Postgraduate Course: International Dimensions of Public Policy (PGSP11311)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course explores fundamental analytical problems and the implications of ongoing developments in the international system for the processes and substance of policy-making. The course draws on theoretical and empirical literature to understand the international dimensions of public policy and global governance. Attention is given to different analytical approaches that emphasise the comparative and changing roles of states and other actors (individuals, international organisations, transnational actors, non-governmental organisations, multinational corporations, etc.) and their influence on the foreign policy decisions of developing and developed countries. Through engagement with practitioners, the course explores both bottom-up and top-down influences of globalisation on policy-making at the international, national and subnational levels. Traditional and non-traditional areas of foreign policy are scrutinised as well as broader themes, including globalisation, international negotiation and international organisation. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to
&· Identify and understand the various theoretical approaches for explaining important changes in international public policy
2. &· Compare the roles of states and non-state actors in international public policy-making and global governance
&· Critically analyse and understand the effects of globalisation on domestic policy-making and the challenges faced by state and non-state actors
3. &· Determine the most important obstacles to various actors&© ability to exercise and enhance authority
&· Identify the domestic political and legal institutions that provide the basis for actors&© foreign policy and engagement with the international system
4. &· Compare important changes in policy-making and global governance across several substantive policy areas
&· Apply scholarly knowledge on the international dimensions of policy in a practical context
5. &· Engage in effective group and individual projects and presentations
&· Provide concise foreign policy briefings to policy-makers
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Assessment Information
60% 3000-word foreign policy brief
15% Weekly group presentations (includes element of group assessment)
15% Individual Week 11 presentation (assessed by course organiser)
10% Overall participation and attendance (assessed by course organiser)
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
WEEK 1$ûHistorical Development of the International State System
&· Castells, Manuel (1998), End of Millennium. Vol 3. The Information Age, Blackwell.
&· Huntington, Samuel (2007), $ùThe Clash of Civilisations&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
&· Keohane, Robert O., and Joseph S. Nye (2007), $ùRealism and Complex Interdependence&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
&· Leftwich, Adrian (2000) States of Development: On the Primacy of Politics in Development, Polity.
&· Wallerstein, Immanuel (2007), $ùThe Modern World$úSystem as a Capitalist World$úEconomy&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
Case Study: Power and Structure in International Relations
WEEK 2$ûThe International Dimensions of Domestic Policy
&· Hudson, Valerie M. (2006), Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory, Rowman and Littlefield.
&· Smith, Steve, Amelia Hadfield, and Tim Dunne, eds. (2008), Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Section 1: Foreign Policy Analysis: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives)
&· Smith, Steve, Amelia Hadfield, and Tim Dunne, eds. (2008), Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Section 2: Analysing Foreign Policy: Actors, Context and Goals)
Case Study: Multi-level Governance and Substate Paradiplomacy
WEEK 3$ûThe Processes and Effects of Globalisation
&· Hay, Colin (2007), $ùGlobalisation&©s Impact on States&©, in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Holzinger, Katharina, and Christoph Knill (2005), &«Causes and conditions of cross-national policy convergence&ª, Journal of European Public Policy 12, 5: 775-796.
&· Kelley, Judith (2004) $ùInternational Actors on the Domestic Scene: Membership Conditionality and Socialization by International Institutions&©, International Organization 58 (3): 425$ú457.
&· Strange, Susan (2007), $ùThe Declining Authority of States&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
Case Study: Is Globalisation New and Real?
WEEK 4$ûActors Within, Beyond and Across the State
&· Bexell, Magdalena, Jonas Tallberg and Anders Uhlin (2010), $ùDemocracy in Global Governance: The Promises and Pitfalls of Transnational Actors&©, Global Governance 16, 1: 81-102.
&· Boli, John, and George M. Thomas (2007), $ùWorld Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
&· Detomasi, David Antony (2007), $ùThe Multinational Corporation and Global Governance: Modelling Global Public Policy Networks&©, Journal of Business Ethics 71, 3: 321-334.
&· Keck, Margaret E., and Kathryn Sikkink (2007), $ùEnvironmental Advocacy Networks&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
&· Robinson, Piers (2008), $ùThe Role of Media and Public Opinion&©, in Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne (eds.), Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors and Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: The Power of Networks: Intergovernmental, Transgovernmental and Transnational
WEEK 5$ûInternational Regulation
&· Aggarwal, Vinod K., and Cedric Dupont (2007), $ùCollaboration and Coordination in the Global Political Economy&© in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Farrell Henry, and Abraham Newman (2010), &«Making International Markets: Domestic Institutions in International Political Economy&ª, Review of International Political Economy (forthcoming).
&· Hiscox, Michael (2007), $ùThe Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policies&© in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Pralle, Sarah B. (2003) $ùVenue Shopping, Political Strategy, and Policy Change: The Internationalization of Canadian Forest Advocacy&©, Journal of Public Policy 23 (3): 233-260.
Case Study: The Emergence of the G20
WEEK 6$ûInternational Trade and Finance
&· Helleiner, Eric (2007), $ùThe Evolution of the International Monetary and Financial System&©, in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Odell, John S. (2009) $ùBreaking Deadlocks in International Institutional Negotiations: The WTO, Seattle, and Doha&©, International Studies Quarterly 53 (2): 273-299.
&· Pauly, Louis (2007), $ùThe Political Economy of the Global Financial Crisis&© in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Singh, J. P. (2006) $ùCoalitions, Developing Countries, and International Trade: Research Findings and Prospects&©, International Negotiation 11 (3): 499-514.
&· Winham, Gilbert R. (2007), $ùThe Evolution of the Global Trade Regime&©, in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: The Future of the Doha Round
WEEK 7$ûInternational Development Policy
&· Collier, Paul (2008) The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About it, OUP, Oxford.
&· Gereffi, Gary (2007), $ùThe Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
&· Lewis, David and Mosse, David (2006) Development Brokers and Translators, Kumarian.
&· Mosse, David (2006) Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice, Pluto.
&· Staples, Amy (2006) The Birth of Development: How the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Health Organization Changed the World, 1945-1965, Kent State University Press.
Case Study: The Effectiveness of Development Policy in the 21st Century
WEEK 8$ûInternational (Internal and External) Security Policy
&· Barber, Benjamin (2007), $ùJihad vs. McWorld&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
&· Dannreuther, Roland (2006), International Security: The Contemporary Agenda, London: Routledge.
&· Foong Khong, Yuen (2008), $ùNeoconservatism and the Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: The Role of Ideas in Operation Iraqi Freedom&©, in Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne (eds.), Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors and Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Schmidt, Brian (2008), $ùThe Primacy of National Security&©, in Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne (eds.), Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors and Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Wilkinson, Paul (2006), Terrorism versus Democracy, London: Routledge.
Case Study: Policy Change and the $ùNew&© Security Threats
WEEK 9$ûInternational Law and Human Rights
&· Alston, Philip, et al (2007), International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals, Oxford University Press.
&· Axworthy, Lloyd (2008), $ùCanada and Antipersonnel Landmines: Human Security as a Foreign Policy Priority&©, in Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne (eds.), Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors and Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Barnett, Michael (2008), $ùDuties Beyond Borders&©, in Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne (eds.), Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors and Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
&· Ku, Charlotte, and Paul F. Diehl, eds. (2008), International Law: Classic and Contemporary Readings, 3rd edition, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
Case Study: The Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Humanitarian Intervention
WEEK 10$ûEmerging Powers
&· Brautigam, Deborah (2009), The Dragon&©s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, Oxford University Press.
&· Gallagher, Kevin (2008) $ùUnderstanding Developing Country Resistance to the Doha Round&©, Review of International Political Economy 15 (1): 62-85.
&· Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2007), $ùGlobalism&©s Discontents&©, in Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, eds., The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
&· Wade, Robert Hunter (2007), $ùGlobalisation, Growth, Poverty, Inequality, Resentment and Imperialism&©, in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: Implications of the Rise of China?
WEEK 11$ûPresentations of Foreign Policy Briefs
&· Students make individual PowerPoint presentations (along with a summary handout) of their foreign policy brief for a selected country. These briefs will consider the top-down and bottom-up challenges and opportunities facing their country in a specific foreign policy area. These presentations, which will include policy recommendations for the selected country, are designed to be concise policy briefings for busy professional policy-makers. At the conclusion of the presentation, students will receive feedback from the course organiser and classmates with the goal of improving the final written brief before submission.
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Smith, Steve, Amelia Hadfield, and Tim Dunne, eds. (2008), Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lechner, Frank J., and John Boli, eds. (2007), The Globalisation Reader, 3rd edition, Blackwell Publishing.
Ravenhill, John, ed. (2007), Global Political Economy, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Chad Damro
Tel: (0131 6)50 6698
Email: Chad.Damro@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Adams
Tel: (0131 6)50 2456
Email: Lindsay.Adams@ed.ac.uk |
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