Course Name: International Organization (Spring 2015)

Time/ Venue: 1-4pm (D56), Monday / 大勇210406

Instructor: Chyungly LEE, Ph.D. (IIR NCCU)

Contact:

The Objective

1. to introduce theories and practices of International Organization to students of International Communication.

2. to discuss Intergovernmental politico-security and politico-economic organizations at both global and regional levels.

3. to summarize Taiwan's participation in international organizations.

4. to enhance students' analytical ability of reading news and reports regarding international organizations from perspectives of international relations

Course Outline

Theories of International Organization

International/Regional Politico-Security Organization

International/Regional Politico-Economic Organization

Taiwan and International Organization

The Requirements and Grading

1.Full Class Attendance and Participation: 24%

Absence without a valid excuse will cost you 2% each class.

2. 12 Class Oral Reports: 36%

If you can not make to the class, please submit your written report before the class.

Reports can be News related to International Organizations, or summaries (or critics) of weekly reading assignments.

3.2 In-class exams: 30%

4.one Final Log: 10%

ScheduleReading assignments

3/2Introduction: Scopes, Perspectives,Course OutlineRequirements

3/9Basics of International Relations & Why studying International Organization?

1. “Introduction”, in Richard Little and Michael Smith eds. Perspectives on World Politics (London: Routeledge, 2006), pp. 1-12. [zerox]

2.K. F. Holsti, Taming the Sovereigns: Institutional Change in International Politics (CambridgeUniversity Press, Cambridge, 2004), pp. 28-72 [excerpt in Little & Smith: 17-28] [zerox]

3.Robert H. Jackson, “Continuity and Change in the States System”, Robert H. Jackson and Alan James (eds), States in a Changing World (Clarendon, Oxford, 1993), pp. 346- [excerpt in Little & Smith: 36-44] [zerox]

4.Stephen M. Walt, “International Relations: One World, Many Theories”, Foreign Policy, No. 110 (Spring 1998), pp.29-46. [excerpt in Little & Smith: 386-394] [zerox]

3/16 Approaches to International Organization Studies

1. Studying International Organization in World Politics (required)

1.1 A. LeRoy Bennett, International Organizations: Principles and Issues (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991), 1-21. [zerox]

1.2 J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), 1-4. [zerox]

2. Other Approaches (recommended)

2.1. Volker Rittberger and Bernhard Zangl, International Organization: Polity, Politics and Policies (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), 3-13 [zerox]

2.2 Jutta Joachim, Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek eds. International Organizations and Implementation: Enforcers, Managers, Authorities? (London: Routledge, 2008), 3-18 [zerox]

2.3 Kelly-Kates S. Pease, International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the 21st Century (New York: Longman, 2010),1-14 [zerox]

3/23 IR Theories and International Organization

1.Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “Power and Interdependence Revisited”, International Organization, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Autumn 1987), pp. 725-753 [online, read 725-733 only]

2. Robert O. Keohane, After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1984), 51-63. [excerpt in Little & Smith: 81-89] [zerox]

3. Kenneht W. Waltz: “Structural Realism after the Cold War”, International Security, vol. 25, no. 1 (2000), 5-41 [excerpt in Little & Smith: 90-98]. [zerox]

4. Michael N. Barnett and Martha Finnemore, “The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations,”International Organization, Vol. 53, No. 4 (1999), pp. 695-732 [excerpt in Little & Smith: 164-170] [zerox]

3/30 Global International Politico-Security Organization: the United Nations

1.J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), Chapter 5 United Nations and Its System & Chapter 6 Collective Security, pp. 53-78. [zerox]

2.A. LeRoy Bennet, International Organizations: Principles & Issues Chapter 5 Some Basic Issues of the United Nations, pp. 72-95; & Chapter 7 Collective Security: Its Alternatives: Theory and Practice, pp. 134-156. [zerox]

4/6 no class

4/13 Global Politico-Economic Organizations: WTO, IMF, & WB

1.Robert Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relations (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987) pp. 8-15; 25-40

2.J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), Chapter 8 Money, Trade and Multilateralism, pp. 91-102; & Chapter 9 Development 103-112.

4/20In-Class mid-term

4/27 Regionalism & Theories of Regional Organization

Fredrik Soderbaum, “Theories of Regionalism”, in Mark Beeson and Richard Stubbs eds. Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism (London: Routledge, 2012), pp. 11-21. [zerox]

5/4 European Union

1.Rodrigo Tavares: Europe Union

2.Andrew Moravcsik, The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1998), pp.67-77. [excerpt in Little & Smith: 142-150] [zerox] [Required]

3.Gary Marks, Liesbet Hooghe and Kermit Blank, “European Integration from the 1980sx: State-Centric v. Multi-level Governance”, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 4, no. 3, (1996), pp. 341-78. [excerpt in Little & Smith: 151-163] [zerox] [Required]

5/11NATO and OSCE

Roberto Dominquez, “Security Governance in theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization”, in Emil J. Kirchner and Roberto Dominquez eds. The Security Governance of Regional Organizations (London: Routledge, 2011), pp. 46-78 [zerox] [Required]

5/18 off-classroom class:

Attend a conference or a seminar regarding international relations, or

Conduct a 15-minute one-on-one interview with one of your professor.

5/25 ASEAN

Rodrigo Tavares: ASEAN

Rizal Sukma, “ASEAN Beyond 2015: The Imperatives for Further Institutional Changes”, ERIA Discussion Paper Series [online, read 1-14 only] [Required]

6/1 ASEAN Regional Forum and East Asia Summit

Takeshi Yuzawa, “The ASEAN Regional Forum: Challenges and Prospects” in Mark Beeson and Richard Stubbs eds. Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism (London: Routledge, 2012), pp. 338-349. [zerox] [Required]

6/8 APEC

  1. Andrew Elek, 1996. “APEC and Regional Stability: An Overview”, in Gary Klintworth ed. Asia-Pacific Security: Less Uncertainty, New Opportunities (NY: St. Martin’s), 160-176.
  2. Sung-HoonPark and Jeong Yeon Lee, 2009, “APEC at a Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities”, Asian Perspective, vol. 33, No. 2, 2009, 97-124. (read upto p. 107)
  3. Nick Bisley, “APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation” in Mark Beeson and Richard Stubbs eds. Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism (Abingdon: Routledge, 2012), pp 350-363.

6/15 Taiwan and International Organization

1.Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations”, in Edward Friedman ed. China’s Rise, Taiwan’s Dilemmas and International Peace (New York: Routledge, 2006), pp. 149-173. [zerox]

2.T. Y. Wang, “Taiwan’s Bid for UN Membership”, in Edward Friedman ed. China’s Rise, Taiwan’s Dilemmas and International Peace (New York: Routledge, 2006), pp. 174-192. [zerox]

3.Chyungly Lee, “Taiwan’s Participation in Asia-Pacific Regional Processes: Searching for an Agenda of Cross-Strait Consultations”, in Wei-Chin Lee, ed. Taiwan’s Politics in the 21st Century: Changes and Challenges (New Jersey: World Scientific, 2010), pp. 265-286. [zerox]

4.T. Y. Wang, Wei-Chin Lee and Ching Hsin Yu, “Taiwan’s Expansion of International Space: Opportunities and Challenges”, Journal of Contemporary China (2011), 20(69), March 249-267. [online]

6/22 Final Exam

6/29 Final Log Due

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