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1 International Organisations and Global Politics Om kurset Subject Activitytype Teaching language Registration Prerequisite for participation Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria Forvaltning / Global Studies / Internationale udviklingsstudier / Politik og Administration / International Public Administration and Politics master course English please register via stads-self-service within the registration period announced here: Student Hub Course literature for the Global Studies Foundation Course knowledge understanding of the origins and the nature of international organisations in-depth knowledge of the international organisations such as the un system and the african union knowledge of global governance as a process that started in the 19th century understanding of international law as a structure for international organisation and global politics understanding of the way in which structural inequality and inter-state diversity plays out in international organisations and global politics skills ability to apply and challenge different approaches to the study of international organisations ability to analyse the history and work of particular international organisations from a critical perspective ability to compare and contrast different eras of multilateralism, different international organisations and different problems of international cooperation. ability to construct and advance an independent argument pertaining to a theme from the course competences ability to ask analytical questions pertaining to the theme of the course. ability to initiate, organise and participate in student-led discussions and peer review. Overall content Detailed description of content International organisations and multilateral cooperation are essential elements of global politics and key to understanding the current world. They govern the globe, bringing prosperity and peace, yet are increasingly being questioned: Great Britain voted to leave the European Union, the US administration is skeptical about multilateral institutions and free trade agreements, including NATO and the North American Free Trade Agreement. South Africa and Burundi announced their withdrawal from the ICC, and Venezuela has left the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. In this course, we develop an indepth understanding of the structures and work of international organisations as well as the challenges they face. In the seminar, we will apply various approaches to the study of international organisations, going beyond mainstream IR theories to include critical, legal, historical, administrative and sociological perspectives. We will analyse the history, structures, work and challenges of global cooperation and international organisations. The course has three parts. The first part studies the research field, history, structure and bureaucracy of international organisations, giving us an understanding of the foundational structure of international cooperation and conflict. The second part focuses on particular areas of global regulation and problem-solving, such as trade, health, conflict, humanitarian crises, development. The third part focuses on different constituencies that relate to international organisations, particularly the UN. This part studies diplomacy, lobbying and NGO advocacy. Here we shall meet practitioners (a lobbyist from a Danish multinational company and a former Australian diplomat) and visit the UN City in Copenhagen to get a first-hand impression of the work and structures of the main global organisation, the UN. Political actors often emphasise the importance of multilateral cooperation and never before has there been so many international organisations. Yet, a core question remains: are international organisations making a positive difference to our world? In this course, we develop an in-depth understanding of the structures and work of international organisations as well as the challenges they face. We will apply various approaches to the study of international organisations, going beyond mainstream IR theories to include critical, legal, historical, administrative and sociological perspectives. We will combine such inter-disciplinary study with guest lectures by practitioners: a UN lobbyist for a green multinational company and a former Australian diplomat in New York. Three

2 general questions will be addressed: Why do international organisations emerge? Have international organisations made a positive difference in the world? Which challenges do international organisations face and which do they pose to states? Teaching and working methods Mini lectures by Klaas Dykmann and Line Engbo Gissel. Student-led discussions and peer review. Guest presentations by a former diplomat and a current UN lobbyist. Visit to the UN City Copenhagen. Expected work effort (ectsdeclaration) Class teaching: 26 hours Other (for example student presentations, exercises, peer-review): 50 hours Preparation: 160 hours Examination: 40 hours Hours - total: 276 Course material and reading list Akira Iriye, Global Community. The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2004). J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization. Theories and Institutions, 2nd edition (New York and Houndsmills: Macmillan Palgrave, 2013). Ian Hurd, International Organizations. Politics, Law, Practice (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011). Form of examination Individual oral examination on the basis of the syllabus. The oral examination has a total duration of 60 minutes, divided between 30 minutes preparation time (including time to draw a question) and approximately 30 minutes oral examination, including assessment. Students are invited to submit suggestions for examination questions, after which 8-15 examination questions will be compiled, which in combination will cover the syllabus. The student draws two random questions at the start of the examination. These two questions form the starting-point for the examination, in which the student, after preparation time, presents and discusses the questions on the basis of the syllabus. In the examination, questions may be asked relating to any part of the entire course syllabus. The course teacher may however permit particular examination aids to be present in the examination room, such as prepared hand-outs or the like. Examination type Exam aids Assessment Moderation Form of reexamination Evaluationand feedback forms The responsible course lecturer Teacher Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination. Individual examination All examination aids are permitted in the preparation room. In the examination room, only notes written 7-point grading scale Internal (i.e. course lecturer and an internal examiner assess) Student peer feedback during the course. Mid-term and final evaluations of the course. Individual, oral examination at the end of the course. Klaas Dykmann (dykmann@ruc.dk) Klaas Dykmann(dykmann@ruc.dk) Line Engbo Gissel(lgissel@ruc.dk) Kristoffer Marslev(marslev@ruc.dk)

3 Administration of exams ISE Studieadministration Kursusgange: Hold: 1 Lecture :15 til :00 Line Engbo Gissel ( lgissel@ruc.dk ) Ekstern underviser Introduction session Introduction: International Organisation as a Field of Research (Line &Klaas) a. Beyond conventional IR theories b. Main concepts in the study of IOs c. Debates in the field of study Akira Iriye, Global Community. The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2004). J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization. Theories and Institutions, 2nd edition (New York and Houndsmills: Macmillan Palgrave, 2013). Ian Hurd, International Organizations. Politics, Law, Practice (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011). Lecture :15 til :00 2) The Historical Development International Organisations and Global Cooperation (Klaas) a. Global Governance in the 19th Century b. Organizing World Peace: The League of Nations c. The reinvention of international organisations after 1945? required readings: klaas dykmann, the origins of the united nations: when and how did it begin? journal of international organization studies, volume 3, issue 1, pp klaas dykmann, the history of international organizations what is new? journal of international organzation studies, volume 2, issue 2 files/jiosfinal_8_0.pdf recommended readings: amrith, sunil and glenda sluga (2008) new histories of the united nations, journal of world history 19 (3):

4 akira iriye, global community. the role of international organizations in the making of the contemporary world (berkeley, los angeles and london: university of california press, 2004). mazower, mark (2009), no enchanted palace. the end of empire and the ideological origins of the united nations, princeton, nj: princeton university press susan pedersen, back to the league of nations: review essay. american historical review, 112: 4 (oct. 2007), reinalda, bob (2009), routledge history of international organizations. from 1815 to the present day. london: routledge. Lecture :15 til :00 3) Inequality, Sovereignty and Diversity (Line) a. Inequality as a fact b. Formal sovereignty c. Diversity as a foundational condition Lecture :15 til :00 4) Law as International Structure (Line) a. International law since the Middle Ages, development since WWII, acceleration since Cold War b. International law as Western liberalism? c. Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) d. Challenges to international law Lecture :15 til :00 5) International Organisations as Bureaucracies (Klaas) a. Inside of International Organisations: Public Administration meets IR b. The History of International Organisations as Bureaucracies Required readings: Klaas Dykmann, 'International Relations Meets History: Approaching International Organisations as Bureaucracies'. Comparativ 2017 (forthcoming). Jörn Ege and Michael E. Bauer, International bureaucracies from a Public Administration and International Relations perspective. In: Bob Reinalda (ed.), Routledge Handbook of International Organization (London and New York, 2013),

5 Recommended readings: Barnett, Michael/ Finnemore, Martha, Rules for the World. International Organizations in Global Politics.Ithaca/London Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhüner, Problem solving by international bureaucracies. In: Bob Reinalda (ed.), Routledge Handbook of International Organization. London and New York 2013, pp Dykmann, Klaas, How international was the Secretariat of the League of Nations? The International History Review, vol. 37, Issue 4, 2015, S Mathiason, John, Invisible Governance. International Secretariats in Global Politics. Bloomfield (CT) Jarle Trondal, Martin Marcussen, Torbjoern Larsson and Frode Veggeland, Unpacking international organisations. The dynamics of compound bureaucracies (Manchester and New York, 2010). Lecture :15 til :00 Underviser Kristoffer Marslev ( marslev@ruc.dk ) 6) Global Trade (Kristoffer Marslev) Lecture :15 til :00 7) From International Health Policy to Global Health Governance (Klaas) a) Origins of international health cooperation and early organisations b) The creation of the World Health Organisation c) Global Health Governance Required readings: Brown, Theodore M./ Cueto, Marcos/ Fee, Elizabeth, The World Health Organization and the Transition from International to Global Public Health', American Journal of Public Health, January 2006, Vol 96, No. 1, Fidler, David P., The globalization of public health: the first 100 years of international health diplomacy. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001, 79 (9), Sung Lee, WHO and the developing world. In: Andrew Cunningham/Bridie Andrews (eds.), Western medicine as contested knowledge. Manchester/New York 1997, Suggested readings: Beigbeder, Yves, L Organisation mondiale de la Santé. Avec la collaboration de Mahyar Nashat, Marie- Antoinette Orsini et Jean-François Tiercy. Paris Chorev, Nitsan, The World Health Organization between North and South. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London Dykmann, Klaas, International Organisationen und ihre Zivilisierungsbestrebungen: Die Geschichte der Weltgesundheitsorganisation. From the series Internationale Politik/International Politics, Vol. 25. Berlin, London, Muenster, Vienna and Zurich Lee, Kelley,_ The World Health Organization_. From the series Global Institutions. Oxon/New York 2009.

6 Siddiqi, Javed, World Health and World Politics. The World Health Organization and the UN System. London Lecture :15 til :00 8) International Organisations, Conflict Resolution and Humanitarian Assistance (Line) a. 1990s Peacemaking at the UN and regionally b. Since 2001 less peacemaking c. Judicialising peace? Lecture :15 til :00 9) International Organisations and Development (Klaas) a) The origins of development b) International organisations as global civilisers Required readings: Dykmann, Klaas, 'Only with the Best Intentions: International Organizations as Global Civilizers. Comparativ 23 (2013) 4-5, Suggested readings: Balakrishnan Rajagopal, International Law from Below. Development, Social Movements and Third World Resistance. Cambridge/New York 2003, (reprinted in 2004). Staples, Amy L. S., The Birth of Development. How the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, and World Health Organization Changed the World, Kent (OH) Lecture :15 til :00 10) Diplomacy in International Organisations (Line), including guest lecture by former Australian diplomat at the UN Lecture :15 til :00

7 11) International Organisations and External Actors (Klaas) a) International organisations and advocacy networks b) The Third United Nations Required readings: Sikkink/Keck, Transnational Advocacy Networks Jolly et. al., The Third United Nations. Lecture :15 til :00 12) Agenda-setting in International Organisations (Line), including guest lecture by lobbyist working for a multinational company Lecture :15 til :00 Line Engbo Gissel ( lgissel@ruc.dk ) 13) Course Conclusion and Excursion to the UN City CPH (Klaas & Line) Exam :00 til :00 Individual oral examination on the basis of the syllabus. The oral examination takes place during the period 30 November to 1 December 2017 The oral examination has a total duration of 60 minutes, divided between 30 minutes preparation time (including time to draw a question) and approximately 30 minutes oral examination, including assessment. Students are invited to submit suggestions for examination questions, after which 8-15 examination questions will be compiled, which in combination will cover the syllabus. The student draws two random questions at the start of the examination. These two questions form the starting-point for the examination, in which the student, after preparation time, presents and discusses the questions on the basis of the syllabus. In the examination, questions may be asked relating to any part of the entire course syllabus. The course teacher may however permit particular examination aids to be present in the examination room, such as prepared hand-outs or the like. Re-exam :00 til :00

8 Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination. The re-examinations take place during the period from 10 January to 12 January 2018

Course Plan Summer Semester 2014 M.A. Global Studies. Angela Glodschei

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