Глобальные акторы в публичной политике

2022/2023

Статус: Маго-лего

Кто читает: Кафедра публичной политики

Когда читается: 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Мясников Станислав Александрович

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 4

Контактные часы: 44

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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 provide a coherent definition of global actors, their types, aims and influence
To consider commercial organizations and civil society institutions as global actors.
To analyze and compare global actors, global institutions and global instruments
To examine the roles of states, intergovernmental actors and global civil society in the process of international agenda setting and addressing problems of social and humanitarian development
To develop understanding of the process of gaining global impact, and what are the motives, for framing particular issues
To distinguish, which type of power is been used by different global actors and mechanisms by which one actor is able to influence other actors

Expected Learning Outcomes

Apply the concept of “actorness” to the chosen Goobal Actor
Design a definition, explaining which type of power the chosen Global Actor is using to gain its global Impact
Formulate specific Global Challenges to which the chosen Global Actor is responding
Identify main characteristics of Global Governance and Global Actors in Public Policy
Justify (convince the reader) that the chosen Global Actor does have the identifiable Impact on global environment
Reconstruct Strategic Global Goal of the chosen Global Actor

Course Contents

Introduction. Globalization. Concept development
Global Governance and International relations: similarities and differences between
Globalization and Evolution of Global Governance Institutions
Global challenges for Nation States and Intergovernmental Organizations
Global Economic Regulators and challenges they address (WTO, IMF, WB and Rating Agencies as Global Actors)
Businesses and Trans-national Corporations: do they have Global Goals as Regulatory Actors?
NGOs and citizen movements: formulating Strategic Global Goals, accumulating resources
Ideological and cultural institutions: how to distinguish Global Actors and prove their impact
Media organizations as Global Actors: identifying “information power”
Organizations with exclusive knowledge and intellectual capacity: do they have special type of power to be considered "Global Actors"
Concept of Actorness. Global Actors, their origins, level of autonomy, their cognitive capacity to recognize the problem; ability to formulate Strategic Goal and capacities to accumulate resources
Religious organizations in Global Governance: assessing the Impact

Assessment Elements

Activity
Individual presentation
Group project presentation

Interim Assessment

2022/2023 2nd module
0.3 * Activity + 0.4 * Individual presentation + 0.3 * Group project presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Dingwerth, K., Witt, A., Lehmann, I., Reichel, E., & Weise, T. (2019). International Organizations Under Pressure : Legitimating Global Governance in Challenging Times (Vol. First edition). Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2036225
Frank Biermann, & Klaus Dingwerth. (2004). Global Environmental Change and the Nation State. Global Environmental Politics, (1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1162/152638004773730185
Kaasch, A., & Martens, K. (2015). Actors and Agency in Global Social Governance. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1200858
Reinicke, W. H. (1997). Global Public Policy. Foreign Affairs, 76(6), 127. https://doi.org/10.2307/20048281
Scholte, J. A. (2011). Building Global Democracy? : Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=366297

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Danielsen, D. (2005). How Corporations Govern: Taking Corporate Power Seriously in Transnational Regulation and Governance. Harvard International Law Journal, 46(2), 411–425. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=17786379
Woods, N. (2001). Making the IMF and the World Bank more accountable. International Affairs, 77(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.00179

Authors

MYASNIKOV STANISLAV ALEKSANDROVICH
BELYAEVA NINA YUREVNA

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