Inhalt
Kommentar |
International Organizations (IOs) are becoming increasingly important but also contested actors in world politics. More than just diligent servants of their member state masters, many IOs nowadays wield a considerable amount of authority on their own. While often fulfilling important tasks and strengthening global governance, the more and more decisive role of IOs has also led to their politicization. International institutions, and multilateralism more generally, have come under pressure from both nationalist governments and increasingly critical publics. It is in this broad field of tension that many current debates in international organization studies take place. This seminar delves into some of the most significant academic discussions surrounding IOs and global governance at the moment. In particular, it looks at the ways in which IOs facilitate cooperation and exert autonomous influence under adverse conditions; it studies the causes and consequences of IOs’ growing contestation; it scrutinizes the ways in which IOs weather (or not) internal institutional crises (e.g. crises of legitimacy); and it analyzes how all this impacts IOs’ ability to manage external crises such as COVID-19. |
Literatur |
- Abbott, Kenneth; Genschel, Philipp; Snidal, Duncan; Zangl, Bernhard (Eds.) (2014): International Organizations as Orchestrators. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Morse, Julia; Keohane, Robert O. (2014): Contested Multilateralism. In Review of International Organizations 9 (4), pp. 385–412.
- Zürn, Michael (2018): A Theory of Global Governance. Authority, Legitimacy, and Contestation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Bemerkung |
This course is offered exclusively to students enrolled in the MA IOCM. No other students will be admitted. |
Leistungsnachweis |
To successfully complete the seminar, students need to write research paper in the lecture-free period after the term. Additional in-class assignments will be communicated in the first session of the class. |