Learning outcomes
The course aims to study:
- the phenomenon of intergovernmental organizations in the context of the history of international relations
- the historical cycles and the different types of international organizations, both internal and external to the "UN system".
Course contents
The course provides skills for the study of the following topics:
- historical evolution of the international system (main concepts)
- historical profiles and characterizing elements of international organizations
- the roles of international organizations (political, economic, military, cultural) in the historical processes of globalization, fragmentation and international regionalization
- State security systems and mechanisms of economic cooperation from a historical perspective
- evolution and dynamics of the "UN system" and of the "Bretton Woods system" from its origins to today
- interrelations (competition / cooperation) between global organizations and regional organizations facing the new challenges of the international system after the end of the Cold War.
The course will be supplement by monographic studies.
Reccomended or required readings
Specific indications on texts will be provided in class.
Reference texts (for non-attending students):
- "Il fenomeno delle organizzazioni internazionali", in C. Zanghì, "Diritto delle Organizzazioni Internazionali", Torino, Giappichelli, 2013 (pp. 1-23, 45-60)
- "Le Nazioni Unite: origini e caratteri generali", in S. Marchisio, "L'ONU", Bologna, il Mulino, 2012 (pp. 21-43)
- M. Mugnaini, "Diplomazia multilaterale e membership Onu", Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2015 (pp. 19-65, 119-216)
- M. Mugnaini (a cura), "70 anni di storia dell'Onu 60 anni di Italia all'Onu", Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2017 (pp. 67-79, 131-149, 285-309, 327-364)
- M. Mugnaini (a cura), "Nazioni Unite e sistema internazionale", Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2018 (pp. 37-56, 75-81, 85-119, 121-132).
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