GSC4521

Mechanisms for international governance

Elizabeth Edmondson

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)

Objectives On successful completion of this subject students should be familiar with significant debates and structural developments in the study of contemporary international politics and political arrangements. Students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical and conceptual frameworks for the analysis of contemporary international political issues and policies.

Synopsis 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