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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2007 - 2008
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To develop an understanding of the various roles of the United Nations and its specialist agencies and their interactions with rest of the international system.
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Students should acquire an insight into the history and evolution of the UN systemthe roles, powers and limitations of its principal institutions, departments and agenciesthe place of the UN in world politics
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Assume that a 10 credit module load represents approximately 150 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicative Syllabus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Before the UN - the League of Nations, its successes and failures The founding of the UN systemAn overview of institutional structure of the UN systemThe Security councilThe General assemblyUN Conferences - the most successful `institution'?Key areas of workPeace and SecurityDevelopment, UNDP, UNCTADHuman RightsHumanitarian and emergency responsesThe UN within the international systemState sovereignty & UN actionCivil society & the UNThe UN & other international institutions - especially WTO, IMF and World BankThe UN and regional organisationsUN Reform Security council reformCoordination of agenciesState sovereignty & "responsibility to protect" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indicative Reading List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Required textbooks? Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules For The World: International Organizations In Global Politics, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004.? Baylis, John and Steve Smith, The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press.Other readings? Luck, Edward C (2006) U N Security Council : practice and promise. Routledge.? Peterson, M. J. (2006) The U.N. General Assembly. Routledge, 2006.? Schechter, Michael G. (2005 United Nations global conferences Routledge.? Albert J. Paolini, Anthony P. Jarvis, and Christian Reus-Smit (1998) Between sovereignty and global governance : the United Nations, the state and civil society. MacMillan 1998.? Paul F. Diehl (ed.), The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World, Third Edition, Boulder, Lynne Reinner, 2005? Niall Ferguson, ?Sinking Globalisation?, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 84, No. 2, 2005.? John Gerard Ruggie, ?Multilateralism: The Anatomy of an Institution,? International Organization, 46, Summer 1992.? Robert Putnam, ?Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games,? International Organization 42, Summer 1988. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MIR | MA in International Relations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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