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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Lisbeth Zimmermann
Event type:
Seminar / exercise
Org-unit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Displayed in timetable as:
Global Governance
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
5 | 30
Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung
Course content:
The paradigm of Global Governance describes the rising number of cooperative relationships in international politics – represented by a growing number of international regimes and international organizations as well as of norms and regulations, including often not only state but also non-state actors, such as non-governmental organizations or multinational corporations. Some also describe Global Governance as “governance without government”. This class will deal with changes of the state and their effects on governance in different global policy fields. It will study institutions, constellations of actors and policy processes as well as their effects. It will do so based on a host of empirical cases, from disarmament, over forest management to banking rules, to name just a few examples. Moreover, it will treat the question of authority and legitimacy of such new forms of governance as well as resistance to them. To do so, we will use existing conceptual and theoretical tools in International Relations, and discuss their limits.
Educational objective:
After participating in this class, you should be able to
- Understand shifts in how the “nation-states” functioned over time;
- Know and being able to classify central conceptual and theoretical tools for analyzing global governance;
- Having gained experience in how to apply those conceptual and theoretical tools;
- Understand different cases of global governance arrangements as well as their legitimacy and potential resistance;
- Being able to (critically) discuss different types of global governance.
Mandatory literature:
- Dingwerth, Klaus, and Philipp Pattberg. 2006. “Was ist Global Governance.” Leviathan: Berliner Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft 34 (3): 377-99.
- Zürn, Michael. 2013. “Globalization and Global Governance.” In Handbook of International Relations, edited by Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, and Beth Simmons, 401-25. London: Sage.
- Rosenau, James N. 2005. “Governance in the Twenty-First Century.” In The Global Governance Reader, edited by R. Wilkinson, 45-67. London, New York: Routledge.
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