Unit name | Governance and the Changing Institutional Framework |
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Unit code | SPOLD2027 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | D/8 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Kennett |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit explores some of the key debates in relation to globalisation, governance and the global political economy. It will consider the implications of the changing global political economy for the integrity and autonomy of the nation state and the policy process. As international activity increases does the nation state lose influence or authority? To what extent is power dissipating both upwards (via supranational organisations) and downwards (via decentralisation) and thus ‘hollowing out’ the nation state? This unit will explore these debates paying particular attention to the variable geometry of power among nation states; the tension between ‘geographical space’ and the space of financial flows and global networks; the relationship between supranational and national institutions in the setting of policy agenda: the role and status of international non-governmental organisations and new social movements within international and global policy making; and discourses, theories and policy frameworks for less-developed countries.
The unit will consider the range of approaches to understanding the new institutional structure and patterns of decision-making emerging in this global age. It will focus on the concept of `governance’, consider the various interpretations of and theoretical approaches to the term, and its usefulness for understanding the policy process.
The unit will comprise of weekly lectures, class discussions and student presentations.
Students at doctoral level will be required to prepare a 4,000 word written assignment.
Kennett, P. (2008) Governance, globalization and Public Policy Edward Elgar Publishing
Held, D. and McGrew, A (2003) The Global Transformations Reader Cambridge: Polity Press
Weiss, T. (2013) Global Governance, Polity Press
Kjaer, A. M. (2004) Governance Cambridge: Polity Held, D. and McGrew, A. (2002) Governing Globalization, Oxford: Polity Press
Cerny, P. (2010) Financial Globalisation, Crisis and the Reorganisation of Global Capital, Rethinking World Politics, 2010 February pp. 245-270.