Module Code - Title:
PO4027
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
PO4004
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To examine the range of international organisations that influence global politics, and to assess their role in running the global political economy.
Syllabus:
The origins of international organisations, and their place in liberal internationalist thought; the successes and failures of the League of Nations system; the United Nations system and its internal processes; regional organisations; non-governmental organisations and global governance; international organisations and the search for political and military security; functional-technical cooperation at the regional and global level; global governance and the post-Cold War global political economy.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Identify and explain the main approaches to the study of IOs
Identify the major IOs and their interrelationships
Demonstrate a proficiency in library and information-gathering skills
Demonstrate a proficiency in planning and writing essays
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Question the roles and effectiveness of the main IOs.
Judge the different ideological underpinnings of different types of IOs
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
Demonstrate advanced competence in verbally articulating an argument
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The module is a combination of lectures and tutorials. The lectures give the students an understanding of IOs and their place in international politics. The tutorials give the students a chance to discuss and question the role of IOs. Assessment will be mainly by essay and exam.
Prime Texts:
C. Murphy (1994)
International Organisation and Industrial Change
, Polity
T. Weiss & S. Daws (2007)
The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations
, Oxford University Press
P. Diehl (1995)
The Politics of Global Governance
, Lynne Rienner
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
BACHELOR OF ARTS
BACHELOR OF ARTS (PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS)
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN APPLIED LANGUAGES
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GLOBAL POLITICS
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY, POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
BACHELOR OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED ACCESS
BACHELOR OF LAWS (LAW PLUS)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
Scott.Fitzsimmons@ul.ie