Global Governance: International Politics in A Changing World.

1. Global Governance: International Politics in A Changing World.

2. Global Governance: International Politics in A Changing World. General division of labor & responsibilities: I shall provide the schedule, quizzes, lectures, and moderate discussion (dates subject to my changes) Students shall, Academic honesty; Late adds ensure they’re in WebCT; Observe office hours; Become familiar with syllabus and policies Come to class prepared, having read assigned readings, prepared for contributing to discussion; reasonable class decorum; Rooster.

3. Course Syllabus:Discuss in detail on day 2 All course syllabi materials may be accessed at the following: http://courses.csusm.edu/psci350kb/ for either section. Please be aware that each student is responsible for familiarizing him-herself with the syllabus for his-her section. Similarly, note that each student will sign (electronically) the Policies Page of the syllabus by a date certain committing each student to the course policies. In addition to the course syllabus—which should be bookmarked throughout the semester—quizzes, exams, and grades will be kept on WebCT: a separate campus server. Each student is responsible for familiarizing him-herself with WebCT as well. (I will demonstrate both in class on day 2.)

4. PSCI 350, Global GovernanceDay 1 Introductions: major; what polisc courses taken; transfer or indigenous matriculation; global courses; travel; why taking this course Dr. Bolton: précis; problems of least-common denominator approach; advance apologies Policies précis : name placards daily; lost credit after week 1; “contributions”; a priori preparation; academic honesty; group study encouraged.

5. Course Readings The course textbook is: G. P. Hastedt et al., International Politics in A Changing World (NY: Longman Publishers, 2003), hereafter “text”; M. K. Bolton, U.S. Foreign Policy & International Politics: George W. Bush, 9/11, & The Global-Terrorist Hydra (NY: Prentice Hall, 2005) “supplement,” Also see Course Syllabus (“Required Materials”) for additional required materials. Each student will read the Los Angeles Times.

6. Course Syllabus & WebCT Demonstration: Day 2 Demonstration of syllabus, WebCT, etc.

7. Policies, syllabus cont.; Preface of “text.”Studying Global Governance Preface & introductory materials: relevance of Cold War (CW)? What are the post CW world’s characteristics? Rise of IOs, non-state actors; criminal syndicates; MNCs; terrorist hydra; Global (systemic) vs. regional perspectives Importance of studying IR: “We seldom think about how events far away. . . Affect our lives” (pp. ). Do they? How? Politically, economically, psychologically . . . Oil, xchange rates

8. Policies, syllabus cont.; Preface of “text.” Studying Global Governance Preface & introductory materials: relevance of Cold War (CW)? A new post CW systems whose contours we’ve scarcely begun to see; what can the past tell us? “We need to think of new possibilities without losing a sense of where we have been.” Why? Where we’ve been (and where others have been concomitantly) affect our mythologies, ethos, shape, animate our actions—what our policymakers think-do, mental maps chosen by them

9. Policies, syllabus cont.; Preface of “text.” Studying Global Governance Three challenges Facing Students (i.e., all of us) of global governance, world politics: 1) An explosion of theoretical perspectives (and their counterpart among policymakers, viz., analogies) has occurred. (E.g., the latter: lessons of Vietnam; lessons of 9/11; lessons of “appeasement” . . . Thus, authors present CW headlines as refresher on where we’ve been & resultant concepts (theories): power, balance thereof, int’l systems, conflict & cooperation

10. Policies, syllabus cont.; Preface of “text.” Studying Global Governance 2) Many of today’s younger students have, at best, a nominal understanding of how CW affected us and others, and continues to affect us today, [What was the nat’l security bureaucracy doing in the 1990s-2001?] even as the CW is over? Thus the authors reexamine CW and its effects. What are we in now if not Cold War? [Note: read last sentence of top paragraph dealing w/ challenge 2, p. xx]

11. Policies, syllabus cont.; Preface of “text.” Studying Global Governance 3) Today’s post CW world seemingly lacks overarching themes [therefore theories and/or analogies to understand them]. [9/11 arguably changed that. Did it?] Thus, the authors consider both global and regional perspectives, not for feely-touchy psychic benefit, but for understanding our environment. [E.g., there longer exists 1st, 2nd, and 3rd worlds! Yet there still exist have and have-not states. The former tend to perpetuate status quo; the latter tend toward change. The result is a clash of interests! Hence for self-interested reasons alone we need to understand our global environment.]

12. Studying Global Governance Approaches: Encyclopedic knowledge; Thematic knowledge; Abstractions such as theories and analogies; Comparative . . . Ethos.

13. Policies, syllabus cont.; Preface of “text.”Days 2 and 3 Pedagogical Aids, etc. Coming attractions: chp.1 discusses mental maps used by analysts (theorists, students of politics, etc) vs. mental maps used by policymakers Chp. 2. The Cold War. Change and Continuity.