COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LISTS - POLI 345:INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

FIRST SEMESTER 2017/2018 ACADEMIC YEAR

POLI 345: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST

LECTURER: S.K.M. AHIAWORDOR

Office: Room #6, Political Science Department, University of Ghana, Legon

Email: ahiawordor2000@yahoo.com

Mobile: 0244260163 / 0502708100

Course Title	International Organisations
Course Code	POLI 345

Week No.	Lecture Topic	Tutorials	Venue
1	Administrative Elements of the Course/ Course Structure	To be delivered by TA	NNB.1
2	Understanding International Organisation as a process and as institutions		“
3	Continuation of discussion on Topic for week 2		“
4	The Nature and Role of International Organisation		“
5	The Development of International Organisations: A Historical Overview		“
6	Continuation of topic for Week 5		“
7	The League of Nations: Its formation, objectives, principles, achievements		“
8	Continuation of the League of Nations		“
9	The United Nations Organisation		“
10	Continuation of the UN		“
11	The Organisation of African Unity		“
12	The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)		“
13	Course Review and Evaluation		“
14-17	Revision and Examination		“

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, (3^rd 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, [3^rd 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 Organisations: 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 Organisation 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 Organisations and their Role”, in Richard Little and Michael Smith, (eds)., Perspectives in World Politics, [2^nd ed.], [Routledge: London and New York, 1992], pp.242-249.

           

Rumki, Basu, The United Nations: Structure and Functions of an International Organisation, [Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 2004]

Slomanson, W.R., Fundamental Perspective on International Law, (2^nd ed.), [West Publishing Company: New York, 1995, See Chapter Three – Legal Personality of Organisations and Classification of Organisation, 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 Organisation 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.

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NB: Students are encouraged to source for additional materials relevant to the course from the internet and other relevant sources.