Globalization and Democratic Governance

PLAN DE COURS
ACADEMIC SYLLABUS
DISCIPLINE
Démocratie et gouvernance
Titre du cours
Course title
Globalization and Democratic Governance
Langue
Language
Anglais
Nom de l’enseignant/
Name of the lecturer
Fonction / Employeur
Position / Employee
Contact :
Heures
Hours
22
ECTS
Année du Diplôme
4
2e année
Guy SCOFFONI
Professeur à l’IEP
Objectifs du cours /
Course objectives
Compétences acquises/
Learning outcomes
[email protected]
Under the coordination of Guy Scoffoni (Professor, Sciences Po
Aix), this course is co-taught by several
visiting-professors from various universities on four different
continents.
This innovative course is designed to provide the students with
different approaches of the concept of
“Democratic Governance”: the American approach, the Latin
American approach, the Asian approach and
the European approach.
Through a comparative methodology, the presentations will put in
perspective the different experiences of
democratic governance and the role of the Rule of law in the
globalization trends today.
A 15 page paper will be prepared during the first semester on a
topic related to the presentations
and discussed in class.
UNE GRANDE ÉCOLE EN PROVENCE
INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
25, rue Gaston de Saporta - 13625 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1 - Tél. : 04 42 17 01 60 - Fax : 04 42 96 36 99 www.sciencespo-aix.fr
Contenu du cours par session/ Course content per session
Nombre d’heures/ Number
of hours
Globalization will be considered in a broad sense, going beyond
economics, to include all processes,
economic, political, legal, cultural, communicative, leading to
interdependence in the world today.
The question will be: how does globalization affect democratic
governance and is a global concept of
democratic governance emerging?
Several topics will be discussed:
- The new role of political organizations and social movements
-Pluralism and Elections
- The impact of Constitutions and the Rule of law
- The rise of judges and the access to justice systems in
democratic governance
- The role of corporations in global governance: public-private
partnerships
-Participation of transnational actors
-Civil society and participatory democracy
-New forms of governance: post-national governance
-Accountability in global democratic governance
-Legitimacy and democratic governance
Méthodes d’évaluation Sur quoi sera basée la note finale? / Method of assessment What will the
final grade be based on?
Type d’évaluation :
Durée :
Bibliographie – Auteur, titre, année, éditeur/ Bibliography – Author, title, year, publisher
1)A. Jozes, “Globalization : Key Thinkers”, Cambridge Polity Press, John Wiley & sons, 2010
2)M. Steger, “Globalization: A Very Short Introduction”, New York Oxford University Press,
2009
3)J. Stiglitz,”Making Globalization Work”, New York W.W. Norton, 2006
4)R.D. Osle, “The New Global Law”, Cambridge University press, 2010
5)C. Sparks, “Globalization, Development and the Mass-Media”, Los Angeles, SAGE, 2007
UNE GRANDE ÉCOLE EN PROVENCE
INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
25, rue Gaston de Saporta - 13625 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1 - Tél. : 04 42 17 01 60 - Fax : 04 42 96 36 99 www.sciencespo-aix.fr