Dr Mathias Koenig-Archibugi

The course examines the process and outcomes of policy-making at the global level. It considers a range of modes of policy-making, from classic intergovernmental cooperation to novel forms of governance beyond the state such as transgovernmental networks, multistakeholder initiatives, and regulation by non-state actors. The lectures provide an analytical toolbox and cover the following topics: (1) What is the meaning of “global”, “public”, and “policy”? Does global public policy really exist? (2) What types of actors participate in global public policy? (3) Who sets the global policy agenda and how? (4) What types of governance institutions exist? (5) How are governance institutions created or chosen, and what are the implications of their plurality and interplay? (6) What types of global public policies exist? (7) Who decides the content of global public policies and how? (8) How are global public policies implemented? (9) When can global public policy solve global problems? (10) When does global public policy have democratic legitimacy?

The seminars apply the analytical tools provided in the lectures and readings to case studies, to be explored through team work. Each student can choose an area of specialization from a range of global policy problems. Examples of relevant global policy problems include the surveillance and eradication of infectious diseases; access to essential medicines; tobacco control; food safety; labour standards; child labour and education; deforestation; protection of the ozone layer; illicit financial flows; internet regulation; arms control; and other topics that may change from year to year.

This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in Government and History and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

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The course examines the process and outcomes of policy-making at the global level. It considers a range of modes of policy-making, from classic intergovernmental cooperation to novel forms of governance beyond the state such as transgovernmental networks, multistakeholder initiatives, and regulation by non-state actors. Concepts and analytical frameworks will be applied to cases such as the surveillance and eradication of infectious diseases; access to essential medicines; tobacco control; food safety; labour standards; child labour and education; deforestation; protection of the ozone layer; illicit financial flows; internet regulation; arms control; and others.

10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the MT. 1 hour of lectures in the ST.

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT.

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and Tony McGrew (eds) Governing Globalisation. Cambridge: Polity Press.Koenig-Archibugi, Mathias (2002) ‘Mapping Global Governance’, in David Held

and Tony McGrew (eds) Governing Globalisation. Cambridge: Polity Press. Koenig-Archibugi, Mathias (2002) ‘Mapping Global Governance’, in David Held

and Tony McGrew (eds) Governing Globalisation. Cambridge: Polity Press. Koenig-Archibugi, Mathias (2002) ‘Mapping Global Governance’, in David Held

and Tony McGrew (eds) Governing Globalisation. Cambridge: Polity Press.Koenig-Archibugi, M. (2010) Understanding the Global Dimensions of Policy, Global Policy, Vol. 1(1): 16-28. Koenig-Archibugi, M. (2002) Mapping Global Governance, in D. Held and A. McGrew (eds) Governing Globalisation. Cambridge: Polity. Koenig-Archibugi, M. and M. Zurn, eds (2006) New Modes of Governance in the Global System. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Koenig-Archibugi, M. (2010) Global Regulation, in R. Baldwin, M. Cave and M. Lodge, eds, The Oxford Handbook of Regulation, Oxford University Press. Hale, T. and D. Held, eds (2011) Handbook of Transnational Governance. Cambridge: Polity. Sandler, T. (2004) Global Collective Action. Cambridge University Press. S. Barrett (2007) Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods. Oxford University Press. W. Reinicke (1998) Global Public Policy. Washington DC: Brookings Institution. A.-M. Slaugher (2004) A New World Order. Princeton University Press. Braithwaite J. and P. Drahos (2000) Global Business Regulation. Cambridge University Press; T. Hale, D. Held and K. Young (2013) Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation Is Failing When We Need It Most. Cambridge: Polity.

Exam (50%, duration: 2 hours).
Essay (50%, 3000 words) in the LT.