Bachelor
2024/2025
International organizations and international institutions
Type:
Elective course (Political Science and World Politics)
Area of studies:
Political Science
When:
4 year, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Course Syllabus
Abstract
In the 20th and now 21st centuries states have created international organizations (IO’s), which are created to solve cross-national problems and to offer rules and structures to manage inter-state interaction. Further, IO’s serve as venues in which learning processes can occur and expectations about norms of international interaction can be created and reinforced. Some politicians and scholars see IO’s as vehicles for establishing global governance, others view them as merely another venue in which states pursue their national interests. This course is designed to introduce students with knowledge of the most interesting contemporary problems of international organizations and institutions. The course will start with a brief history introduction and then proceed to the theory of international organizations and their role in global governance. We will examine international political institutions (including United Nations and various regional organizations), international economic and financial institutions (including World Trade Organization, World Bank and International Monetary Fund), as well as international organizations dealing with specific issues (including World Health Organization). Students will acquire an understanding of the field of International Organizations. They will understand the evolution of international organizations as well as their roles, processes, and functions in the contemporary world. Students will explore several organizations in greater depth and analyze how international and regional organizations are meeting the challenges posed by international developments such globalization.