CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE (2 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: identify key concepts in which civil society organizations operate; analyze the increasing presence and role of civil society actors or Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in regulating social affairs; demonstrate skills in essay writing appropriate to university level; examine the variety of roles and perspectives in which civil society actors are influencing social affairs (i.e., migration, global health, and climate policy).

Topics:

1. Introduction: The ambiguity of NGO participation in global governance;
2. Power and influence in global governance;
3. A structurationist framework of analysis;
4. The information society: issues and practices;
5. Global ICT governance at the WSIS: NGO influence;
6. Structural power mechanisms at the WSIS;
7. NGO and Internet Governance;
8. Democracy and Representation;
9. Migration;
10. Climate Change/Policy;
11. Global Health;
12. Food Security;
13. Group Presentation.