May 04, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 [Archived Catalog]

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INST 5700 - Global Governance


This course introduces students to the norms, practices, and structures underlying global collective order. It examines shifts from governments to governance in the management of international affairs, as well as the policy debates and coordination challenges these entail and the core theoretical concepts we use to understand them. How has increasing interdependence shaped the ways in which modern states and non-state actors identify and respond to collective goods and harms? The course begins with a consideration of new risks and rewards created by contemporary globalization in areas of security, aid and development, trade and finance, and human rights. We consider who ‘wins’ and ‘loses’ in the international system by addressing issues of power, authority, and legitimacy as well as the changing roles of states, formal and informal Institutions (e.g. The UN, WTO), NGOs, and transnational corporations. We conclude by examining the formation an ‘international community’ and assessing its capacity in responding to collective challenges such as poverty and inequality, trans- and sub-national political violence, economic regulation, cyber, energy, and environmental security, and humanitarian intervention.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to identify multiple methodologies, approaches, and theoretical concepts in analyzing global governance
  • Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of salient policy debates related to global risk and cooperation
  • Students will be able to demonstrate awareness of audience in writing and adopt effective strategies for communicating in diverse rhetorical situations
  • Students will be able to cite and document a broad range of sources to support an argument using a consistent and formal method of citation and format
  • Students will be able to design, plan, and deliver an independently researched written project that is organized coherently and logically and that employs relevant evidence and examples



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