The Influence of International Bureaucracies in Global Sustainability Governance - Einzelansicht

After a long period of academic neglect, international bureaucracies have recently attracted wider attention among scholars of world politics. This course is structured in three parts. First, we will gain insights into the existing theoretical and empirical study of international institutions and organizations. Second, students will conduct in-depth case studies on individual international bureaucracies dealing with different issue-areas of global environmental and development policy-making. These case studies will address the central question of the course, i.e. whether, to what extent, and how international bureaucracies exert influence in global sustainability governance. Third, we will summarize the findings from the different case studies and draw conclusions on the different conceptual approaches discussed in the first part of the course.

Requirements: Regular attendance and active participation; detailed reading of compulsory texts; oral presentation; essay (ca. 2,500 words) or term paper (ca. 4,500 words) [depending on how many credits students aim to achieve]