DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON
POLI 345: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST, FIRST
SEMESTER
2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR
LECTURER: S. K. M. Ahiawordor
E-mail address: ahiawordor2000@yahoo.com
OFFICE: Room No. 6, Department of Political Science, University of Ghana,
Legon.
LECTURE VENUE AND MEETING TIMES: JQB
09 on Fridays 11:30–13:30
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
The main objective of this course is to
isolate and focus on international Organisations as actors in the arena of
international politics. States are the primary actors when it comes to global
issues. Among others they are unique because they are an embodiment of
sovereignty – an attribute that is jealously guarded and proudly flaunted as
and when the occasion demands. Yet states commit to principles in the context
of international organisations [I.Os] that ip so facto corrode their
sovereignty and constrain their room to manoeuvre in the pursuit of their
interests in international affairs. What accounts for this seemingly
contradictory behaviour? What lessons do the actual experiences of I.Os teach
us? These two questions will generally orient the direction of issues that
underpin this course. It is worthy of note that even though the international
system is made up of both governmental and non-governmental I.Os, at the end of
this program students should be able to state and explain anchor points that
illuminate:- The nature of the international arena and its politics
- The evolution of international organisations
- The types of international organisations
- The role of international organisations
- The evolution, strength and weakness of the League of Nations
- The evolution, roles and some current issue areas with respect to the United Nations Organisation [UNO]
- The evolution, roles and some current issue areas with respect to the African Union [AU]
- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): its evolution, achievements and challenges
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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TOPIC ONE:
Understanding International Organisation and International Organisations
i.
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.2 67-330.
ii.
Haggard, S. And Simmons, B.A.,
“Theories of International Regimes” in International Organisation
vol.41. No.3, summer, 1987. Pp.492-517.
TOPIC TWO: The
Development of International Organisations: A Historical Overview
i.
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.
ii.
Goodrich L.M., “Approaches to the
Study of International Organisation in Avi Shilam [ed] International
Organisations in World Politics. Year Book 1957 [Croom Helm: London,
1976]. Pp. 1-21.
iii.
Couloumbis, T.A and Wolfe, J.H. Introduction
to International Relations [Prentice Hall Inc.: New Jersey, 1978].
Chapter 15, Great Experiments in Global Organisation. Pp.252-264.
TOPIC THREE: Nature
and Role of International Organisations
i.
Slomanson, W.R, Fundamental
Perspectives on International Law [2nd ed] [West Publishing
Company: New York, 1995] See Chapter three Legal Personality of Organisations
and Classification of Organisation. Pp.99-111.
ii.
Weiss, G.T., Forsythe, D.P and
Coate, R, A., The United Nations and Changing World Politics
[Westview: Boulder Colorado, 2004].pp. xxxix-iiv.
iii.
Pentland, C., “International
Organisations 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.
iv.
Coplin, W., Introduction to
International Politics: A Theoretical Overview [3rd ed]
[Prentice Hall: New Jersey, 1980]. Chapter 11 – International Governmental
Organisations and why they are useful.pp267-286.
v.
Jacobson, H.K., “The Nature of
International Organisations” in Bruce Russet, Harvey Starr and Richard J.
Stoll [eds] Choices in World Politics: Sovereignty and Interdependence
[W.H. Freeman and Company: New, 1989].pp.27-41.
TOPIC FOUR: The League
of Nations – Formation, Strenghts, Failures and Collapse
i.
Cheever, D. and Haviland, F., Organizing
for Peace an International Organsations in World Affairs [Houghton Miffin
Company: Massachusetts, 1954].
ii.
Bennett, LeRoy, A., International
Organizations: Principles and Issues…. Chapter 2 – A Great Experiment – The
League of Nations.pp.16-34.
TOPIC FIVE: The
United Nations Organisation – Objectives, Principles, Achievements,
Challenges and Current Issue Areas
i.
Bennet LeRoy, A., International
Organizations: Principles and Issues…. Chapter 3 – The Genesis of the United
Nations.
ii.
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 Center Piece of Global Governance.pp.98-142.
iii.
Evans, D.M., [ed] Blackstone’s
International Law Documents [5th edition as amended]
[Blackstone Press Limited: London, 2001].pp.8-28.
iv.
Slomanson, W.R., Fundamental
Perspectives on International Law…. Appendix A – Charter of the United
Nations.pp.607-622.
v.
ICISS The Responsibility to
Protect, Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State
Sovereignty, December 2001 [The International Development Research
Center: Ottawa, 2001].pp.1-35.
vi.
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
vii.
Ghali, B.B., An Agenda for
Peace, Preventive Diplomacy, Peacemaking and Peace-Keeping. Report of the
Un Secretary General, 17 June 1992.
viii.
Ekeus, R., “New Challenges for
the United Nations” in Chester A. Croker, Osler Hampson and Pamella Aall, Turbulent
Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict [United States
Institute of Peace: Washington D.C., 2001]. Pp.517-528.
ix.
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.
x.
Annan, K.A., Prevention of
Armed Conflict; Report of the UN Secretary General [United Nations: New
York] 2002.
xi.
Ruggie, J.G., “Wandering in the
Void: Charting The UN’s New Strategic Role” in Charles W. Kegley, Jr. and
Eugene R. Wittkopf [eds] The Global Agenda: Issues and Perspectives [4th
ed] [McGrawhill, Inc.: New York and St. Louis, 1995].pp.205-210.
TOPIC SIX: The
Organization of African Unity/African Union – Evolution, Objectives,
Principles, Achievements, Challenges/Failures
i.
African Union: The Common
African Position on the Proposed Reform of the United Nations: The Ezelwuni
Consensus Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2005.
ii.
The African Network Debt and
Development [AFRODAD], The Open Society Institute African Governance and
Monitoring and Advocacy Project [AfriMAP] and Oxfam G.B. Towards a
People-Driven African Union: Current Obstacles and New Opportunities,
2007.
iii.
Walraven, K.V., “Dreams of Power:
The Role the Organisation African Unity in the Politics of Africa” in African
Studies Center Research Series, Leiden [Ashgate: Aldershot, England,
1999].
iv.
Nweke, A., “The Organisation of
African Unity and Intra-African Functionalism” in Annals of American
Academy of Political and Social Science, vol., 489, International Affairs
in Africa, January, 1987.pp.133-147.
v.
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, 2002.pp.365-379.
vi.
Singer, C., “Toward Unity in
Africa” in Foreign Affairs vol. 42, No.2. January 1964, pp.269-281.
vii.
Padelford, N. J., “The
Organisation of African Unity” in International Organisation vol. 18,
No.3, summer, 1964, pp. 521-542.
TOPIC SEVEN: The
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Formation, Objectives,
Principles, Achievements and Challenges
i.
The Treaty of the ECOWAS together
with its various amendments.
ii.
Further readings will be provided
during lectures.
TOPIC EIGHT: Course
Review
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