Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

Disciplinary field : Political Science (SPS/04)

Number of credits (ECTS): 3

Language: English

Semester: first

Class hours: Thursdays at 10.00am

Classroom: Blue 3 (Città universitaria - Main Campus)

e-mail: nicolo.conti@uniroma1.it 

Learning goals:

The course aims to provide the basic notions and an overview of the international organisations and global governance, also through the study of specific institutions treated as case studies.

At the end of the course, the student 1) will have acquired the fundamental theoretical knowledge; 2) will have mastery of the basic conceptual apparatus of the discipline; 3) will be able to use the main theoretical knowledge to understand concrete cases; 4) will be able to recognize the main reference authors of the discipline; 5) will be able to systematically communicate the knowledge acquired to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors; 6) will have developed autonomous learning skills such as to make it possible to deepen, in a self-directed manner, advanced knowledge in the same disciplinary sector.

Schedule:

The course consists of twelve lessons divided as follows:

Lesson 1 - Foundations of the international organisation: introduction to the course

Lesson 2 - Global governance

Lesson 3 - Theories of the international organisation

Lesson 4 - Classification, role and functions of international organizations

Lesson 5 - The United Nations

Lesson 6 - The European Union: the integration process

Lesson 7 - The role of the European Union in global governance

Lesson 8 - The European Union: institutional architecture

Lesson 9 - The policies of the European Union

Lesson 10 - How to write a review paper for the course: sources, methodology and assignment of topics to students

Lesson 11 - Winners and loosers of global governance and the mobilization of actors

Lesson 12 - Future perspectives of the international organisation

Note: The class on November 23 is cancelled (make-up class on the second week of December).

Readings:

Textbook:

• Archer, C. (2014). International organizations. Routledge.

Suggested readings:

• Konstantinidis, N., Matakos, K., & Mutlu-Eren, H. (2019). “Take back control”? The effects of supranational integration on party-system polarization. The Review of International Organizations, 14(2), 297-333. Available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11558-019-09355-z
• Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, M. (2020). Death of international organizations. The organizational ecology of intergovernmental organizations, 1815–2015. The Review of International Organizations, 15(2), 339-370. Available at https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1810/306292/11558_2018_Article_9340.pdf?sequence=4
• Lundgren, M., Squatrito, T., & Tallberg, J. (2018). Stability and change in international policy-making: A punctuated equilibrium approach. The Review of International Organizations, 13(4), 547-572. Available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11558-017-9288-x
• Novosad, P., & Werker, E. (2019). Who runs the international system? Nationality and leadership in the United Nations Secretariat. The Review of International Organizations, 14(1), 1-33. Available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11558-017-9294-z
• Schmidtke, H. (2019). Elite legitimation and delegitimation of international organizations in the media: Patterns and explanations. The Review of International Organizations, 14(4), 633-659. Available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11558-018-9320-9

Method:

The teaching is carried out both through traditional lectures and through structured discussions on the main topics under study. 
The lectures help students to develop the "hard skills" in terms of knowledge and understanding of the main issues of international organization. 
Participation in open discussions serve to develop "soft skills" in terms of independent judgment skills, communication skills and learning skills on the main topics of interest of the discipline.

Assessment:

To pass the exam, the student must undertake the drafting of a paper consisting of a review of two journal articles on the same topic. The topic will be selected on the student's proposal with the teacher's agreement. The paper must be sent (in Pdf format) to the e-mail address of the instructor at least one week before the exam session. The test is passed if the student shows to have acquired at least a sufficient knowledge of the main topics covered by the articles.

Students with special needs:

Students enrolled in the DSA (Specific Learning Disorders) and disability service can contact the teaching coordinator of the Department of Communication and Social Research (CORIS), Prof. Lucia D'Ambrosi (email dsa.coris@uniroma1.it), for specialized tutoring services and support. The services are carried out in agreement with the Orientation, Tutoring and Placement Commission of the CORIS Department.

Requests for specific aids and supports for taking exams must be sent at least ten days before the test to the Disability Service and the DSA Service to the following email addresses:

servizio.disabilita@uniroma1.it for disability services; servizio.dsa@uniroma1.it for DSA services entering the email address of the Contact Person (dsa.coris@uniroma1.it) in cc.

For every information

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