A basic knowledge of the Fundamental Rights.

The aim of the course is to analyze the Global Governance from a conceptual, political, and historical point of view. The course will consider a diversified literature to provide students with a wide range of perspectives.  

By the end of the course the student should be able to: 

• Learn what ‘global governance’ means, and how it tackles global challenges and pursues a global agenda;
• Discover the key actors engaged in global governance, including formal and informal intergovernmental international organizations, regional organizations, businesses, citizens and multistakeholder initiatives;
• Become acquainted with various tools and approaches of global governance, including hard and soft law, regulatory standards, and voluntary commitments;
• Understand how global governance is evolving as international organizations face new challenges;
• Engage in constructive discussion about contemporary and historical issues in global governance;
• Use linguistic tools suitable for political, institutional, legal and cultural concepts. 
• Have acquired the ability to analyze and reflect on the relationships between institutions and society. 

Global Governance is a very salient issue on the international agenda. The course will be focused on conceptual and historical issues. Who runs the world? How do international institutions and other actors contribute to the provision of governance? What are the historical events that have led us to the current world government? The lessons will dive deeper into a key actor of global governance: international organizations. The course will turn also to the role that regional organizations, such as the European Union, play in global governance. In the last part we will take a look at how global governance works in action. To do so, we will zoom in on particular issue areas (e.g. sustainable trade, space, human rights and health). 

Course outline:

• The Challenges of the 21st Century: Globalization, Global Governance and Global Law 
• A History of Global Governance
• Emergence and evolution of International Organizations (e.g. League of Nations; UN), Regulatory Standards
• From European Community to European Union: the European Union Integration and the Brussels effects in the Globe
• Democracy and Rule of Law in a Global prospective
• Global Governance in action

Exam texts:

• (A) A. Lopez-Claros, A. Dahl & M. Groff, Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, ISBN 9781108569293 (open access at https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/global-governance-and-the-emergence-of-global-institutions-for-the-21st-century/AF7D40B152C4CBEDB310EC5F40866A59 ), Part 1 e Part 3;
• (A) B. Reinalda, Routledge history of international organizations: from 1815 to the present day, London-New York, Routledge, 2009, ISBN 9780415850445, Part 1, cap. 1; Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII.

• The course will combine lectures with seminar activities.

  The lecture is based on frontal lessons, with the support of slides and other interactive methods. Seminars include in-class assessed presentations and discussion of assigned readings. 

  Students are supposed to participate actively to the course, with readings, comments, discussions.

  
  

• Students will take a final written exam (multiple choice and short open questions).

  The criteria used for evaluation are:

  - Knowledge and understanding of the exam texts (60%)

  - Autonomy of judgement and critical thinking (20%)

  - Propriety of language and clarity of exposition (20%)

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