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Inhoud
Lecture 1 What are international organisations?...................................................................................3
Strict/traditional definition:................................................................................................................3
Updated Definition.............................................................................................................................3
Types of International Organizations..................................................................................................3
IGOs....................................................................................................................................................4
INGOs.................................................................................................................................................4
MNCs/TNCs........................................................................................................................................4
Scholars argue over:...........................................................................................................................5
Cooperation makes sense: The Stag Hunt..........................................................................................5
Cooperation is not easy: The Prisoner’s Dilemma..............................................................................5
Lecture 2 History & Structure of International Governmental Organizations........................................6
Predecessors.......................................................................................................................................6
Predecessors continue........................................................................................................................6
Three conditions.................................................................................................................................7
Why cooperate internationally?.........................................................................................................7
EX. Industrial revolution (18th century)..............................................................................................7
Early standardisations........................................................................................................................7
Ex. Economic crisis..............................................................................................................................8
Concert of Europe...............................................................................................................................8
League of Nations – First ‘real’ IGO....................................................................................................9
Problems from the start.....................................................................................................................9
Problems League of Nations...............................................................................................................9
United Nations..................................................................................................................................10
United Nations (cont.)......................................................................................................................10
Regionalisation.................................................................................................................................10
Membership & Competencies..........................................................................................................10
Lecture 3 History, Definition and Classification of (International) Non-Governmental Organizations. 11
Non-governmental organizations.....................................................................................................11
First INGO?.......................................................................................................................................11
Civil Society.......................................................................................................................................12
What is Civil Society?........................................................................................................................12
What are NGOs ?..............................................................................................................................12
The Third Sector...............................................................................................................................13
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The N, the G and the O.....................................................................................................................13
Definition in the article (martens, 2002)...........................................................................................14
In a nutshell......................................................................................................................................14
Classification.....................................................................................................................................14
How big are they? Size......................................................................................................................14
What do they care about? Area of Activity.......................................................................................15
What is their main goal?...................................................................................................................15
Reasons for NGO’s rise in developed countries................................................................................17
NGOs rise in Developing Countries...................................................................................................17
Revival of Civil Society......................................................................................................................17
Changing the World..........................................................................................................................18
Example: Coalition for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (1995).......................18
Lecture 4 Global Issues and Global Governance...................................................................................19
Population Growth (global issue).....................................................................................................19
So what?...........................................................................................................................................19
Effects of Population Growth............................................................................................................19
Global answers.................................................................................................................................20
Global Governance...........................................................................................................................20
Government.....................................................................................................................................21
Governance......................................................................................................................................21
Domestic Good Governance.............................................................................................................21
Global Governance...........................................................................................................................22
Policy Networks................................................................................................................................22
Multi-level governance.....................................................................................................................22
Towards Global Governance.............................................................................................................22
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Content
Historical development of IGO’s and INGO’s (international non-governmental organisations);
Role and function of INGO’s on the regional, national and global levels;
Interplay between IGO’s and INGO’s in global policy networks;
How IGO’s shape the global political landscape;
Assessment of outcomes of IGO and INGO activities > are they successful?
Current international affairs (read the news)
Lecture 1 What are international organisations?
Definition of an International Organization (IO):
Strict/traditional definition:
"A formal (foundational treaty), continuous structure established by agreement between members
[…] from at least 2 sovereign states with the aim of pursuing the common interest of the
membership" (Archer, 2001) (joined voluntarily) (still applied today, but only for one kind of
organisation)
Updated Definition
Traditional definition no longer accurate because more actors are involved besides sovereign states
Loose/updated definition:
International Organisations are formal international social institutions characterized by behavioural
patterns based on international norms and rules, which prescribe and proscribe behaviour in
recurrent situations and lead to the convergence of expectations on the international stage.
Institutions are rules that tell actors in an international system what they can do and cannot do.
Rules that proscribe and prescribe behaviour
Set of rules meant to govern international behaviour.
Four important actors in international relations: IGO’s INGO’s, state and multinational cooperation’s
Types of International Organizations
Intergovernmental organizations – IGOs.
Non-governmental organizations – NGOs and international NGOs – INGOs
Multinational/transnational corporations – MNCs/TNCs
Inhoud
Lecture 1 What are international organisations?...................................................................................3
Strict/traditional definition:................................................................................................................3
Updated Definition.............................................................................................................................3
Types of International Organizations..................................................................................................3
IGOs....................................................................................................................................................4
INGOs.................................................................................................................................................4
MNCs/TNCs........................................................................................................................................4
Scholars argue over:...........................................................................................................................5
Cooperation makes sense: The Stag Hunt..........................................................................................5
Cooperation is not easy: The Prisoner’s Dilemma..............................................................................5
Lecture 2 History & Structure of International Governmental Organizations........................................6
Predecessors.......................................................................................................................................6
Predecessors continue........................................................................................................................6
Three conditions.................................................................................................................................7
Why cooperate internationally?.........................................................................................................7
EX. Industrial revolution (18th century)..............................................................................................7
Early standardisations........................................................................................................................7
Ex. Economic crisis..............................................................................................................................8
Concert of Europe...............................................................................................................................8
League of Nations – First ‘real’ IGO....................................................................................................9
Problems from the start.....................................................................................................................9
Problems League of Nations...............................................................................................................9
United Nations..................................................................................................................................10
United Nations (cont.)......................................................................................................................10
Regionalisation.................................................................................................................................10
Membership & Competencies..........................................................................................................10
Lecture 3 History, Definition and Classification of (International) Non-Governmental Organizations. 11
Non-governmental organizations.....................................................................................................11
First INGO?.......................................................................................................................................11
Civil Society.......................................................................................................................................12
What is Civil Society?........................................................................................................................12
What are NGOs ?..............................................................................................................................12
The Third Sector...............................................................................................................................13
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The N, the G and the O.....................................................................................................................13
Definition in the article (martens, 2002)...........................................................................................14
In a nutshell......................................................................................................................................14
Classification.....................................................................................................................................14
How big are they? Size......................................................................................................................14
What do they care about? Area of Activity.......................................................................................15
What is their main goal?...................................................................................................................15
Reasons for NGO’s rise in developed countries................................................................................17
NGOs rise in Developing Countries...................................................................................................17
Revival of Civil Society......................................................................................................................17
Changing the World..........................................................................................................................18
Example: Coalition for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (1995).......................18
Lecture 4 Global Issues and Global Governance...................................................................................19
Population Growth (global issue).....................................................................................................19
So what?...........................................................................................................................................19
Effects of Population Growth............................................................................................................19
Global answers.................................................................................................................................20
Global Governance...........................................................................................................................20
Government.....................................................................................................................................21
Governance......................................................................................................................................21
Domestic Good Governance.............................................................................................................21
Global Governance...........................................................................................................................22
Policy Networks................................................................................................................................22
Multi-level governance.....................................................................................................................22
Towards Global Governance.............................................................................................................22
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Content
Historical development of IGO’s and INGO’s (international non-governmental organisations);
Role and function of INGO’s on the regional, national and global levels;
Interplay between IGO’s and INGO’s in global policy networks;
How IGO’s shape the global political landscape;
Assessment of outcomes of IGO and INGO activities > are they successful?
Current international affairs (read the news)
Lecture 1 What are international organisations?
Definition of an International Organization (IO):
Strict/traditional definition:
"A formal (foundational treaty), continuous structure established by agreement between members
[…] from at least 2 sovereign states with the aim of pursuing the common interest of the
membership" (Archer, 2001) (joined voluntarily) (still applied today, but only for one kind of
organisation)
Updated Definition
Traditional definition no longer accurate because more actors are involved besides sovereign states
Loose/updated definition:
International Organisations are formal international social institutions characterized by behavioural
patterns based on international norms and rules, which prescribe and proscribe behaviour in
recurrent situations and lead to the convergence of expectations on the international stage.
Institutions are rules that tell actors in an international system what they can do and cannot do.
Rules that proscribe and prescribe behaviour
Set of rules meant to govern international behaviour.
Four important actors in international relations: IGO’s INGO’s, state and multinational cooperation’s
Types of International Organizations
Intergovernmental organizations – IGOs.
Non-governmental organizations – NGOs and international NGOs – INGOs
Multinational/transnational corporations – MNCs/TNCs
