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Syllabus:

Global and Regional Governance, 15 Credits

Swedish name: Global and Regional Governance

This syllabus is valid: 2017-08-28 valid to 2019-09-01 (newer version of the syllabus exists)

Course code: 2SV031

Credit points: 15

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Political Science: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Peace and Conflict Studies: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Three-grade scale

Responsible department: Department of Political Science

Revised by: Head of Department of Political Science, 2017-05-22

Contents

The purpose of the course is to provide both general overview and specialization in the field of global and regional governance. The course consists of two parts of equal length. The course discusses contemporary theories of globalization, regionalization and multilevel governance, and addresses conditions for governance on global and regional levels as well as changes in the governing of the traditional nation-state and its democratic structures. The course aims at developing knowledge and competence relevant to employment at various administrative levels in Sweden as well as abroad. The course also prepares the students for further academic studies at the Ph.D. level. 

Expected learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete the course are expected to be able to

  • describe and compare institutions and processes for global and regional governance,
  • describe and compare how various theories define, understand and analyze global and regional governance,
  • describe and critically discuss different perspectives on global and regional governance,
  • define, operationalize and use relevant theoretical concepts to analyze governance on global and regional levels,
  • identify, collect, and analyze empirical as well as theoretical material relevant for the analysis of global and regional governance,
  • critically assess and discuss different perspectives on global and regional governance.

Required Knowledge

90 credits in Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies or equivalent. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish Upper Secondary course English A. Where the language of instruction is Swedish, applicants must prove proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.

Form of instruction

The course is largely based on students’ independent studies. Forms of instruction include lectures and seminars with oral presentations and written assignments. Attendance at seminars is mandatory. The course is concluded with an individual final essay. Written feedback is offered for the final essay.

Examination modes

  • Mandatory seminars with oral presentations and written assignments. Grades: Fail (U) or Pass (G)
  • Individual essay. Grades: Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)

The final grade is awarded when all mandatory assignments are passed. The grade scale for the entire course is Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG). In order to be awarded Pass (G) as the final grade the student shall have been granted Pass (G) on all seminars and on the final essay. In order to be awarded Pass with distinction (VG) as the final grade the student shall have been granted Pass (G) on all seminars and Pass with distinction (VG) on the final essay.

General rules regarding examination
A student who does not meet the requirements to pass an examination can, if decided by the course instructor, be given a complementary assignment to reach the requirements to pass the examination. The complementary assignment can be individually modified to the specific requirements that the student has failed to reach, but the assignment must be of corresponding proportion to the original examination.
 
Ordinarily, the complementary assignment is given at the end of the course or when the grades at the original examination is announced. When the student has been given the complementary assignment, he/she should finish the assignment within ten days (not including weekends and holidays). If the student fail to finish the assignment within the required time, a new complementary assignment can only be given the next time the course is arranged, or during the two weeks of re-take exams the Department arranges every year during week 34 and 35.
 
If it is not possible to do complementary assignments (if so, it is stated next to each individual examination above), the student is required to do a re-take exam. The first re-take exam should be given two months after the original examination, at the latest, but no sooner than ten days after the grade on the original examination has been given (not including weekends and holidays). If the examination is given during May or June, the first re-take exam should be given no later than three months after the original examination. Two weeks of re-take exams are also arranged every year, which means complementary assignments are treated during this time independently of when the course was given. These weeks are arranged during week 34 and 35.
 
Students who fail an examination may retake that examination. A student has the right to request a new examiner if he/she fails two sub-course examinations (i.e. an examination and a re-take). In such cases students should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies (Studierektor). Examination in accordance with the same syllabus as during the original examination can be guaranteed for up to two years after the student’s first registration.

Transfer of Credits
Students who wish to transfer credits from other Departments or universities (Swedish or foreign) should do so in accordance to the Principal's decision “Tillgodoräknandeordning vid Umeå universitet (Dnr. 545-3317-02)”.

The application must be submitted in written form. The request should specify which module or course the request applies to. An official transcript should also be submitted. The transcript must include the following information: where and when the course was given, the discipline and level of the course, total course credits and grade received. A syllabus describing the course and a list of required readings should be submitted with the request. Where applicable, written research papers should also be submitted.
 
Upon completion of this course, the credits can be transferred to a selective course. However it is always the responsible Department or program that determines the possibility for credit transfers and the extent of the credit transfer. The student should therefore always contact the responsible Department or program before submitting an application for credit transfers.

Other regulations

A written and anonymous course evaluation is given at the end of the course. During the course an oral evaluation is also arranged, and the student can also anonymously submit thoughts and opinions in digital form.

Literature

  • Valid from: 2018 week 36

    First part

    Auld G.
    Confronting trade-offs and interactive effects in the choice of policy focus: Specialized versus comprehensive private governance
    Included in:
    Regulation & governance
    2007- : 8 : pages 126-148 :
    Mandatory

    Rules for the world : international organizations in global politics
    Barnett Michael N., Finnemore Martha
    Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press : 2004 : 226 s. :
    ISBN: 0-8014-8823-0 (hft.)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Barnett Michael
    Humanitarianism Transformed
    Included in:
    Perspectives on politics
    New York : Cambridge University Press for the American Political Science Association : 2003- : 3 : pages 723-740 :
    Mandatory

    Complex global governance and domestic policies: four pathways of influence
    Bernstein Steven, Cashore Benjamin
    Included in:
    International affairs
    Oxford : Blackwell Publishing : 2000- : 88 : pages 585–604 :
    Mandatory

    Betts Alexander
    Institutional Proliferation and the Global Refugee Regime
    Included in:
    Perspectives on politics
    New York : Cambridge University Press for the American Political Science Association : 2003- : 7 : pages 323-336 :
    Mandatory

    Cunliffe Philip
    The Politics of Global Governance in UN Peacekeeping
    Included in:
    International peacekeeping
    Abingdon : Taylor & Francis : 2001- : 16 : pages 323-336 :
    Mandatory

    Waiting for What? The Feminization of Asylum in Protracted Situations
    Hyndman Jennifer, Giles Wenona
    Included in:
    Gender, place and culture
    Abingdon : Routledge : 1995 : 18 : pages 361-379 :
    Mandatory

    Institutional Accountability of Nonstate Actors in the UNFCCC: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
    Kuyper Jonathan, Bäckstrand Karin, Schroeder Heike
    Included in:
    The review of policy research [electronic resource].
    34 : pages 88–109 :
    Mandatory

    Mac Ginty Roger
    Against Stabilization
    Included in:
    Stability
    London : Ubiquity Press : 2012- : 1 : pages 20-30 :
    Mandatory

    Olivius Elisabeth
    Constructing Humanitarian Selves and Refugee Others
    Included in:
    International feminist journal of politics
    London : Routledge : 1999- : 18 : pages 270-290 :
    Mandatory

    Reeves Audrey
    Feminist Knowledge and Emerging Governmentality in UN Peacekeeping
    Included in:
    International feminist journal of politics
    London : Routledge : 1999- : 14 : pages 348-369 :
    Mandatory

    Reimerson Elsa
    Between nature and culture: Exploring space for indigenous agency in the Convention on Biological Diversity
    Included in:
    Environmental politics [Elektronisk resurs].
    London : Taylor & Francis : 2001- : 22 : pages 992-1009 :
    Mandatory

    International organization and global governance
    Weiss Thomas G., Wilkinson Rorden
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group : 2014. : xxv, 700 pages :
    ISBN: 978-0-415-62743-6
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Additional articles may be added.

    Second part

    Aguilar-Støen Mariel
    Better Safe than Sorry? Indigenous Peoples, Carbon Cowboys and the Governance of REDD in the Amazon
    Included in:
    Forum for development studies
    1997- : 44 : pages 91-108 :
    Mandatory

    Regional agreements in international environmental politics
    Balsiger J., Williams P. D.
    Included in:
    International environmental agreements : politics, law and economics.
    16 : pages 239-260 :
    Mandatory

    The new politics of protection? Côte d'Ivoire, Libya and the responsibility to protect
    Bellamy A. J., Williams P. D.
    Included in:
    International affairs
    Oxford : Blackwell Publishing : 2000- : 87 : pages 825-850 :
    Mandatory

    Beswick Danielle
    Peacekeeping, Regime Security and ‘African Solutions to African Problems’: exploring motivations for Rwanda's involvement in Darfur
    Included in:
    Third world quarterly [Elektronisk resurs].
    [Abingdon] : Carfax : 1990- : 31 : pages 739-754 :
    Mandatory

    Conca Ken
    The rise of the region in global environmental politics
    Included in:
    Global environmental politics
    Cambridge, MA : MIT Press : 2001- : 12 : pages 127-133 :
    Mandatory

    Regional powers and regional orders
    Godehardt Nadine, Nabers Dirk
    Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge : 2011. : xv, 255 s. :
    ISBN: 0-415-60383-8
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Huysmans J.
    The European Union and the securitization of migration
    Included in:
    Journal of common market studies [Elektronisk resurs].
    Oxford : Blackwell : 1997- : 38 : pages 751-777 :
    Mandatory

    Klepp S.
    A contested asylum system: The European Union between refugee protection and border control in the Mediterranean Sea
    Included in:
    European journal of migration and law [electronic resource].
    12 : pages 1-21 :
    Mandatory

    Broader, Deeper and Greener: European Union Environmental Politics, Policies, and Outcomes
    Selin Henrik, VanDeveer Stacy D.
    Included in:
    Annual review of environment and resources [Elektronisk resurs].
    Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews : 2003- : 40 : pages 309-335 :
    Mandatory

    Spijkerboer Thomas
    Bifurcation of people, bifurcation of law: externalization of migration policy before the EU Court of Justice
    Included in:
    Journal of refugee studies.
    Oxford : Oxford University Press : 1988- : 31 : pages 216–239 :
    Mandatory

    Great-Power Politics, Order Transition, and Climate Governance: Insights from International Relations Theory
    Terhalle Maximilian, Depledge Joanna
    Included in:
    Climate policy.
    13 : pages 572-588 :
    Mandatory

    International organization and global governance
    Weiss Thomas G., Wilkinson Rorden
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group : 2014. : xxv, 700 pages :
    ISBN: 978-0-415-62743-6
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Williams Paul D.
    Reflections on the Evolving African Peace and Security Architecture
    Included in:
    African Security
    Taylor & Francis : 7 : pages 147-162 :
    Mandatory

    Additional articles may be added.

  • Valid from: 2017 week 35

    Course literature list and schedule can be found on the course homepage of the Department of Political Science:
    Department of Political Science :
    http://www.pol.umu.se/svenska/student/course-homepage/