Mechanisms for international governance
BTHP
Elizabeth Russell
Subject value of 2.0 (12 points) * 2 hours per week (seminar) * Second semester * Gippsland * Prerequisites: First degree with a major in politics or history-politics or related discipline(s)
This subject provides students with a detailed understanding of mechanisms for international governance, key international institutions and state-institution relations, and analytical frameworks for international politics. In particular, coalition peacekeeping arrangements, water resources, environmental management, the management of transboundary problems, challenges to national sovereignty and recent developments in international trade provide focal points for analysis. The emergence of new actors, including epistemic communities and supra-national organisations within the international political context will also be explored.
Assessment
One essay (7000 words): 75% * One seminar paper (2000 words): 25%
Prescribed texts
To be advised