International Organisations (PZK_161)
About Study Course
Objective
The objective of this study course is to expand knowledge on international organisations’ role and challenges in contemporary international environment. We will focus on how international organisations “institutionalize” cooperation at the international level, including their creation, internal dynamics, and their complicated relationship with state behaviour in various issues. During the course, we will examine specific international organisations in a variety of issues such as collective security, trade, finance, promotion of democracy and human rights, and regional integration. Case studies of international organisations include the United Nations, NATO, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, OSCE and others. In the context of international organisations, we will analyse values, interests and institutional mechanisms of international actors and use this knowledge to understand international cooperation and conflict at large.
Prerequisites
Overall knowledge of the methods and major theories of international relations, as well as general knowledge of the post-WWII history.
Learning outcomes
The course aims to expand knowledge of students regarding comprehensive and comparative analysis of international organisations, their role and challenges they are facing in contemporary international environment. The course aims to give students an understanding of the major theoretical and empirical aspects of the role of international organisations in international politics, including their impact on the practice of international cooperation and conflict, maintenance of international peace and security, international economic relations a.o.
During the course, students’ skills to apply theoretical knowledge about international organisations and their role in the international environment will be trained by analysing specific case-studies.
The aim of the course is to train competence of students to the level they can freely analyse the role of international organisations in international system, assess functions and their implementation as well as evaluate impact of the decision making of international organisations.
