Spring RPOS 375: International Orgnaization

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1 RPOS 375: International Orgnaization Spring 2014 Mark Baskin Office Hours: Mon,1:30-3- HU 16 Milne 220, Tel: Wed, 2-3, Milne 220 Course Description This course will cover the foundational principles of international organization, the major theories that seek to explain the role played by international institutions in world politics, and a number of key institutions. It will provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of international institutions, and emphasize critical thinking skills that will be encouraged through course discussions, class debates, and an analytical research paper. The class will engage in analysis of the United Nations, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Core Readings: Available at Mary Jane s Books Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson, eds., International Organization and Global Governance, (Routledge, 2014) Ngaire Woods, The Globalizers, The IMF, The World Bank and their Borrowers (Cornell, 2006) Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World, International Organization in Global Politics (Cornell, 2004) John McCormick and Jonathon Olsen, The European Union, Politics and Policies, fifth edition (Westview, 2014) Assessments, articles and reports available on e-reserve/blackboard Mass media, including New York Times, blogs, web sites. Requirements Attendance 10% Participation 10% Paper 20% Quizzes 10% Midterm Exam 25% Final Exam 25% Learning Objectives. At the end of this class, students should be able to: Summarize classical and contemporary definitions and approaches to international integration and international organizations according to the major approaches employed in the social sciences. Analyze the missions and practices of different types of international organization, including inter-governmental and non-state actors, universal and regional organizations, and financial, security and humanitarian/human rights organizations. 1

2 Evaluate the operational principles and processes of these different types of organizations. Assess the capacity for different types of organization to achieve their missions. Develop research skills: finding materials, reading closely and summarizing texts and drawing inferences concerning motivations and causation of policies and events Develop analytic and writing skills that enable you to distill and summarize source materials Develop coherent, written arguments with support from diverse sources Expectations: Students will be expected to come to every class prepared to discuss the assigned readings. Attendance is expected and is especially important on the days of quizzes/class exercises. Students will be expected to turn in assigned work on time. Late work will face deductions. Students will benefit from taking notes during class Class Etiquette. There will be no texting in class. In addition, class discussions will take place in a spirit of mutual respect and deference. There will certainly be differences in viewpoints among us, and students will respect these differences. Writing and Plagiarism. Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional use of another s words or ideas without giving credit to that person. While this includes copying text word for word without the use of quotation marks, it also includes paraphrasing another person s work without proper citation. Intellectual honesty is a core value of university and the foundation of faculty and student development. Students guilty of plagiarizing any material will receive a failing grade for the course and the evidence will be automatically turned over to the Office of Student Conduct. During the first week of class, all students must review the UAlbany Library s tutorial on plagiarism entitled: Plagiarism 101 ( It is really far easier to do your own work than to plagiarize and students would be most unwise to consider it. Accommodations Reasonable accommodations will be provided for students with documented physical, sensory, systemic, cognitive, learning and psychiatric disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring accommodation in any Reading Department class, please notify the Director of Disabled Student Services (Campus Center 137, ). That office will provide the course instructor with verification of your disability, and will recommend appropriate accommodations. The University provides a great deal of information on the services it offers to disabled students which can be found on the Disability Resource Center page. The university s policy is at: 2

3 Participation. Class participation consists of preparation for and engagement in class discussion. It entails regular class attendance, completing assigned readings, participation in groups, and asking relevant questions. Groups/Teams. Students will be divided into teams on Day 2 of the class. They will sit together with team members throughout the class, and there will be a number of group exercises and assignments during the class. Quizzes. Students will take 3 short quizzes that test their knowledge of the material and familiarity with IOs in contemporary events. Midterm and Final: These essay exams will give the opportunity to present views on the material covered in class and in readings. Analytic or Policy Planning Paper: Students will write a paper on an international organization. Detailed assignment will be handed out in class. Due May 2. Penalties for late papers. COURSE OUTLINE Introduction (January 22) Who Cares? (January 24) Weiss and Wilkinson (hereafter W&W), Introduction, pp G. John Ikenberry, After Victory, Chapters 1-2, pp (blackboard) THINKING ABOUT IOs AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Realism and Liberalism (January 27) Jason Charrette and Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Realism, W&W, pp Christer Jonsson, Classical Liberal Internationalism, W&W, pp David P. Forsythe, Neoliberal Institutionalism, W&W, pp Marxism and Feminism (January 29) Minions present Paul Cammack, Classical Approaches, W&W, p Suzanne Zwingel, Elisabeth Prugl and Gulay Caglar, Feminism, W&W, pp

4 Constructivism (January 31) Rodney Bruce Hall, Constructivism, W&W, pp IOs as Institutions (February 3) Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World, pp A History of Global Governance (February 5) Craig N. Murphy, The Emergence of Global Governance, W&W, IOs and Power (February 7) Michael Barnett and and Raymond Duvall, International Organizations and the Diffusion of Power W&W, pp David Held, The Diffusion of Authority, W&W, pp Quiz and Group Project February 10 ACTORS IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: POLICY NETWORKS AND COMMUNITIES UN System: Structure and Legitimation (February 12) Leon Gordenker, The UN System, W&W, pp M.J. Peterson, The UN General Assembly, W&W, pp Dividing the World (February 14) Team #1 presents Andrew F. Cooper and Ramesh Thakur, The BRICS in the New Global Economic Geography, W&W, pp Ian Taylor, The Global South, W&W pp W. Andy Knight, US Hegemony, W&W, pp Private Sector Actors and the UN Global Compact (February 17) - Team Awesome presents Cata Gregoratti, UN-Business Partnershps, W&W, pp Nigel Haworth and Steve Hughes, Labor, W&W, pp Timothy Sinclair, Credit Rating Agencies, W&W, pp

5 The Good (February 19) Team Blackout presents Jan Art Scholte, Civil Society and NGOs, W&W, pp James McGann, Think Tanks and Global Policy Networks, W&W, pp Michael Moran, Global Philanthropy, W&W, pp The Bad and the Ugly (February 24) Team Spectacular presents Peter J. Hoffman, Private Military and Security Companies, W&W, pp, Frank G. Madsen, Transnational Criminal Networks, W&W, pp REVIEW FOR MIDTERM (FEBRUARY 28) MIDTERM (MARCH 3) PRACTICE: IOs AND SECURITY POLICY Security, Peacekeeping, Crises and Intervention (March 5, 7) Team Baskin (3/7) presents Paul D. Williams and Alex J. Bellamy, Un Security Council and Peace Operations, W&W, pp S. Neil MacFalane, Regional Organizations and Global Security Governance, W&W, pp Simon Chesterman, Humanitarian Intervention and R2P, W&W, pp Fabrice Weissman, Crisis and Humanitarian Containment, W&W, pp. War Crimes and Justice (March 10) - Team Blackout presents Barnett and Finnemore, Genocide and the Peacekeeping Culture at the United Nations, Rules for the World, pp Richard Goldstone, The Pursuit of International Justice, W&W, pp Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (March 12) Team Awesome presents Rob Jenkins, Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, W&W, pp Mark Baskin, Interim Regime in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Blackboard March 14: Housekeeping Mid-term handed back, Paper Assignment handed out 5

6 Human Rights, Migration and Refugees (March 24, 26) 3/24 - Team Baskin presents Michael Barnett and Martha Fiunnemore, Defining Rfugees and Voluntary Repatriation at the UNHCR, Rules For the World, pp Julie Mertus, Human Rights in Global Governance, W&W, pp Fen Osler Hampson and Mark Raymond, Human Security as a Global Public Good, W&W, pp March 28 Quiz and Class Exercise INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION IN EUROPE Evolution of the EU (March 31) Team #1 presents John McCormick and Jonathan Olson, Chapters 2-4, The European Union, Politics and Policies, pp EU Institutions (April 2, 4) Team Mini-ons present John McCormick and Jonathan Olson, Chapters 5-7,9-10 (The European Commission, The Counci of the European Union, The Europan Parliament, The European Council and Other Institutions, The European Union, Politics and Policies, pp , EU Policies (April 7, 9, 11) John McCormick and Jonathan Olson, Chapters 11-13, (Public Policy in the EU, Economic and Monetary Policy, Cohesion and Other Internal Policies, External Relations and The EU and the US), The European Union, Politics and Policies, pp , April 14 Quiz and Group Project INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE Issues in Financial governance (April 23) Bessma Momani, Global Financial Governance, W&W, pp Bernard Hoemkan, Global Trade Governance, W&W, pp Katherine Marshall, Global Development Governance, W&W, pp

7 Introduction to the IMF and World Bank (April 25) Team Spectacular presents Ngaire Woods, Introduction, The Globaliziers, pp Ngiare Woods, Whose Institutions, The Globalizers, pp Exepertise and Knowledge Networks (April 28) Ngaire Woods, The Power to Persuade, The Globalizers, pp Michael Barnett and Marth Finnemore, Expertise and Power at the IMF, : Rules for the World, pp Lost in Transition (April 30, May 2) Ngaire Woods, Mission in Mexico, The Globalizers, pp Ngaire Woods, Mission Creep in Russia, The Globalizers, pp Ngaire Woods, Mission Unaccomplished in Africa, The Globalizers, pp Reforming the IMF and World Bank (May 5) Ngaire Woods, Reforming the IMF and the World Bank, The Globalizers, pp Joseph Stiglitz, Democratizing the IMF and the World Bank, Blackboard. May 7, Review for Final 7