Admission requirements
MSc International Relations and Diplomacy students.
Description
In the last few decades, international organisations have grown in importance as vehicles for managing global interdependence and, at the same time, as motors of further globalisation, transferring policy competences or norms between the national and supranational levels of governance.
This course explores some of the ways in which international organisations use to promote better governance, discusses their effectiveness and the effectiveness of reform they promote. We discuss how and to what extent international organisations are able to provide the governance that is needed as a response to global interdependence and meet local challenges to growth and good governance. We discuss how international organisations understand reform and especially administrative reform, both in countries that are the target of reform and the organisations themselves. In this way, the course provides a crucial link between reforms of governance and the effectiveness and legitimacy of international organisations themselves.
Course objectives
Students who have completed this course should be able to:
demonstrate a broad awareness of the role some of the most prominent international organisations play in governance in various parts of the world, their goals and objectives;
differentiate between approaches to good governance used by various international organisations today and assess their significance for the work of these organisations;
be familiar with criteria for the evaluation of legitimacy and effectiveness of the work of IOs and apply these to the work of one organisation of their choice;
understand the role conditionality has played as a policy tool for IOs and its uses and limitations;
apply ideas of public administration reform in an international organisation setting;
critically evaluate the effectiveness and ability to promote good governance of international organisations based on existing theoretical frameworks and empirical studies discussed in class.
Timetable
On the right-hand side of the programme front page of the E-Prospectus you will find a link to the online timetables.
Mode of instruction
The course will be entirely seminar-based. Instructors and students will discuss readings in class based on advance preparation by the students and the presentation by one team per session.
Course Load
5 EC
Assessment method
Participation: 10%
Presentations: 40 %
Final paper: 50% (2000 to 2500 words, with references)
Failed partial grades or components should be compensated by passed partial grades or components. The calculated grade must be at least 5,5 to pass the course. It is not possible to re-sit a partial grade or component once you have passed the course.
Blackboard
Information relevant to the course will be posted on Blackboard.
Reading list
To be announced.
Registration
Use Blackboard to register for every course. The programme will register the students in Usis based on the group division
Contact
Prof. Dr. A. Dimitrova a.l.dimitrova@cdh.leidenuniv.nl