Программа дисциплины «Глобальные акторы в публичной политики» (Global Actors in Public Policy) (стр. 2 )

6 Формы контроля знаний студентов / Requirements and Grading

	Type of work	Year 1	Параметры **
1	2
During the semester	Essay		6	10-15 pages (font 12, interlinear interval 1.5)
Home work	8		2-3 pages (font 12, interlinear interval 1.5)
Final	Final exam		9	Open book oral exam (60 minutes)

Критерии оценки знаний, навыков / Grading Criteria

Home work. By the end of the 1st module each student will produce a 2-3 pages (3 000-5 000 symbols) paper that focuses on choosing global political actor with argumentations why it is global.

Essay. By the end of the 2nd module each student will produce a 10-15 page (15 000-20 000 symbols) research paper that focuses on the analysis of a global actor of student’s choice. Teacher evaluates how independently the has been done, how deep the topic is developed, how data collection and analysis were conducted, etc.

Written papers criteria:

1) Logical coherence

-Organize your thoughts and information in a clear order.

-State your observations and conclusions clearly.

-Use evidence to support your conclusions.

2) Engagement with course issues and concepts

-In every paper, make use of concepts/methods of analysis discussed in class.

-Be sure to incorporate at least three course readings/lectures into any research paper you write.

3) Quality of your particular analysis

-Try to make your paper interesting and unique.

-Try to go beyond simply re-stating someone else's argument or re-telling the information found elsewhere

-Always make sure that your paper ends with a clear and interesting conclusion

7 Содержание дисциплины / Course Description

Тоpic 1. Introduction to Global Public Policy.

Concepts of global, regional and local in political analysis, international relations and world politics. Public policy in transition.

Required readings

• Joseph Stiglitz. Making Globalization Work (2007) http://www. cgdev. org/doc/events/9.27.06/StiglitzTranscript9.27.06.pdf) 

Optional readings

• David Held & Anthony McGrew. Globalization/Anti-Globalization: Beyond the Great Divide (2007) 

•David Held, Anthony McGrew, David Goldblatt, and Jonathan Perraton. Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture (1999) 

Topic 2. Globalization: Concepts, Theories and Periods of Globalization

The XX-th century and the Key-points in the development of international  relations. Global ideas to conceive the global actors. Imperialism, World War 1 and the Origin of Self-Determination.  Legacy of History and National State. New Faces of munism and Movement for Independence.

Required readings

• Paul Johnson  - Modern Times. The World from the Twenties to the Eighties. New York.;Harper & Row, Publishers, 1995. –P.1-103

• Moshe Lewin – The Soviet Century. London.; Verso, 2005 , part III

• Лебедева политика:Учебник для вузов. М.; Аспект-пресс,2007.-С.27-56

• Современные международные отношения. Под ред. , М.; РОССПЭН, 2004.-С

• Цыганков П. А. –Теория международных отношений (учебник+хрестоматия).М.; Гардарики, 2003. –С.80-106

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Topic  3. Global, Regional and Local Actors in World Politics and International Relations. Language as a Means of Globalization. Role of the English Language in the Modern World. 

Required readings

• G. Orwell  Politics and the English Language; http://www. *****/

• Палажченко несистематический словарь, М.;Р. Валент, 2008, в 2-х томах(Предисловие)

• Линн Винсон. Русские проблемы в английской речи. Слова и фразы в контексте двух культур, М.; Р. Валент, 2005

Optional readings

• Вашу мать, сэр! Иллюстрированный путеводитель по американскому сленгу.-СПб.: Питер. 20с.

• : Лингвострановедческий словарь. –М.: Русский язык, 2000.-560 с.

• США. Лингвострановедческий словарь. –М.: Русский язык, 2000, -576 с.

• Глобалистика. Международный междисциплинарный энциклопедический словарь, Мазур И., Чумаков А., - Питер (английская и русская версия)

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Topic  4. Migration as a Global Force. Migration as a Means and Factors of Globalization. Multiplication of new worlds and creation of  aggregated community: transparent boundaries, excessive population, overwhelming problems. National and International legislation. Migration in favor and against economics. “Fortress Europe” – common lay-out.  

Required readings

• Paul Johnson  - Modern Times. The World from the Twenties to the Eighties. New York.;Harper &

• Row, Publishers, 1995. –P.544-734

• Cистемная история международных отношений в двух томах/Под редакцией . Том второй. События гг. М.; Культурная революция,2006. С.163-277

• Феномен свободы в условиях глобализации. Под ред. Сидориной Т. Ю. М.; Издательство РГГУ, 2008, главы 2, 3

• Атлас 2010/под ред. ; М.;Центр исследований постиндустриального общества, 2010

Optional readings

• Россия в многообразии цивилизаций. Под ред. , М.; Весь мир, 2011, часть 2

• Наумов неправительственные организации в современной мирополитической системе. М.; Факультет мировой политики МГУ им. , 2008 Сидорина Т. Ю., Поляков : теории и политическая история –М.: Издательский дом ГУ ВШЭ. 2006.

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Topic  5.  Terrorism as a Factor of Globalization. Social and National Environment for the terrorist threat. Legislation for targeting terrorism. Religion as a tool for terrorist threat construction. Regional terrorist realities in the countries of North and South. 

Required readings

• Cистемная история международных отношений в двух томах/Под редакцией . Том второй. События гг. М.; Культурная революция,2006. С.513-641

• Общая теория национальной безопасности. Учебник. /под ред. . М.; Изд-во РАГС, 2002, Раздел 5.

• Цапенко миграцией: опыт развитых стран. М.; ИМЭМО-Academia, 2009 -Организационно-правовые вопросы борьбы с терроризмом/сост. : Центр исследований проблем безопасности РАН; Научный совет при Совете Безопасности РФ.-М.: 2006

Topic 6. National states as Global Actors

Obvious and questionable cases. The cases of Russia, USA, China, Brazil. Which country is a global actor and which is not? Balance of powers.

Required readings

• Transition: The First Ten Years, Analysis and Lessons for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (2002), The World Bank, Washington, D. C. pp. 34-88

• United Nations General Assembly Approves Increased Budget (2002), FICSA Update No.1. pp.3-26

• UNDP Roundtable: Development Trends in Russia (2002), New York. pp.12-26

• Доклад о развитии человеческого потенциала в Российской Федерации. 2001. М., 2002. - С. 1-96

• Доклад о развитии человеческого потенциала в Российской Федерации. 2002/2003. М., 2003. - С.3-55

• Концепция внешней политики Российской Федерации. http//www.kremlin.ru

• Концепция национальной безопасности Российской Федерации (утверждена Указом Президента РФ от 01.01.01 г. № 000 (в редакции Указа Президента Российской Федерации от 01.01.01 г. № 24).

Optional readings

• На пути к гражданскому обществу в России: Европейский Союз поддерживает общественные инициативы по укреплению демократии и защите прав человека в России. М., 2001.

• A Decade of Transition: The MONEE Project CEE/CIS/Baltics (2001), UNICEF Regional Monitoring Report, No.8, Florence, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.

• Fighting Corruption in Post-Communist States – Lessons from Practice (2002), UNDP/RBEC Policy Briefs.

• Petrovsky Vladimir (2002), Reducing Poverty in Russia, Interview Presentation, Oxford.

• Petrovsky Vladimir (2002), Growth, Governance, and Human Development: Post-Soviet Transition in North and Central Asia, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies.

Topic 7. Intergovernmental Organizations

The system of intergovernmental organizations. History. Functions. Role in global politics and international relations.

Required readings

• Fifty Years of UN Peacekeeping (1998), DPI, UN, New York.

• The Blue Helmets: A Review of United Nations Peace-keeping”. Fifth edition, UN, DPI, New York, 2002

• Documents on the UN website www. un. org ( Peacekeeping

• Устав Организации Объединенных Наций и Статут Международного Суда. Департамент Общественной Информации ООН. 1994.

Optional readings

• Лебедева политика: Учебник для вузов. М., Аспект-пресс, 2007. - С. 89-154

• Современные международные отношения. Под ред. ∗, М., РОССПЭН, 2004. - С.255-354

• James M. McCormick (1980), Intergovernmental Organizations and Cooperation among Nations. International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 1 (March), p. 75-98

• Louise fort (2002), Managing Intergovernmental Responses to Terrorism and Other Extreme Events. Publius, Vol. 32, No. 4, The State of American Federalism, , p. 29-49

• Deil S. Wright (1972), The States and Intergovernmental Relations.. Publius, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 7-68

• Деятельность Организации Объединенных Наций по поддержанию мира (1997), М., Информцентр Deyatel'nost' Organizacii Ob’’edinennyh Nacij po podderzhaniyu mira. – M., Informcentr OON, 1997

Topic 8. Military-Political Organizations and Blocs as International Actors (cases of NATO and CSTO)

Forms and direction of the military-political integration of the NIS. Three stages of building a regional collective security system. Establishment of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and its role in collective defense and conflict management.

Evolution of the NATO doctrine on interference in regional conflicts. NATO-Russia dialogue on joint peacemaking. Broadening of the NATO responsibility parative analysis of the crisis management instruments of the NATO and CSTO. NATO’s actions outside the traditional responsibility zone. Challenges for the NATO in the 21st century.

Required Readings

• Пражский Саммит и преобразование НАТО: Справочник – путеводи, Brussels: NATO Public Diplomacy Division. http://www. nato. int/docu/rdr-gde-prg/rdr-gde-prg-rus. pdf

• The Alliance's Strategic Concept approved by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D. C.(1999) http://www. nato. int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_27433.htm

• (2003), НАТО на путях трансфорации, Европейская безопасность: события, оценки, прогнозы, №9 (Сентябрь), М: ИНИОН РАН

• (2002), Пражский саммит НАТО: вызов для России или для Альянса?, Европейская безопасность: события, оценки, прогнозы, №6, М: ИНИОН РАН

• What the NATO is capable of? (2004), Internationale Politik, № 3

• The NATO Taskforce (2004). NATO Briefing (May)

• Documents on the CSTO, http://www. *****/

Optional readings

• Robert O. Keohane (1982), The demand for international regimes, International Organization, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 325-355

• Robert Jervis (2002). Security regimes, International Regimes, Vol. 27, No.1, p. 174-185

• Sabina Alkire (2002), Conceptual Framework for Human Security, Excerpt: Working Definition and Executive Summary, Vol.16 (February)

• Richard Soklsky, Joseph McMillan (2002), Foreign Aid in Our Own Defense, The New York Times, Vol.13 (February)

• Stephen D. Krasner (1983), Structural causes and regime consequences: regimes as intervening variables, International Regimes, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, p. 1-21.

Topic 9. Private Military and Security Companies as International Actors

Private Military and Security Companies as International Actors. Their role on the global arena. The The Need for International Regulation of PMSCs. Existing International Legal Regulation of PMSCs and relevant case law. Internal/external security and inherently governmental functions. Future of International Private Military Services. Conflict Prevention. Licensing criteria and standards.

Required readings

• Singer, P. (2003), Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry, Cornell University Press

• Holmqvist, C. (2005), Private Security Companies, the case for regulation, SIPRI policy paper, Vol.9 (January)

• Chesterman S., Lehnardt C. (2007), From Mercenaries to Market. The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies, Oxford UP.

• The Montreux Document on “Pertinent international legal obligations and good practice for states related to operations of private military and security companies during armed conflicts” http://www. eda. admin. ch/etc/medialib/downloads/edazen/topics/intla/humlaw. Par.0057.File. tmp/Montreux%20Document%20(e).pdf

Optional readings

• Петровский. В.Е. От империи – к открытому миру. О внешней политике России переходного периода. М., РОССПЭН, 2007.

• Ротфельд организации глобальной безопасности. Ежегодник СИПРИ 2001: Вооружения, разоружение и международная безопасность. М., Наука, 2002.

• Титаренко : Безопасность через сотрудничество. Восточно-азиатский вектор. М., 2003.

Topic 10. The Arctic and the Antarctic. Re-Distribution Resources. States and Global Actors in Geopolitical Dispute

Arctic and Antarctic: resources and conflicts. Natural resources in polar regions. Problem of territorial division in Arctic and Antarctic. The UN Convention on the Law of Sea and states' spheres of sovereignty and influence in the *****ssia’s policy on Arctic region. Nuclear-free status of Antarctic and prospects of creating a nuclear-free zone in Arctic. Nuclear weapons reduction in seawaters and ocean.