Document Type
Graduate Syllabus
Date
Spring 2020
School
Diplomacy
Course Number
DIPL 6002
Course Description
International Organizations (be they IGOs or NGOs) are often poorly understood, but they serve very real and important functions in our world. International relations would be profoundly different if they did not exist. Our goal in this class is three fold. First, we will trace the evolution of studies that address why international organizations are created. Second, we will discuss the functions that international organizations serve and the factors that shape their effectiveness. Third, we will apply this theoretical knowledge to empirical research on international organizations in the fields of political economy, security, the environment, and human rights.
It is worth stressing that this is a graduate level course on International Organizations. We will not be reviewing the design of individual IOs per se. Our concern is more to better understand the theoretical and empirical scholarship on international organizations: to understand why IOs are created, why they look the way they do, and how we better understand (both theoretically and empirically) the influence that they have.
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Martin S. PhD, "DIPL 6002 International Organizations" (2020). Diplomacy Syllabi. 566.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/diplomacy-syllabi/566
