Global Governance: Institutions and Processes

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:1.00

Study Course Accepted:14.03.2024 08:44:16

Study Course Information
Course Code:		SZF_037		LQF level:		Level 7
Credit Points:		4.67		ECTS:		7.00
Branch of Science:		Politics		Target Audience:		Political Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Mārtiņš Daugulis
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		12	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		24
Classes (count)		14	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		28
Total Contact Hours								52
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		6	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		12
Classes (count)		8	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		16
Total Contact Hours								28
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Students should have basic knowledge of international relations and international processes.
Objective:
The course aims to help students gain a deeper understanding of how the world of global governance works, as well as possibilities of manoeuvring it to improve outcomes, taking into account that the global governance system creates restrictions and opportunities for politics regardless of whether you act in the public, private or civil sectors at national or international level.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Familiarising with global governance			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
2	Contemporary institutional and legal framework: institute of diversity and international law			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
3	New trends in global governance: non-governmental actors – multinational corporations. Networks and social media			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
4	New trends in global governance: polycentric government and geopolitical changes			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
5	Global governance processes: framework of problems and setting the agenda			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
6	Global governance processes: building skills; civil and private sector			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
7	Forced diplomacy and use of collective force			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
8	Summary and conclusions			Lectures		3.00	auditorium
9	Presentation and discussion of students’ individual works			Classes		14.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Familiarising with global governance			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
2	Contemporary institutional and legal framework: institute of diversity and international law			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
3	New trends in global governance: non-governmental actors – multinational corporations. Networks and social media			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
4	New trends in global governance: polycentric government and geopolitical changes			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
5	Global governance processes: framework of problems and setting the agenda			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
6	Global governance processes: building skills; civil and private sector			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
7	Forced diplomacy and use of collective force			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
8	Summary and conclusions			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
9	Presentation and discussion of students’ individual works			Classes		8.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
• Active participation in classes and seminars (as well as criticism and advice in response to reports of other students). • Essays. • Final report. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
Assessment Criteria:
Students should take into account the following requirements and assessment criteria: • active participation in classes and seminars (as well as criticism and advice in response to reports of other students) – 35% • essays – 10% • final report – 20% • presentation of final report – 15% • exam - 20%
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Students will be able to describe the principles of international governance, as well as identify the challenges of international governance.
Skills:		Students will be able to identify the elements necessary for the analysis of international governance systems.
Competencies:		Students will be able to analyse the multipolarity, bipolarity and unipolarity of international governance systems from a historical perspective and apply it in today’s context.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Visa literatūra ir angļu valodā un piemērota gan latviešu, gan angļu plūsmas studentiem
2	Weiss. “What Happened to the Idea of World Government?” International Studies Quarterly, 53 (No 2, 2009) p.253-271
3	Dingwerth & Pattberg. “Global Governance as a Perspective on World Politics,” Global Governance, 12 (No 2, 2006)
4	Jentleson. “Global Governance in a Copernican World,” Global Governance, 18 (No 2, 2012)
5	Reimann. “A View from the Top: International Norms, Politics, and the Growth of NGOs,” International Studies Quarterly, 50 (No 1, 2006)
6	Ruggie. “Foreword,” in Weiss & Thakur, Global Governance and the United, 2010
Additional Reading
1	Perlez. “Stampede to Join China’s Development Bank Stuns Even Its Founder,” New York Times, April 2, 2015
2	Acharya. “Can Asia Lead? Power Ambitions and Global Governance in the Twenty-First Century,” International Affairs, 87 (No. 2, 2011) p.851–869
3	Carpenter, et al. “Explaining the Advocacy Agenda: Insights from the Human Security Network,” International Organization, 68 (No. 2, 2014) p.449-470