Dr Ulrich Sedelmeier CLM 5.06

MSc International Relations, MSc International Relations (Research), MSc International Relations Theory, MSc Theory and History of International Relations, MPA Programme (all streams), LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs, MSc Politics and Government in the European Union. Also available to students taking MSc International Relations as part of the LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in Affaires Internationales programme and MSc PGEU as part of the LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in European Studies. Other interested students where degree regulations permit.

All students are required to obtain permission from the Teacher Responsible by completing the online application form linked to course selection on LSE for You. Admission is not guaranteed.

The first part of the course introduces the main theoretical approaches to international institutions that provide alternative explanations for their creation, design, and impact. The second part analyses the creation, design and impact of specific international institutions (including the League of Nations, the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, WTO, IMF and World Bank, as well as human rights and environmental regimes). The third part of the course focuses on cross-cutting conceptual issues, including the domestic impact of international institutions; treaty compliance, the use of conditionality, and the enlargement of international institutions.

17 weekly lectures commencing in week 1 of MT and one revision lecture in ST. 17 weekly seminars commencing week 3 of MT.

Each seminar participant is required to give a presentation on one of the seminar topics and write three 2,000 (max) word essays from the list of sample exam questions appended to the reading list.

Ian Hurd, International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2010; Andreas Hasenclever, Peter Mayer & Volker Rittberger, Theories of International Regimes, Cambridge University Press, 1997; Volker Rittberger & Bernhard Zangl, International Organization: Polity, Politics and Policies, Palgrave, 2006; David Held and Mathias Koenig-Archibugi (2011) Global Policy: Power, Governance and Accountability, Polity Press.

One three-hour written examination in the ST (100%).