Seminar Regulierung Deregulierung und Global Governance

Terms such as globalization and global governance have become buzzwords since the 1990s. In this seminar we investigate both concepts, ask in what way they are helpful for understanding contemporary problems of international relations and inquire into the politics driving the developments described by these terms. To do so we will adopt an actor-oriented perspective and focus on issues of development and peace. Taking an actor oriented perspective means to ask, who the significant actors in global politics are, how they -make” problems global and how they become powerful. In the first part of the seminar, we investigate different types of actors, such as states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, transnational networks, companies and experts. We investigate their different roles in global politics and how they influence policy formulation and implementation. In the second part, we focus on specific issues of development and peace. We focus on the developments since the 1990s. We discuss whether security and development are currently merging fields, and what effect these developments have for issues such as policy coordination and participation. Summing up these discussions we ask in the third part of the seminar what general conclusions we can draw from our discussions. Are there trends we can identify? Can we for instance observe a trend towards more democratic forms of global politics? The seminar offers an introduction to the major actors of global politics and to the main theories conceptualizing these. In successfully completing participants will be able to understand the complexity of global policymaking and will have basic knowledge about the crucial perspectives of grasping and ordering this complexity. Sozialwissenschaften Universität Duisburg-Essen WS 2009/10 IBEP M.A., Internationale Beziehungen und Entwicklungspolitik (Master of Arts) Sozialwissenschaften