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| Title |
Mandatory Course 2: International Institutions and Politics
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| Semester |
E2024
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| Master programme in |
International Politics and Governance
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| Type of activity |
Course |
| Teaching language |
English
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| Study regulation |
Read about the Master Programme and find the Study Regulations at ruc.dk |
| REGISTRATION AND STUDY ADMINISTRATIVE | |
| Registration |
You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage. When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts and overlaps between course and exam time and dates. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programmes, which should not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programmes, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose. |
| Number of participants |
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| ECTS |
10
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| Responsible for the activity |
Laust Schouenborg (lausts@ruc.dk)
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| Head of study |
Laust Schouenborg (lausts@ruc.dk)
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| Teachers |
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| Study administration |
ISE Registration & Exams (ise-exams@ruc.dk)
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| Exam code(s) |
U60138
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| ACADEMIC CONTENT | |
| Overall objective |
This course focuses on international institutions and how they shape and are shaped by international politics and governance. Institutions have mandates and competences that impose rules on the actors involved in boundary crossing policy issues – from monetary regulation and trade through public health to foreign and security policy. But institutions can also be shaped by the politics, cooperation, and conflict occurring between these same actors. International Institutions and Politics focuses on both these aspects of international institutions and how they function across levels cross-levels of governance (e.g. across international, national, and subnational levels). Important questions include: Which institutions operate at different levels in selected policy areas with which mandates and competences? How can we understand the opportunities and constraints institutions attempt to impose on national and international actors? And under what circumstances do these same actors opt to establish, change, or tear down institutions rather than operating within the opportunities and constraints they impose? To enable students to answer such questions, the course introduces theories and concepts from international politics, governance, and law focusing on institutions, their impacts, and how they are themselves impacted by their surroundings. The course includes an introduction to the legal method, enabling students to understand, analyse, and discuss the formal mandates and competences of institutions. Teaching consists primarily of lectures with continuous discussion and involvement of students in discussions and case work. Typically, each session will focus in depth on a single perspective on an institution or a set of institutions (e.g. a legal perspective on the EU or a politics perspective on NATO). In addition, a full-day interdisciplinary workshop is included with the other two courses of the semester. |
| Detailed description of content |
This course focuses on international institutions and how they shape and are shaped by international politics and governance. Institutions have mandates and competences that impose rules on the actors involved in boundary crossing policy issues – from monetary regulation and trade through public health to foreign and security policy. But institutions can also be shaped by the politics, cooperation, and conflict occurring between these same actors. International Institutions and Politics focuses on both these aspects of international institutions and how they function across levels cross-levels of governance (e.g. across international, national, and subnational levels). Important questions include: Which institutions operate at different levels in selected policy areas with which mandates and competences? How can we understand the opportunities and constraints institutions attempt to impose on national and international actors? And under what circumstances do these same actors opt to establish, change, or tear down institutions rather than operating within the opportunities and constraints they impose? To enable students to answer such questions, the course introduces theories and concepts from international politics, governance, and law focusing on institutions, their impacts, and how they are themselves impacted by their surroundings. The course includes an introduction to the legal method, enabling students to understand, analyse, and discuss the formal mandates and competences of institutions. Teaching consists primarily of lectures with continuous discussion and involvement of students in discussions and case work. Typically, each session will focus in depth on a single perspective on an institution or a set of institutions (e.g. a legal perspective on the EU or a politics perspective on NATO). In addition, a full-day interdisciplinary workshop is included with the other two courses of the semester. |
| Course material and Reading list |
Readings explore the topic of international organizations from an international law and politics perspective. The first weeks focus on theory: politics, world systems, and international organizations law. The course then focuses on specific international organizations such as (for example) the EU, the UN, NATO, the International Criminal Court. Readings will be supplied by the professors for the topic specific to the week and posted on Moodle. Additionally, Jan Klabbers’ textbook International Organizations Law is mandatory and should be purchased by students. |
| Overall plan and expected work effort |
Class teaching: 30 hours. Student presentations, exercises, peer-review, preparation: 195 hours. Examination: 45 hours hours. Total 270 total |
| Format |
Campus |
| Evaluation and feedback |
The course is evaluated this semester. The students will be asked to evaluate mid-term and by the end of the activity according to the evaluation practice of the study board |
| Programme |
Will be made available on Moodle before semester start. |
| ASSESSMENT | |
| Overall learning outcomes |
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| Form of examination |
Individual written take-home assignment
The character limit of the assignment is: maximum31,200 characters, including spaces. The character limit includes the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. The duration of the take-home assignment is 7 days and may include weekends and public holidays. Assessment: 7-point grading scale. |
| Form of Re-examination |
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
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| Type of examination in special cases |
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| Examination and assessment criteria |
Explain the role and development of international institutions Describe/relate the legal and political dynamics of the operation and development of international institutions Analyse/apply competing theoretical frameworks on the emergence, functioning and demise of international institutions Demonstrate the capacity to contextualize the limits and possibilities of global governance. |
| Exam code(s) | |
| Last changed | 11/09/2024 |
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