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GOVT6116: International Organisations

This unit aims to introduce students to how states and other actors in the international arena cooperate to build institutions as a response to common problems. After completing the unit students should be able to analyse contemporary international organisations to see how they work, whose interests they serve, and to what degree they attenuate or enhance the power of sovereign states.

Code GOVT6116
Academic unit Government and International Relations
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None

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

  • LO1. independently research topics on international organisation
  • LO2. demonstrate literacy in issues pertaining to international cooperation and conflict
  • LO3. convey complex ideas on international organisations verbally
  • LO4. demonstrate knowledge about the main debates and concepts on international organisations