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17733
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| Year |
2
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Relações Internacionais
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Entry requirements |
N/A
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Learning outcomes |
This course analyses the phenomenon of global governance as a system of rules, norms, and institutions which frame human action in the international sphere, as well as the organisations that sustain that system. Class follow a theory-practice methodology, including lecturing (on the theory, history, and themes of global governance) and in-class discussion prompted by assigned readings.
By the end, students should be able to:
1. Understand the international order as a set of interrelated rules, norms, and institutions;
2. Interpret the processes of creation, adaptation, and decline of the instruments global governance, including the main international organisations.
4. Acquire the capacities required to produce scientific knowledge and to communicate it in writing and orally.
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Syllabus |
1. History of global governance
1.1. The imperial system
1.2. The post-World War I order and the League of Nations
1.3. The Post-World War II order and the UN
1.4. The Bretton Woods system
1.5. NATO
2. Theory and concepts
2.1. Theoretical perspectives on global governance
2.2. Theoretical perspectives on international order
2.3. Theoretical perspectives on international organisations
3. The architecture of global governance
3.1. International law
3.2. Global public goods
3.3. Regulatory regimes and international standards
3.4. International trade and the WTO
3.5. The financial system, the IMF and the World Bank Group
4. Themes of global governance
4.3. Migrations
4.4. Health
4.5. Development
4.6. Humanitarian crises
4.7. Information technologies
4.8. The environment
4.9. The oceans
4.10. Outer space
5. Problems of global governance today
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Main Bibliography |
Cogan, Jacob Katz, Hurd, Ian e Johnstone, Ian. The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Mazower, Mark. Governing the World: The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present. London: Penguin, 2012.
Weiss, Thomas G. and Wilkinson, Rorden (eds). International Organization and Global Governance. 3rd edn. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. (Originally published in 2013).
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Essay – 30% (6 val.)
Policy memo – 25% (5 valores)
Presentation of policy memo – 25% (5 val.)
Class reports – 10% (2 val.)
Attendance – 10% (2 val.)
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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