2017/2018

2017/2018

DM270

SPS/04 (POLTICIAL SCIENCE)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 30/05/2018)

6

40 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

PARADISI STEFANIA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

None

The course provides the framework for understanding international organizations and their modus operandi, focusing on the UN and OSCE. It is designed to offer, in addition to the theoretical background, also the point of view of the field work, with the analysis of numerous case studies and simulations.

1) International Organizations and Theoretical Analysis 2) The United Nations. Principal Bodies, Specialized Agencies, Funds and Programs, Staff and Financing System.3) The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Origins, structure, goals, staff and funding system. 4) Interventions: Peace and Security. Peacekeeping evolution. Case studies: UN intervention in Bosnia- Herzegovina and Rwanda 5) International Election Missions. Case studies: the first democratic elections post-apartheid in South Africa - 1994; Organizing elections after a multi-ethnic conflict: Bosnia Herzegovina, 1996. 6) Post-war Reconstruction. Case Study on return and integration of refugees and minorities: Croatia; International Tribunals for War Crimes: ICTY and ICTR 8) Institution Building, Democratization, Rule of Law, Minorities' Protection. Case Study: United Nations Mission in Kosovo

The course is based both on lectures and students’ involvement in group work, analysis and debate on the main topics of the course.

Teaching material, consisting of slides, dispensations and relevant bibliographic references, will be provided to students at the end of each lesson.

For non-attending students: a) The United Nations in the Twenty-First Century (Dilemmas in World Politics)” - Karen A Mingst, Margaret P Karns and Alanna Lyon, Westview Press, Fifth Edition. b) Formazione dello Stato e processi di State-Building nel diritto internazionale. Kosovo 1999-2013. Capitoli: II (paragrafi 1 e 2), III (paragrafi 1, 2, 3, 5, 6), IV (paragrafi 1, 2, 3, 8 e 9) - Enrico Milano, Editoriale Scientifica.

Written examination based on short essays. It aims to test the level of knowledge of the subject but also the ability to make thematic links and analysis.

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