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GOVT2226: International Organisations

International Organisations is a survey of both the range of institutions created in response to various economic, security and environmental challenges faced by states and other actors in the global system, and some of the most prominent theories aimed at explaining them. The unit will be arranged around a series of case studies of particular issue areas, from international peacekeeping, to the regulation of multinational corporations, and the struggle to slow global warming. More broadly, the unit will question whether international organisations are instruments of or rivals to sovereign states, and whether they reflect the hegemony of the West, solutions to international collective problems, or agents of new transnational communities.

Code GOVT2226
Academic unit Government and International Relations
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Government and International Relations
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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GOVT2206

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. demonstrate depth of disciplinary expertise
  • LO2. demonstrate broader skills in critical thinking and problem solving communication (oral and written) information/digital literacy inventiveness
  • LO3. demonstrate cultural competence
  • LO4. demonstrate interdisciplinary effectiveness
  • LO5. demonstrate influence.

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