2018/2019
Глобальные акторы в публичной политике
Статус:
Майнор
Кто читает:
Кафедра публичной политики
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
1, 2 модуль
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
64
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course is aimed to explore the phenomenon of Global Actors and the role they play in global governance. It combines learning about main characteristics of such actors and conducting individual research on providing examples of global actors and their activities. We will seek to develop a coherent definition of global actors, distinguish between their types, aims, and influence they have in the globalized world. We will pay particular attention to non-state actors, like the commercial and trade organizations and global civil society institutions as global actors. During the classes the students will learn to analyze and compare global actors, global institutions and global instruments, understand modern forms of governance interactions and other global agenda issues. We will also apply the concepts of power and explore which type of power is used by different clusters of global actors.
Learning Objectives
- To give a coherent definition of global actors, their types, aims, and influence
- To consider the commercial and trade organizations and global civil society institutions as global actors.
- To analyze and compare global actors, global institutions and global instruments
- To present modern forms of international conflict management and other global a agenda issues.
- To examine the roles of states, intergovernmental actors and, military-political organizations as well as on international conflict management, peacekeeping and nuclear non-proliferation.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to know the major concepts of public policy and social discourse, international relations
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to know the key issues of the modern international political agenda
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to discuss and reproduce these concepts and theories, be able to find relations between them and analyze them
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to apply those analytical tools to various stages of policy process and to various institutions, that define a framework of policy-making process
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to recognize global issues, analyze them and suggest possible ways of solving them
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to distinguish between local, regional, and local issues and actors
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to identify and analyze targets, decision-makers, benefactors and other actors involved in decision-making, their motives, strategies and methods
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to understand who gains, and what are the motives, for framing particular issues
- By the end of the course, the students are expected to understand to what extent this or that actor or issue is able to influence other actors
Course Contents
- Introduction to Global Public Policy. Global, Regional and Local Actors in World Politics and International Relations
- Globalization: Concepts, Theories and Periods of Globalization
- Global, Regional and Local Actors in World Politics and International Relations. Language as a Means of Globalization. Role of the English Language in the Modern World.
- Migration as a Global Force. Migration as a Means and Factors of Globalization. Multiplication of new worlds and creation of aggregated community: transparent boundaries, excessive population, overwhelming problems. National and International legislation. Migration in favor and against economics. “Fortress Europe” – common lay-out.
- Terrorism as a Factor of Globalization. Social and National Environment for the terrorist threat. Legislation for targeting terrorism. Religion as a tool for terrorist threat construction. Regional terrorist realities in the countries of North and South.
- National States as Global Actors
- Intergovernmental Organizations as Global Actors (UN, EU, etc.)
- Military-Political Organizations and Blocs as International Actors (cases of NATO and CSTO)
- Private Military and Security Companies as International Actors
- The Arctic and the Antarctic. Re-Distribution Resources
- Global North and Global South
- International Nongovernmental Organizations, Transnational Movements
- Economics of Globalisation: the IMF, World Bank and other Economic Organisations as Global Actors
- The Media as Global Actor. Examples of Media Actors, Their Structure and Their Influence. (CNN, BBC, Google, etc.)
- Law and Globalisation: The Rule of Law in Global Politics
- Global Politics and the Prospects of Globalising World
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Caldwell, L. (1984). Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the Eighties (Book Review). Business Horizons, 27(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.1016/0007-6813(84)90080-6
- Stiglitz, J. E. (2008). Making globalisation work. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.ADC4B5F3
- World Bank. (2002). Transition, The First Ten Years : Analysis and Lessons for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.ABE5DD40
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Keohane, R. O., & Nye Jr., J. S. (2000). Globalization: What’s New? What’s Not? (And So What?). Foreign Policy, (118), 104. https://doi.org/10.2307/1149673
- Moshe Lewin, & Gregory Elliott. (2016). The Soviet Century. [N.p.]: Verso. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1109785
- World Bank. (2005). Russia : Reducing Poverty through Growth and Social Policy Reform. World Bank Other Operational Studies. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.wbk.wboper.8523