Political Science 404/2 A: International Institutions Fall 2015 Tuesday 10:15-1:00 H 1225-12 Professor Michael Lipson Office: H 1225-59 Office Hours: Monday 11:45-1:00, or by appointment Tel. 514-848-2424, ext. 2129 E-mail: michael.lipson@concordia.ca Course web page: http://alcor.concordia.ca/~mlipson/poli404.html Course Description This course is an advanced seminar covering major theoretical perspectives on the significance in world politics of international institutions and regimes, and of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. The course will explore the role of international institutions and regimes in world politics. We will address major theoretical perspectives on international institutions; the role of international institutions in promoting international peace and security, human rights, and economic development and prosperity; causes and implications of regional integration; the relationship between international institutions and domestic politics; democracy and accountability in international organizations; the rise of transnational civil society; and the likely form of twenty-first century global governance. The course will address these issues in relation to specific institutions such as the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization. Course Requirements and Grading This is a seminar class, requiring preparation and active participation on your part. To facilitate engaged participation, seminar meetings will include student-led presentations and discussion. In addition, reading response papers are assigned to promote preparation and facilitate discussion of the readings in seminar meetings. Each student will complete a term paper of approximately 20 pages on an international institution or organization of their choice. Draft elements of the term paper a topic proposal (3 points), bibliography assignment (5 points), outline (2 points), hypothesis assignment (5 points), and draft paper (10 points) are assigned throughout the semester. Further information will be provided in class. Grades will be calculated as follows: Final Term Paper: 25% Term Paper Draft Elements: 25% Response Papers: 20% Class Participation: 20% Class Presentation: 10% In addition, more than three unexcused absences will result in a failing grade. I may make adjustments to these weightings in individual cases where a student has demonstrated improvement across the semester. Disruptive behaviour that persists after a warning will affect the participation grade. Failure to make a good faith effort to complete any course requirement will result in a grade reduced from the weighted result. Policy on Laptops and Wireless Devices The use of laptop and tablet computers and wireless communications (internet, email, web browsing, text messaging, etc.) is not permitted during class without permission of the instructor. Students refusing to comply with this policy will receive a failing grade. Time Commitment Section 16.1.2 of the Undergraduate Calendar states that: In accordance with the recommendations of the Conseil des Universités du Québec, students academic activity is measured according to the credit system. For the average student, each credit represents a minimum of 45 hours of academic activity, including lectures, tutorials, laboratories, studio or practice periods, examinations, and personal work. 1
This means that, for a three-credit class such as Political Science 404, you are expected to complete at least 135 hours of academic work, of which class attendance represents one third. Therefore, you are expected to spend a minimum of 6 hours per week of independent work outside of class for Poli 404. Readings The following texts are assigned for the class and are available for purchase in the bookstore. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004.) Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations 8 th ed. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2013.) Stephen Van Evera, Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997.) Poli 404/2A Course Pack Compliance with Concordia Codes of Conduct Students are expected to respect and obey the Academic Code of Conduct and the Code of Rights and Responsibilities (sections 17.10 and 17.30 of the Undergraduate Calendar). Department of Political Science Statement on Plagiarism The Department has zero tolerance for plagiarism. 1. What is plagiarism? The University defines plagiarism as The presentation of the work of another person, in whatever form, as one s own or without proper acknowledgment (Concordia Undergraduate Calendar 2015-16, sec. 17.10, page 54). Plagiarism is an academic offence governed by the Academic Code of Conduct. To find out more about how to avoid plagiarism, see the Concordia University Student Learning Services guidelines at: http://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/offices/cdev/docs/writing/help-academic-writing/avoidingplagiarism.pdf 2. What are the consequences of getting caught? The Dean or an Academic Hearing Panel may impose the following sanctions on students caught plagiarizing: a. Reprimand the student; b. Direct that a piece of work be re-submitted; c. Enter a grade of "0" for the piece of work in question; d. Enter a grade reduction in the course; e. Enter a failing grade for the course; f. Enter a failing grade and ineligibility for a supplemental examination or any other evaluative exercise for the course; g. Impose the obligation to take and pass courses of up to twenty-four (24) credits in addition to the total number of credits required for the student s program as specified by the Dean. If the student is registered as an Independent student, the sanction will be imposed only if he or she applies and is accepted into a program; h. Impose a suspension for a period not to exceed six (6) academic terms. Suspensions shall entail the withdrawal of all University privileges, including the right to enter and be upon University premises; i. Expulsion from the University. Expulsion entails the permanent termination of all University privileges (Undergraduate calendar, pages 56-57, 58). Complete regulations can be found in Section 17.10 of the Undergraduate calendar. 3. See also The Political Science Department's "Resources on Avoiding Plagiarism" at: http://alcor.concordia.ca/~mlipson/01plagiarism_home.html 2
Reading Schedule I. Researching International Institutions Week One: Introduction September 8 Introductory class: No assigned readings. Read the syllabus. Week Two: Individual Meetings about Paper Topics September 15 Note: There is no seminar meeting this week. Instead, sign up for individual meetings with Professor Lipson to discuss your topic and research question proposal. *** Topic and research question proposal due by email by 11:59 pm September 15. Stephen M. Walt, International Relations: One World, Many Theories, Foreign Policy no. 110 (Spring 1998): 29-46. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1149275. Turabian, Chapters 1-4. Van Evera, Chapter 1, Hypotheses, Laws, and Theories: A User s Guide, 7-48. January 20: Deadline for withdrawal with tuition refund from two-term and fall-term courses (DNE: Did Not Enter Deadline) Week Three: Researching and Writing Your Term Paper September 22 Library presentation: class meets in LB 211 from noon to 1pm. Turabian, Chapters 5-7. Van Evera, How to Write a Paper, 123-128. Andrew Bennett, Process Tracing and Causal Inference, in Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards 2 nd ed., ed. Henry Brady and David Collier (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010), 207-219. W. Phillips Shively, Chapter 3: The Importance of Dimensional Thinking, in The Craft of Political Research 4 th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998), 27-36. Political Science Department Resources on Avoiding Plagiarism (in coursepack), http://alcor.concordia.ca/~mlipson/01plagiarism_home.html 3
II. Theories of International Institutions Week Four: Theories of International Institutions I September 29 *** Preliminary bibliography assignment due in class John J. Mearsheimer, The False Promise of International Institutions, International Security 19, no. 3 (Winter 1994/1995): 5-49. doi:10.2307/2539078. Martin Griffiths and Terry O Callaghan, Regimes, in International Relations: The Key Concepts (New York: Routledge, 2002), 272-73. (The Barkin reading uses the term regime without defining it. This is a definition.) J. Samuel Barkin, Efficiency and Ideas, in International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), 39-51. Andrew Moravcsik and Frank Schimmelfennig, Liberal Intergovernmentalism, in Antje Wiener and Thomas Diez, eds., European Integration Theory (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), 67-87. III. IOs and International Peace and Security Week Five: Theories of International Institutions II October 6 ***Hypothesis assignment due in class Lloyd Gruber, Collective Action and Mutual Gain, in Ruling the World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000), 15-32. Celeste Wallander, Institutional Assets and Adaptability: NATO After the Cold War, International Organization 54, no. 4 (Autumn 2000): 705-735. doi:10.1162/002081800551343. Frank Schimmelfennig, NATO Enlargement: A Constructivist Explanation, Security Studies 8, no. 2 (Winter 1999): 198-234. doi:10.1080/09636419808429378. Week Six: Critical Perspectives on International Institutions October 13 Barnett and Finnemore, International Organizations as Bureaucracies, 16-44. Lloyd Gruber, Winners and Losers: The Case for Theoretical Orientation, in Ruling the World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000), 33-57. Elisabeth Prügl, International Institutions and Feminist Politics, Brown Journal of World Affairs X, no. 2 (Winter/Spring 2004): 69-84. http://heinonline.org /HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/brownjwa10&size=2&id=357. Julie L. Mueller, The IMF, Neoliberalism, and Hegemony, Global Society 25, no. 3 (July 2011): 377-402. doi: 10.1080/13600826.2011.577032. 4
Week Seven: The United Nations October 20 *** Outline assignment due in class Barnett and Finnemore, Genocide and Peacekeeping Culture at the United Nations, 121-155. Ian Hurd, Legitimacy, Power, and the Symbolic Life of the UN Security Council, Global Governance 8, no. 1 (January-March 2002): 35-51. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27800326. Eric Voeten, Delegation and the Nature of Security Council Authority, in Bruce Cronin and Ian Hurd, eds., The UN Security Council and the Politics of International Authority (New York: Routledge, 2008), 43-56. Week Eight: IOs and International Peace and Security October 27 John Gerard Ruggie, Cooperative Security, in Winning the Peace (New York: Columbia University Press, 1996), 77-107. Alexander Thompson, Coercion through IOs: The Security Council and the Logic of Information Transmission, International Organization 60, no. 1 (Winter 2006): 1-34. doi:10.1017/s0020818306060012. James Fearon and David Laitin, Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States, International Security 28, no. 4 (Spring 2004): 5-43. doi:10.1162/0162288041588296. IV. International Economic Regimes Week Nine: The IMF and the Future of the Bretton Woods Institutions November 3 Barnett and Finnemore, Expertise and Power at the IMF, 45-72. Cornel Ban, Austerity versus Stimulus? Understanding Fiscal Policy Change at the International Monetary Fund Since the Great Recession, Governance 28, no. 2 (April 2015): 167-183. doi:10.1111/gove.12099. Daniel W. Drezner, The System Worked: Global Economic Governance during the Great Recession, World Politics 66, 1 (January 2014): 123-64. doi: 10.1017/S0043887113000348. Eric Helleiner, A Bretton Woods Moment? The 2007-2008 Crisis and the Future of Global Finance, International Affairs 86, no. 3 (May 2010): 619-636. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00901.x. Sunday, November 8: Deadline for withdrawal from fall-term courses (DISC: discontinue deadline). 5
Week Ten: The World Bank and World Trade Organization November 10 ***Draft papers due in class Catherine Weaver, The World Bank and the Bank s World, Global Governance 13, no. 4 (October-December 2007): 493-512. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27800679. Daniel Nielson and Michael J. Tierney, Delegation to International Organizations: Agency Theory and World Bank Environmental Reform, International Organization 57, no. 2 (Spring 2003): 241-276. doi:/10.1017 /S0020818303572010. Jens L. Mortensen, Seeing Like the WTO: Numbers, Frames, and Trade Law, New Political Economy 17, no. 1 (February 2012): 77-95. doi: 10.1080/13563467.2011.569024 Richard H. Steinberg, In the Shadow of Law or Power? Consensus-Based Bargaining and Outcomes in the GATT/WTO, International Organization 56, no. 2 (Spring 2002): 339-374. doi:/10.1162/002081802320005504. V. Regional Integration Week Eleven: The European Union and the Euro Crisis November 17 Turabian, Chapters 9-11. Sebastian Rosato, Introduction, in Europe United: Power Politics and the Making of the European Community (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2011), 1-19. Andrew Moravcsik, Europe: Rising Superpower in a Bipolar World, in Alan Alexandroff and Andrew Cooper, eds., Rising States, Rising Institutions: Challenges for Global Governance (Washington, DC: Brookings Institition Press, 2010), 151-174. Matthias Matthijs and Kathleen McNamara, The Euro Crisis Theory Effect: Northern Saints, Southern Sinners, and the Demise of the Eurobond, Journal of European Integration 37, no. 2 (January 2015): 229-245. doi: 10.1080/07036337.2014.990137. Frank Schimmelfennig, Liberal Intergovernmentalism and the Euro Area Crisis, Journal of European Public Policy 22, no. 2 (January 2015): 177-95. doi:/10.1080/13501763.2014.994020. VI. Global Governance Week Twelve: International Criminal Tribunals and Human Rights November 24 Caroline Fehl, Explaining the International Criminal Court: A Practice Test for Rationalist and Constructivist Approaches, European Journal of International Relations 10, no. 3 (September 2004): 357-394. doi: 10.1177/1354066104045541. Jack Snyder and Leslie Vinjamuri, Trials and Errors: Principle and Pragmatism in Strategies of International Justice, International Security 28, no. 3 (Winter 2003-2004): 5-44. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4137476. Kathryn Sikkink and Hun Joon Kim, The Justice Cascade: The Origins and Effectiveness of Prosecutions of Human Rights Violations, Annual Review of Law and Social Science 9 (2013): 269-285. doi:10.1146/annurevlawsocsci-102612-133956. 6
Week Thirteen: Global Governance December 1 Robert L. Gilpin, Governing the Global Economy, in Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001), 377-402. Daniel W. Drezner, The Tragedy of the Global Institutional Commons, in Martha Finnemore and Judith Goldstein, eds., Back to Basics: State Power in a Contemporary World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 280-310.doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199970087.003.0013. John Gerard Ruggie, Global Governance and New Governance Theory : Lessons from Business and Human Rights, Global Governance 20, no. 1 (January-March 2014): 5-17. http://journals.rienner.com/doi/abs /10.5555/1075-2846-20.1.5. Barnett and Finnemore, The Legitimacy of an Expanding Global Bureaucracy, 156-173. Final Paper Due Friday, December 4 2015 Michael Lipson All rights reserved. 7