Is the UN Security Council in need of serious and substantial reform? Identify and evaluate how specific reforms may provide new means to achieve greater levels of international peace and security while recognizing barriers to implementation.
In answering the question students should look to provide:
• Sound indications of theoretical awareness (realism, liberalism, constructivism)
• Solid empirical-based evidence (through selected case-study material)
• An appreciation of ideas (key ideational perspectives) and their origins (with respect to certain thinkers, points in history)
• An understanding of events that have most affected and shaped the League of Nations and the United Nations
• If valid, some comparative observations of the two organisations in question
General Reading (Selected Texts)
Archer, C. (2001) International Organizations. London; New York: Routledge. (Also available as an electronic resource).
Arts,B.,Noortmann,M.and Reinalda,B.(Editors) (2010) Non-State Actors in International Relations. Aldershot: Ashgate
Barnett,M. N.and Finnemore,M. (1999) The Politics, Power and Pathologies of International Organizations, International Organization, Volume 53, Number 4, pp.699-732.
Bradford Jnr,C. I. and Linn,J.F. (2007) Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate [Electronic resource]. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
Diehl,P.F. (2005) The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World. London; Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner.
Duffield,J.(2007) What are international Institutions?, International Studies Review, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp.1-22.
Hansclever, A.,Mayer, P.and Rittberger, V. (2008) Theories of International Regimes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Johnston, A. I. (2001) Treating Institutions as Social Environments, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 45, Number 4, pp.487-515.
Karns,M.P. (2010) International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Koremenos,B., Lipson,C. and Snidal,D. (2001) The Rational Design of International Institutions, International Organization, Volume 55, Number 4, pp.761-799.
Krause, M. (2014) The Good Project: The Field of Humanitarian Relief NGOs and the Fragmentation of Reason. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Martin, L. and Simmons, B. (1998) Theories and Empirical Studies of International Institutions, International Organization, Volume 52, Number 4, pp.729-757.
Ness,G. D. and Brechin,S.R. (1988) Bridging the Gap: International Organizations as Organizations, International Organization, Volume 42, Number 2, pp. 245-273.
Rittberger, V., Zangl,B. and Staisch, M. (2006) International Organization: Polity, Politics and Policies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Rittberger, V., Kruck, A. and Zangl, B. (2012) International Organization. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Scott, R.W. (2008) Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests. London: Sage.
