2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

PIED5652M Global Governance

30 creditsClass Size: 123

Module manager: Dr Markus Fraundorfer
Email: M.Fraundorfer@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

The current global governance system emerged out of the intergovernmental system that was created after the end of World War II. While the international post-World War II system was intended to strengthen multilateral cooperation among states, it was not necessarily built to find answers to the global (development) challenges of our times, ranging from health epidemics through food security, to the regulation of the internet and climate change. This module discusses several crucial questions regarding the current state of the global governance system and sheds light on the multi-faceted governance challenges this system is confronting. How are global challenges like climate change, health epidemics, global hunger or the global regulation of the internet reconfiguring the way global governance is understood? How are the principal actors in this system responding to these challenges? How to create innovative governance solutions to some of these urgent challenges? And what are the limitations, paradoxes and shortcomings of this complex multi-actor and multi-level governance system?

Objectives

This module aims to: (1) Offer an advanced introduction to a range of theoretical and practical issues in global governance and current responses to global collective action problems / challenges; (2) Explain and critically evaluate key global institutions and organizations involved in global governance; (3) Develop analytical tools for evaluating and understanding global governance processes and their implications for global cohabitation; (4) Develop students’ capacities for independent research and critical analysis; (5) Develop students’ communication skills; (6) Develop students’ ability to conduct policy analysis and the delivery of policy documents.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Identify, explain and discuss a range of theoretical and practical issues in global governanceand current responses to global collective action problems.
2. Evaluate and understanding global governance processes and their implications for global cohabitation.
3. Translate knowledge of global governance into relevant policy analysis.
4. Critically reflect on the key arguments offered by scholars and policy makers in the field of global governance.

Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Analyse policy in a variety of contexts.
2. Produce academic pieces of work that examine the different socio-political and economic dynamics of global governance.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	11	2.00	22.00
Private study hours			278.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

There are three opportunities for formative feedback: 1) a 2500 word essay on an issue related to global governance and our current ability to respond to global collective action problems / global challenges; and 2) a 1,500 word polity analysis document on a formal or informal global institution. Whereas a more traditional form of feedback will be delivered for the essay, focusing on critical thinking and analytical rigour, the two applied assignments will deliver feedback in line with expectations associated with the production of policy documents for governmental and non-governmental organisations. As a result, formative feedback in this module will focus both on traditional academic skills, such as analytical delivery, as well as, skills associated with the formulation of policy documents, such as how data is presented, distillation of key takeaways, simple communication, and the capturing of key policy failures. The regular group work activities in the seminars (role play, manifesto writing, policy-based debates, etc.) provide opportunities for formative feedback.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Coursework	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 29/04/2024 16:19:21

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