International Relations and Development 8: 142-63. Pauly, Louis,
2007, Financial Crisis, the United Nations and the Evolution of
Transnational Authority, in Edgar Grande and Louis Pauly (eds)
Complex Sovereignty: Reconstituting Political Authority in the
Twenty-First Century, Toronto, University of Toronto Press: pp
120-145. Porter, T., 2005, The Democratic Deficit in the
Institutional Arrangements for Regulating Global Finance in The
Global Governance Reader, edited by Rorden Wilkinson, Routledge,
London and New York: 239-51. Rapkin, D., and J. Strand, 2006,
Reforming the IMFs Weighted Voting System, The World Economy 29(3):
305-324. Sinclair, Tony. (2005) The New Masters of Capitalism:
American Bond Rating Agencies and the Politics of Creditworthiness,
Ithaca, Cornell University Press. Singer, D., 2007, Regulating
Capital: Setting Standards for the International Financial System
(Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press). Stone, R., 2002, Lending
Credibility: The International Monetary Fund and the Post-Communist
Transition (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press). Tsingou,
Eleni, 2010, Transnational Governance Networks in the Regulation of
Finance the making of global regulation and supervision standards
in the banking industry, in M. Ougaard and A. Leander (eds.)
Theoretical Perspectives on Business and Global Governance:
Bridging Theoretical Divides, London: Routledge: 138-155.
Underhill, Geoffrey, and Xiaoke Zhang (2008) Setting the Rules:
Private Power, Political Underpinnings, and Legitimacy in Global
Monetary and Finance Governance, International Affairs 84 (3):
535-554. Vines, D., and G. Christopher, 2004, The IMF and its
Critics: Reform of the Global Financial Architecture (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press). Pedro Malan, et al. 2007. Report of
the External Review Committee of Bank-Fund Collaboration. Final
Report, February 2007. Available at
http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2007/022307.pdf About the
IMF: http://www.imf.org/external/about.htm IMFs site on Reforming
the International Financial System:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/key/quotav.htm Boorman. Jack
2008. An Agenda for Reform of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF), Dialogue on Globalization, Occasional Paper No.38, January
2008. Available at www.nuso.org/upload/fes_pub/boorman.pdf Bretton
Woods Project. 2010. Rethinking the IMF Again: But Will It Do Any
Good? Bretton WoodsProject Update 70, 15 April 2010. Available at
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art.shtml?x=566119 Martin Weiss.
2008. CRS Report for Congress: The Global Financial Crisis: the
Role of the International Monetary Fund, RS22976, 30 October 2008.
Available at
http://opencrs.com/document/R40578/2009-08-10/download/1005/ Jo
Marie Griesgraber. 2009. Reforms for Major New Roles of the
International Monetary Fund? The IMF Post-G-20 Summit, Global
Governance 15: 179-185.
Week 9 Beginning 22 September, Topic: Creating and Promoting
Economic Unions Tutorial Questions: What explains the emergence of
regional institutions in the Middle East and East Asia? How do they
differ? Are there commonalities? Is one better than the other? If
so, why? If not, why not? Is there something unique to each
regional institution? What impact do they have? Required readings:
Solingen, E., 2008, The Genesis, Design and Effects of Regional
Institutions: Lessons from East Asia and the Middle East,
International Studies Quarterly 52: 261-94. Ravenhill, John, 2009,
East Asian Regionalism: Much Ago about Nothing? Review of
International Studies 35: 215-237. Recommended Reading: Acharya,
Amitav, 2011, Norm Subsidiarity and Regional Orders: Sovereignty,
Regionalism, and Rule-Making in the Third World, International
Studies Quarterly 55 (1): 95-123. Acharya, Amitav, 2009, Whose
Ideas Matter? Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism, Ithaca:
Cornell University Press. Breslin S., & R. Higgott, 2000,
Studying Regions: Learning from the Old, Constructing the New New
Political Economy (November). Choi, Young Jong and Caporaso, James
A. 2002. Comparative Regional Integration. In Handbook of
International Relations, edited by Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse
and Beth A. Simmons, pp 480-499. Sage Publications, London. Dent,
Christopher 2008. The Asian Development Bank and Developmental
Regionalism in East Asia Third World Quarterly 29 (4): 767-786.
Dutt, Nitish, 2001. The US and the Asian Development Bank: Origins,
structure and lending Operations Journal of Contemporary Asia 31
(2): 241-61. Fierke KM and A. Wiener, (1999) Constructing
institutional interests: EU and NATO enlargement Journal of
European Public Policy 6 (5): 721-42. Forster, Anthony. 1999. The
State of the Art: Mapping the Theoretical Landscape of European
Integration. Journal of International Relations and Development, 2,
pp 426-434. Hund, M., 2002, From neighbourhood watch group to
community?: the case of ASEAN institutions and the pooling of
sovereignty Australian Journal of International Affairs (April).
Hurrell, A., 1995, Explaining the resurgence of regionalism in
world politics Review of International Studies 21(4): 331-358.
Hurrell, Andrew. 1995. Regionalism in Theoretical Perspective. In
Regionalism in World Politics, edited by Louise Fawcett and Andrew
Hurrell, pp 37-73. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Mansfield, E.,
and H. Milner, 2006, The New Wave of Regionalism in F. Kratochwil
and E. Mansfield, International Organization and Global Governance,
second edition, Pearson and Longman, New York: 326-54. Marchand,
M., Morten B., & T. Shaw, 1999, The political economy of new
regionalisms Third World Quarterly (December). Kaltenthaler, Karl
and Mora, Frank. 2002. Explaining Latin American economic
integration: the case of Mercosur, Review of International
Political Economy 9: 72-97. Lewis, Jeffrey, 2003, Institutional
Environments and Everyday EU Decision Making: Rationalist or
Constructivist? Comparative Political Studies 36 (1/2): 97-124.
Linden, R., (ed.), 2002, Norms and Nannies: The Impact of
International Organisations on the Central and East European
States, Lanham, Md., Roman and Littlefield. Narine, S., 2002, ASEAN
in the aftermath: the consequences of the East Asian economic
crisis Global Governance (April-June). New Political Economy
(November 2000) -Special Issue on the new regionalism. Pollack,
M.A., 1997, Delegation, Agency and Agenda Setting in the European
Community, International Organization 51 (1): 99-134. Peng, D.,
2002, Invisible Linkages: A Regional Economy Perspective of East
Asian Political Economy International Studies Quarterly
(September). Phillips, N., 2003, Hemispheric Integration and
Subregionalism in the Americas International Affairs (March).
Rosamond, B., 2002, Imagining the European Economy: Competitiveness
and the Social Construction of Europe as an Economic Space New
Political Economy (July). Strange G., 2002, Globalisation,
Regionalism and Labour Interests in the New International Political
Economy New Political Economy (November) Third World Quarterly
(December 1999) Special Issue on the new regionalism. Robinson, N.,
B. Rosamond and A. Warleigh-Lack, 2010, New Regionalism and the
European Union: Dialogues, Comparisons and New Research Directions,
Routledge, London and New York. Review of International Studies 35
(2009) Special Issue Globaising the Regional, Regionalising the
Global. Rosamond, Ben. 2000. Theories of European Integration. St.
Martins Press, New York. Schimmelfennig, Frank, 2006, Competition
and Community: Constitutional Courts, Rhetorical Action, and the
Institutionalization of Human Rights in the European Union, Journal
of European Public Policy 13 (8): 1247-1264. Schimmelfennig, F.,
2005, Strategic Calculation and International Socialisation:
Membership Incentives, Party Constellations, and Sustained
Compliance in Central and Eastern Europe International Organization
59 (4): 827-860. Schimmelfennig, Frank, 2003, Rules and Rhetoric:
The EU, NATO and the Integration of Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press. Tallberg, J., 2000, The Anatomy of Autonomy: An
Institutional Account of Variation in Supranational Influence,
Journal of Common Market Studies 38 (5): 843-64. Strand, Jonathan,
1999. State Power in a Multilateral Context: Voting Strength in the
Asian Development Bank International Interactions 25 (3): 265-86.
Wiener, Antje and Diez, Thomas. 2009. Taking Stock of Integration
Theory, in European Integration Theory, edited by Antje Wiener and
Thomas Diez, Oxford University Press, Oxford: 241-251.
Week 10 Topic Sustainability, From the WCED to Rio +20
Tutorial Questions How does sustainability fit with the right to
develop? To what extent have IOs been effective in developing the
notion and strategies of sustainability? If to date the policies
adopted through international organisations have not promoted
sustainable development, what are the alternatives? How urgent is
the issue of sustainability and what are its linkages with issues
of climate change?
Required ReadingsDeath, Carl, 2010 Governing Sustainable
Development; Partnerships, protests and power at the World Summit
Chp 4 Negotiating sustainable development, Routelege, Abingdon
& New York, pp 60-89.Volger, John.2007 The international
politics of sustainable development Chapter 26 in Atkinson,
Giles.Dietz, Simon and Neumayer,Eric Eds. Handbook of Sustainable
Development Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham UK and
Northhampton, MA, USA. pp 430-446
Recommended readings
Barry, John.2012 The Politics of Actually Existing
Unsustainability: Human Flourishing in a Climate-Changed,
Carbon-Constrained World, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New
York.Clapp. Jennifer,2000 The Distancing of Waste: Overconsumption
in a Global Economy, in Porter, Gareth. Brown, Janet W. and Chasek,
Pamela S. 2000. Global Environmental Politics, Westview Press,
Boulder Co. Chp7, pp 156-176Conca, K., Alberty, M. and Dabelko,
G.D. (1995, 1998, or 2004) Green Planet Blues. Environmental
Politics from Stockholm to Rio 1st, 2nd or 3rd editions, Boulder,
Co and Oxford: Westview Press/Harper Collins.Dias, Ruben A.Mattos,
Cristiano R. and Balestieri, Jose A. The Limits of human
development and the use of energy and natural resources Energy
Policy 34 (2006) pp 1026-1031onceptual notion of Sustainability
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, Vol 7,
No 1(March 2005) pp 1-33Faber, Niels, Jorna, Rene, and Van Engelen,
Jo. 2005. The sustainability of sustainability a study into the
Hedren, Johan. and Linner, Bjorn-Ola. 2008, Utopian thought and the
politics of sustainable development, Futures 41 (2009),
210-219Meadowcroft, James 2000. Sustainable Development: A New(ish)
Idea for New Century? Political Studies, 48 (2000)
370-87Meadowcroft, James 2007. Who is in Charge here? Governance
for Sustainable Development in a Complex World, Journal of
Environmental Policy & Planning, Vol 9, Nos 3-4,
September-December 2007, 299-314Meadowcroft, James, 2009, What
about the Politics? Sustainable Development, transition management,
and long term energy transitions Policy Sci, (2009)
42:323-340.Niccolucci, V. Tezzi, E. Pulselli, F.M. and Capineri,
C.2011Biocapacity vs. Ecological Footprint of world regions:A
geopolitical interpretation, Ecological Indicators, 2011Sawa,
Takamitsu, Iai, Susumu, and Ikkatai, Seiji. 2011 Achieving Global
Sustainability: Policy Recommendations, United Nations University
Press, Tokyo, New York, ParisSenge, Peter, 2010, Necessary
Revolution: How Individuals and organisations are working together
to create a Sustainable World, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London
and BostonShiva, V. (1998) Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and
Knowledge, Green Books/the Gaia Foundation. DartingtonSneddon,
Chris. Howarth, Richard B. Norgaard, Richard B.2006 Sustainable
development in a post-Brundtland world. Ecological Economics 57
(2006), pp 253-268.Turner, Graham M. A comparison of the Limits to
Growth with 30 years of reality. Global Environmental Change, 18
(2007), 397-411
Week 11 Beginning 13 October, Topic: Protecting the Global
Environment (Shift to Week 11) Tutorial Questions: Can states
effectively cooperate to mitigate global environmental problems?
What were the outcomes of the Rio+20 conference held in 2012? Were
states able to establish the means to address critical
environmental issues? What are the constraints to effective global
environmental governance? Required readings: Halle, Mark, 2012,
Life After Rio: A Commentary, Institute for International
Sustainable Development, Accessed: July 3 2012. Cited:
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2012/com_life_after_rio.pdf Haas, Peter M.
2002. UN Conferences and Constructivist Governance of the
Environment Global Governance 8: 73-91.
Recommended Readings: Elliot, Lorraine, 2007, Improving the
Global Environment: Policies, Principles and
Institutions,Australian Journal of International Affairs 61 (1):
7-14. Bauer, S., 2009, The Secretariat of the United Nations
Environment Programme: Tangled Up in Blue, in Frank Biermann and
Bernd Siebenhunner, Managers of Global Change, MIT Press,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Finger, M., 2008., Which Governance for
Sustainable Development? An Organizational and Institutional
Perspective, in Jacob Park, Ken Conca and Matthias Finger (ed) The
Crisis of Global Environmental Governance, Routledge, London and
New York: 34-57. Anderson, K., and R. Blackhurst (eds.), 1992, The
Greening of World Trade Issues, London, Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Andresen, S., and Rosendal, K., 2005, UNEP in the Formation,
Coordination and Implementation of Multilateral Environmental
Agreements: Success or Fiasco? Paper Presented at the 46th Annual
International Studies Association Conference, Hawaii. Baark, E.,
and J. Strahl, 1995, The Response of International Organizations to
the Environmental Challenge Development and Change (July).
Benedick, R., 1991, Ozone Diplomacy, Cambridge, Harvard University
Press. Bernauer, T., 1995, The Effect of International
Environmental Institutions: How We Might Learn More International
Organization 49(2): 251-77. Biermann, Frank, Philipp Pattberg,
Harro van Asselt, and Fariborz Zelli, 2009, The Fragmentation of
Global Governance Architectures: A Framework for Analysis, Global
Environmental Politics 9 (4): 14-40. Conca, K., 1995, "Greening the
UN: Environmental Organisations and the UN System" Third World
Quarterly 16 (3):. Dai, Xinyuan, 2005 Why Comply? The Domestic
Constituency Mechanism International Organization 59: 363-98.
Elliot. L., 2004, From Stockholm to Rio to Johannesburg. In
Lorraine Elliot The Global Politics of the Environment. Second
Edition. Houndsmill Basingstoke. Palgrave Macmillan: 7-28. Haas,
P., 1992, Introduction: Epistemic Communities and International
Policy Coordination, International Organization 46 (1): 1-35. Haas,
P., and Haas, E., 1995, Learning to Learn: Improving International
Governance, Global Governance 1: 255-85. Haas, P., R. Keohane and
M. Levy (eds.), 1993, Institutions for the Earth, Cambridge, Mass.,
MIT Press. Haas, Peter M. 2002. UN Conferences and Constructivist
Governance of the Environment Global Governance 8: 73-91. Hierlmier
J., 2002, UNEP: Retrospect and prospect: options for reforming the
Global Environmental Governance Regime Georgetown International
Environmental Law Review (Summer 2002). List, M., & V.
Rittberger 1992, Regime Theory and Environmental Management in
Andrew Hurrell & Benedick Kingsbury (eds.) 1992, The
International Politics of the Environment, Oxford, OUP. Malone, D.,
and Hagman, L., 2002, The North-South Divide at the United Nations:
Fading at Last? Security Dialogue 33 (4): 199-414. Najam, Adil,
Christopoulou, Ioli and William R. Moomaw. 2004. The Emergent
System of Global Environmental Governance Global Environmental
Politics 4 (4): 23-36. Newell, P., 2002, A World Environment
Organisation: The Wrong Solution to the Wrong Problem The World
Economy. Patterson, M., 1995, Radicalising Regimes: Ecology and the
Critique of International Relations Theory in John Macmillan &
Andrew Linklater (eds.), Boundaries in Question, London: Pinter.
Patterson, M., 1999, Interpreting Trends in Global Environmental
Governance, Journal of International Affairs, 75 (4): 793-802.
Porter, G., and J. Welsh Brown, 1996, Global Environmental
Politics, Boulder, Westview. Thomas, C., (ed.), 1994, Rio:
Unravelling the Consequences, London, Cass. Wapner P., 2002, The
Sovereignty of Nature? Environmental Protection in a Postmodern Age
International Studies Quarterly (June). Willetts, P., 1996, From
Stockholm to Rio and Beyond: the impact of the environmental
movement on the United Nations consultative arrangements for NGOs
Review of International Studies, 22(1): 57-80. Young, O., 1998,
Creating Regimes: Arctic Accords and International Governance,
Ithaca, Cornell University Press. ________ 1994, International
Governance: Protecting the Environment in a Stateless Society,
Ithaca, Cornell University Press. ________ 1989, International
Cooperation: Building Regimes for Natural Resources and the
Environment, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press.
Week 12 Beginning 20 October, Topic: If Global Governance is the
Answer, What is the Question Tutorial Questions: What is global
governance? What use is this concept? Can we use this
inter-changeably with international organizations? Are IOs the more
appropriate unit of discussion? How do we evaluate the
effectiveness of IOs? How do we evaluate the effectiveness of
global governance? How do they intersect? Required readings: Abott,
K. and D. Snidal, 2010, International regulation without
international government: Improving IO performance through
orchestration, Review of International Organization 5: 315-44.
Rosenau, J. and Czempiel, E., 1992, Governance without Government:
Order and Change in World Politics, Cambridge, New York: Cambridge
University Press: 1-30.
Recommended Readings: Barnett, M., and L. Coleman, 2005,
Designing Police: Interpol and the Study of Change in International
Organization International Studies Quarterly 49 (4): 593-620.
Deighton, A., 2002, The European Security and Defence Policy
Journal of Common Market Studies (November). Diehl, P. (ed.), 2001,
The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in
an Interdependent World 2nd ed. (Boulder: Lynne Rienner). Frey, B.,
2008, Outside and Inside Competition for International
Organisations From Analysis to Innovations, Review of International
Organisations 3: 335-50. International Organization 2001 Special
Edition on the Rational Design of International Institutions 55
(4). Koremenos Barbara, Charles Lipson and Duncan Snidal 2004 The
Rational Design of International Institutions in The Rational
Design of International Institutions edited by Barbara Koremenos,
Charles Lipson and Duncan Snidal, Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press: 1-40. Park, Susan, 2010, Designing Accountability:
International Economic Institutions and the World Banks Inspection
Panel, Australian Journal of International Affairs (forthcoming
March). Pierson, P., 2000, The Limits of Design: Explaining
Institutional Origin and Change, Governance: An International
Journal of Policy and Administration 13 (4): 475-99. Shanks, C.,
Jacobson, H., & J. Kaplan, 1996, Inertia and change in the
constellation of international governmental organizations,
1981-1992 International Organization (Autumn). Solingen, E., 2008,
The Genesis, Design and Effects of Regional Institutions: Lessons
from East Asia and the Middle East, International Studies Quarterly
52: 261-94. Wendt, Alexander. 2001. Driving with the Rearview
Mirror: On the Rational Science of Institutional Design
International Organization 55 (4): 1019-49. Week 13-Exam Review-
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