Kommentar |
What is informal governance and how does it differ from other modes of conducting world politics? What are informal intergovernmental organizations (IIGOs) and which types of IIGOs can be distinguished? Why does International Relations scholarship presume transboundary crises to trigger informal governance? And in how far have crises caused an informalization of global security, financial, and health governance?
This seminar is guided by these questions. The first part of the course introduces the academic debates on transboundary crises and informality in global governance. The second part zooms in on IIGOs and differentiates various types, from smaller ad-hoc groups to vastly resourceful entities such as the Group of Twenty (G20). In the third part of the seminar, students conduct and present empirical case studies on informal governance in security crises (2020 Nagorno-Karabakh and 2022 Ukraine), financial crises (2007/08 Global Financial Crisis and Eurozone Crisis), and health crises (the Covid-19 Pandemic). The course concludes with a review session and an exam. |
Literatur |
- Abels, Joscha (2019): Power behind the curtain: the Eurogroup’s role in the crisis and the value of informality in economic governance. In: European Politics and Society, 20 (5), 519-534.
- Ansell, Chris/Boin, Arjen/Keller, Ann (2010): Managing Transboundary Crises: Identifying the Building Blocks of an Effective Response System. In: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 18 (4), 195-207.
- Babbitt, Eileen F. (2012): Preventive Diplomacy by Intergovernmental Organizations: Learning from Practice. In: International Negotiation, 17 (3), 349-388.
- Blondin, Donald/Boin, Arjen (2020): Cooperation in the Face of Transboundary Crisis: A Framework for Analysis. In: Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 3 (3), 197-209.
- Hanrieder, Tine (2020): The Politics of Intergovernmental Organizations in Global Health. In: McInnes, Colin/Lee, Kelley/Youde, Jeremy (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Global Health Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chapter 18.
- Momani, Bessma (2018): Global Financial Governance. In: Weiss, Thomas G./Wilkinson, Rorden (eds.): International Organization and Global Governance (2nd ed.). London/New York: Routledge. 591-602.
- Moon, Suerie (2021): Global Health: A Centralized Network Searching (in Vain) for Hierarchy. In: Pevehouse, Jon C. W./Raustiala, Kal/Barnett, Michael N. (eds.): Global Governance in a World of Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 234-264.
- Prantl, Jochen (2005): Informal Groups of States and the UN Security Council. In: International Organization, 59 (3), 559-592.
- Roger, Charles B. (2020): The Origins of Informality: Why the Legal Foundations of Global Governance are Shifting, and Why It Matters. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Ruelens, Melanie/Wouters, Jan (2021): COVID-19 and the Trials and Tribulations of Global Health Governance. In: International Organisations Research Journal, 16 (2), 70-98.
- Vabulas, Felicity (2019): The Importance of Informal Intergovernmental Organizations: A Typology of Transnational Administration without Independent Secretariats. In: Stone, Diane/Moloney, Kim (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Global Policy and Transnational Administration. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 401-418.
- Vabulas, Felicity/Snidal, Duncan (2013): Organization without delegation: Informal intergovernmental organizations (IIGOs) and the spectrum of intergovernmental arrangements. In: The Review of International Organizations, 8 (2), 193-220.
- Viola, Lora Anne (2014): The G-20 and global financial regulation. In: Moschella, Manuela/Weaver, Catherine (eds.): Handbook of Global Economic Governance: Players, Power and Paradigms. London/New York: Routledge, 115-128.
- Westerwinter, Oliver/Abbott, Kenneth W./Biersteker, Thomas (2021): Informal governance in world politics. In: The Review of International Organizations, 16 (1), 1-27.
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Bemerkung |
The ‘online-plus’ seminar is conducted mostly through on-site teaching with a few asynchronous online sessions. The e-learning-platform for the seminar is Moodle.
The seminar takes place Tuesdays from 10:15 through 11:45. The course spans over 14 sessions (nine on-site, five asynchronous) with the exam in the final session.
Attendance in the first session is mandatory: „Wer die erste Sitzung der Lehrveranstaltung versäumt, ohne sich vorher schriftlich oder persönlich zu entschuldigen, kann den Anspruch auf einen Platz in der LV verlieren, wenn es mehr Interessenten als Plätze gibt. Dies gilt ungeachtet der Platzzuweisung durch Friedolin und ist im Einklang mit der grundsätzlichen Aufhebung der Anwesenheitspflicht.” |