DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
FIRST SEMESTER 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
COURSE SYLLABUS
Programme: BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA)
Course Code and Title: POLI 345: INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS
Credits: THREE CREDIT HOURS
Lecture Period(s)
and Venue: THURSDAYS 7:30-9:20, JQB ROOM 24
Course Instructor(s):
S.K.M. AHIAWORDOR
Office: Room #6,
Political Science Department
Office Hours: Thursdays
9:30am-12:00noon and Mondays 1:00pm-3:00pm
Email: ahiawordor2000@yahoo.com
Teaching
Assistant(s): TO BE ANNOUNCED IN CLASS
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Purpose
and Objectives
Course
Description: The
course focuses on the nature and purpose of the International Organizations
as Supra-national entities created by sovereign states for the management of
their relations. It exposes students to the nature of International
Organizations, types, features organs and their roles and importance. It as
well deals with the challenges that confront International Organizations
which inhibits their ability to achieve their aims.
Course
Outcome: Students
should be able to understand the nature and types of International
Organizations as well as their relevance to the management of the
international system. Students should also be able to identify and classify
the international organizations according to their geographical spread and
functional importance.
Course
Objectives/Goals:
The primary goal for offering this course is to encourage students of
International Politics to be able to understand why states decide to form
organizations to assist them manage relations between and among them.
Students are encouraged to interrogate the relevance of these organizations
that serve as a vehicle for the sustenance of the global peace as well as the
obstacles that impede their functioning. They must be to identify and explain
the various types of International Organizations and why they exist.
Course
Requirement: Every
week, there will be assigned topics for discussion. It is important that the
students effectively prepare and contribute to such discussions. Reading
materials listed below must be read for a decent understanding of the
course. The readings have been
selected to provide the basis for effective class-tutorial discussions. However, these readings are just a
representative of an entire body of literature with which students must
familiarize themselves. The readings
listed below are constantly under review and additional/revised readings and
sources of information will be forthcoming.
The use of the internet for additional information is encouraged.
Students are however seriously advised against plagiarism.
Mode
of Assessment of Students: There shall be two different forms of
assessment which shall include an interim assessment to be held during the
semester and an end of semester sit in examination. The interim assessment
may take the form of Quizzes, assignments and sit in mid-semester tests.
Students may also be requested to present term papers. The interim assessment
shall carry 30 marks while the end of semester examination shall carry 70
marks. It is compulsory for students
to partake in these assessment tests.
Final
Examination Format:
Either six essay questions will be assessed and students are required to
answer three (3) OR a mixture of short answer questions and essays.
Plagiarism
Policy: The
University frowns on plagiarism which it considers as a very dishonest
intellectual practice. Consequently, it is an offence to plagiarize the work
of others without duly acknowledging the source. Students who engage in this
dishonest act will be severely sanctioned in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the University. For the avoidance of doubt, students may
access the plagiarism policy on the University of Ghana Public Affairs or the
AQAU webpages.
Grading
Scale: for
information on grading scales, students are advised to refer to the relevant
pages of the undergraduate Handbook.
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Course Delivery Schedule
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Week
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Date
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Topic
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Summary of issues to be discussed
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1
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20th-24th
August
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Administrative
element of the course/ Course structure.
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A general
overview of the course requirements and rules will be discussed
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2
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27th-31st
August
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Understanding International
Organization as a process and as institutions
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This will
involve the discussion of the International Organisations as a process and as
an institution
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3
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3rd-7th
September
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Continuation of discussion on
Topic for week 2
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A continuation
of the previous week’s discussions
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4
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10th-14th
September
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The Nature and Role of
International Organization
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A discussion of
the nature and importance/Role of International Organizations
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5
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17th-21st
September
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The Development of International Organizations:
A Historical Overview
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This will
involve a discussion of the development of International Organizations from
historical perspective until the end of 1st world war
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6
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24th-28th
September
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Continuation of discussion
of topic in Week 5.
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Continuation of
discussion of topic in Week 5.
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7
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1st-5th
October
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The League of Nations: Its
formation, objectives, principles, achievements
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A discussion of
the formation, the objectives and achievements and failures of the League of
Nations.
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8
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8th-12th
October
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Continuation of the League of
Nations
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Continuation of the discussion of
the League of Nations
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9
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15th-19th
October
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The United Nations Organization
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A discussion of
the United Nations Organization: its formation, objectives, organs,
achievements and challenges
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10
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22nd-26th
October
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Continuation of the UN
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A continuation
of discussion of the United Nations Organization
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11
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29th
September - 2nd
November
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The
Organization of African Unity
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A discussion of
the Africa Union
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12
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5th-9th
November
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The Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS)
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This week will
be devoted to discussions on the Economic Community of West
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13
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12th-16th
November
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Course Review and Evaluation
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Course
evaluation and summary of all that have been discussed during the semester.
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14-17
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19th
November-14th
December
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Revision and
Exams
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Revision and
Examinations
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Reading
List /Required Text
READINGS
African Union: The Common African
Position on the Proposed Reform of the United Nations: The Ezelwuni Consensus,
Addisa Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2005.
Bennet LeRoy, A., International
Organisations: Principles and Issues, (3rd ed.), [prentice Hall:
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1984], Chapter 1, By Way of Introduction,
pp.1-15.
Bennet LeRoy, A., International
Organisations: Principles and Issues, Chapter 2 – A Great Experiment – The
League of Nations, pp.16-34.
Bennet LeRoy, A., International
Organisations: Principles and Issues, Chapter 3 – The Genesis of the United
Nations.
Cheever, D. and Haviland, F., Organizing
for Peace: An International Organisations in World Politics, [Houghton
Miffin Company: Massachusetts, 1959].
Columbis,
T.A. and Wolfe, J.H., Introduction to International Relations, [Prentice
Hall Inc.: New Jersey, 1978], Chapter 15, Great Experiments in Global
Organisations, pp.252-264.
Coplin,
W., Introduction to International Politics: A Theoretical Overview, [3rd
ed], [Prentice Hall: New Jersey, 1980], Chapter 11 – International Government
Organisations and Why They are Useful, pp.267-286.
Ekeus,
R., “New Challenges for the United Nations”, in Chester A. Croker, Osler
Hampson and Pamela Aall, Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing
International Conflict, [United States Institute of Peace: Washington D.C.,
2001], pp.517-528.
Ghali,
B.B., An Agenda for Peace, Preventive Diplomacy, peace-making and
Peace-Keeping, Report of the UN Secretary General, 17 June 1992.
Goodrich,
L.M., “Approaches to the Study of International Organisations”, in Avi Shilan
(ed)., International Organisations in World Politics, Year Book, 1957,
[Croom Helm: London, 1976]m pp.1-21.
Haggardd,
S. and Simmons, B.A., “Theories of International Regimes, in International
Organisations, Vol.41, No.3, Summer, pp.492-517.
Jacobson,
H.K., “The Nature of International Organisation”, in Bruce Russset, Harvey
Starr and Richard J. Stoll (eds.), Choices in World Politics: Sovereignty
and Interdependence, [W.H. Freeman and Company: New York, 1989], pp.27-41.
Karns,
P.M. and Mingst, K.A., International Organizations: The Politics and
Processes of Global Governance, [Lynne Rienner Publishers: Boulder and
London, 2004], See Chapter 4 – The United Nations: The Centre Piece of Global
Governance, pp.98-142.
Leurdjik,
D.A., “The UN and NATO: The Logic of Primacy”, in Michael Pugh and Waheguru Pal
Singh Sidhu (eds)., The United Nations and Regional Security: Europe and
Beyond, [Lynne Reinner Publishers: Boulder and London, 2003], pp.57-74.
Levy,
M.A.; Young, O.R., and Zuran, M., “The Study of International Regimes”, in European
Journal of International Relations, 1995, Sage, London, Thousand Oaks,
C.A., Vol.1 (3), pp.267-330.
Nweke,
A., “The Organization of African Unity and Intra-African Functionalism”, in Annals
of American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Vol.489,
International Affairs in Africa, January 1987, pp.133-147.
Packer,
A.C. and Rukare, D., “The New African Union and Its Constitutive Act”, in The
American Journal of International Law, Vol.96, No.2, April 2001,
pp.265-379.
Pentland,
C., “International Organizations and their Role”, in Richard Little and Michael
Smith, (eds)., Perspectives in World Politics, [2nd ed.],
[Routledge: London and New York, 1992], pp.242-249.
Rumki,
Basu, The United Nations: Structure and Functions of an International Organization,
[Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 2004]
Slomanson,
W.R., Fundamental Perspective on International Law, (2nd
ed.), [West Publishing Company: New York, 1995, See Chapter Three – Legal
Personality of Organizations and Classification of Organization, pp.99-111.
Slomanson,
W.R., Fundamental Perspective on International Law, Appendix A – Chapter
of the United Nations, pp.607-622.
The
Treaty of ECOWAS together with its various amendments.
Walraven,
K.V., “Dreams of Power: The Role of Organization of African Unity in the
Politics of Africa”, African Studies Centre Research Series, Leiden
[Ashgate: Aldershot, England, 1999].
Weiss,
G.T.; Forsythe, D.P. and Coate, R.A., The United Nations and Changing World
Politics, Part One – The Theory of UN Collective Security, pp.3-28.
NB: Students are encouraged to source for additional
materials relevant to the course from the internet and other relevant sources.
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