DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
FIRST
SEMESTER 2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR
COURSE SYLLABUS
Program: BACHELOR OF ARTS
Course Code
and Title: POLI 345: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Credits: THREE CREDITS HOURS
Lecture Period(s) and Venue:
TUESDAYS 17:30-19:20, JQB ROOM 22
Course Instructor(s): S.K.M.
AHIAWORDOR
Office: Room #6, Political Science
Department
Office Hours: Thursdays
9:30am-11:20am and Wednesdays 10:30am-2:00noon
Mobile: 0244260163/0502708100
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 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 that impede their functioning. They must be to
identify and explain the various types of International Organizations and why
they exist.
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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 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 whiles 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 asked 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 Scales: 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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19th-23rd
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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26th-30th
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 Organizations as a process and as an
institution
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3.
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2nd-6th
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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9th-13th
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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16th-20th
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 the International Organizations from
historical Perspective until the end of 1st world war
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6.
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23rd-27th
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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30th
September-
4th
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, achievements and failures of the League of
Nations.
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8.
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7th-11th
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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14th-18th
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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21st-25th
October
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Continuation of the UNO
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A continuation of
discussion of the United Nations Organizations.
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11.
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28th
October-
1st
November
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The Organization of African
Unity/African Union
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A discussion of the aims,
institutions, functions and achievements and failures of the OAU and the AU.
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12.
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4th-8th
November
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The Economic Community of
West African States
(ECOWAS)
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This week will be devoted
to discussions of the Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS)
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13.
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11th-15th
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.
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18th
November-
13th
December
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Revision and Examinations
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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, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2005.
Bannet
Leroy, A., International Organizations: Principles and Issues, (3rd
ed.), [Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, (1984), Chapter 1, By the
way of Introduction, pp. 1-5
Bennet
LeRoy, A., International Organizations: Principles and Issues, Chapter
2- A Great Experiment- The League of Nations, pp. 16-34
Bannet
LeRoy, A., International Organizations: Principles and Issues, Chapter
3- The Genesis of the United Nations.
Cheever,
D. and Haviland, F., Organizing for Peace: An International Organizations in
World Politics, [Houghton Miffin Company: Massachusetts, 1959]
Columbis,
T.AA and Wolfe, J.H. Introdustion to International Relations, [Prentice
Hall Inc.: New Jersey, 1978] , chapter 15, Great Experiments in Global
Organizations, pp. 252-264
Coplin,
W., Introduction to International Politics: A theoretical Overview, [3rd
ed], [Prentice Hall: New Jersey, 1980], Chapter 11-International Government
Organizations 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 Organizations”, in Avi Shilan
(ed)., International Organizations in World Politics, Year Book, 1957,
[Croom Helm: London, 1976] pp. 1-21
Haggardd,
S. and Simmons, B.A., “Theories of International Regimes, in International
Organizations, Vol. 41, No. 3, Summer, pp. 492-517.
Jacobson,
H.K., “The Nature of International Organization”, in Bruce Russet, 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. Youn, O.R., and Zuran, M., “The study of International Regimes” in European
Journal of International Relations, 1995, Sage, London,
ThousandOaks, 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.
Weiss,
G.T; 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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