INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE

SYLLABUS

1. Information about the program

1.1 Higher education institution “DANUBIUS” University of Galaţi
1.2 Faculty Faculty of Communication and International Relations
1.3 Department -
1.4 Study field International relations and European studies
1.5 Study cycle Bachelor
1.6 Study program/Qualification International Relations and European Studies / Degree in International
Relations
And European Studies

2. Information about the subject

2.1 Name of subject INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
2.2 Course coordinator Lect. Univ. dr. Mihaela-Adriana Pădureanu
2.3 Seminar coordinator Lect. Univ. dr. Valentin Nicolescu
2.4 Study year I 2.5 Semester I 2.6 Type of E2 2.7 Type of Ob. 2.8 Code RR1211
evaluation subject of subject

3. Total estimated time (teaching activities hours per semester)

3.1 Number of hours per week 2 of which: 3.2 2 3.3 seminar/laboratory 1
course
3.4 Total hours in study plan 42 of which: 3.5 28 3.6 seminar/laboratory 14
course
Time distribution hours
Study by handbook, course syllabus, bibliography and notes 30
Additional documentation in the library, on specialty electronic platforms and on the field 16
Preparation of seminars/laboratories, homework, reports, portfolios, and essays 10
Tutorship 4
Examinations 13
Other activities................................... 10
3.7 Total hours of individual 83
study
3.9 Total hours per semester 125
3. 10 Number of credits 5

4. Preconditions (if applicable)

4.1 curriculum  -
4.2 competences  English (reading)

5. Conditions (if applicable)

5.1 course performance
 Students must be present at the course and must come before its beginning.
Students may miss seven courses without a ground. A large number of absences
must be excused on medical grounds of based on other certificates.
 - course room, video-projector, laptop, e-learning platform Danubius online,
internet

5.2 seminar/laboratory  Students must be present at the course and must come before its beginning.
performance Students may miss seven courses without a ground. A large number of absences
must be excused on medical grounds of based on other certificates.
 - course room, video-projector, laptop, e-learning platform Danubius online,
internet
  The delivery of plagiarized seminar tasks leads to losing the points related
thereto.

6. Specific competencies gained

 C1. Use of the foundations of the theories of international relations in the study of European and
Professional competences

international processes.
 C2. Elaboration of European and international projects.
 C3. Use of analytical methodologies in the field of international relations and European affairs.
 C5. Providing assistance in the field of international negotiation and mediation between groups with
diverse interests

 CT1. Managing information specific to solving complex tasks in context (receiving,

transmission, processing, storage of information in profile documents).
competences
Transversal

 CT2. Application of efficient working techniques in multidisciplinary team corresponding to the different
Hierarchical levels.
 CT3. Objective self-assessment of the need for vocational training for the purpose of insertion and
adaptability to
the demands of the labor market.

7. Subject objectives (issued from the list of specific competences gained)

7.1 Subject general  The course "International and regional governance" aims to present the main answers that
objective the international community has given regarding the regional and international challenges.
These responses took the form of institutions, processes and rules with varying degrees of
dissemination. As the course takes place in the first semester of the first year of study, we
will first of all provide students with a clearer picture of the emergence and evolution of
regional and global governance to facilitate understanding of these mechanisms.
We will start the course by presenting the framework in which the first professional
organizations appear in the 19th century and we will continue with the emergence of the
League of Nations in the interwar period, and then with the United Nations.

7.2 Specific objectives 1. Knowledge, understanding, explanation and interpretation

- Knowledge of the main forms of international and regional governance;
- Understanding the role of different structures, institutions and processes involved in the
functioning of global and regional governance;
- The difference between international and regional governance;
- Compare different regions of the world in terms of efficiency of governance;
- List and explain the main criticisms of international governance.
2. Instrumental applicative
- Elaboration and presentation of a seminar paper in which to use the recommended
bibliography;
- Analyze the content of the various official documents that refer to dimensions of international
and / or regional governance;
3. Related to attitude
- Proposing solutions for solving the different problems presented;
- Proactive involvement in learning techniques and methods;
 - Promoting relationships based on democratic values and principles;

8. Contents
Observatio
8. 1 Course Teaching methods
ns
1. Introductory course Participatory lecture, We
presentation encourage
The
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
2 hours
2. Fundamental concepts: governance, regionalization, Participatory lecture, We
globalization presentation encourage
The
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
2 hours
3. International governance and ONU Participatory lecture, We
presentation, e-learning encourage
system, video presentations The
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
4 hours
4. Globalization and development Participatory lecture, We
presentation, e-learning encourage
system, video presentations The
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
2 hours
5. Theories of regionalization Participatory lecture, We
presentation, problematization encourage
The
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
2 hours
6. European regionalism: EU, OSCE and NATO Participatory lecture, We
presentation, e-learning encourage
system, video presentations The
 involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
2 hours
7. Regionalism in Asia: SAARC, ASEAN and APEC Participatory lecture, We
presentation, e-learning encourage
system, video presentations The
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
4 hours
8. Efects of globalization in Eastern Europe Participatory lecture, We
presentation, e-learning encourage
system, video presentations The
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
4 hours
9. Globalization and democracy. Criticisms and challenges Participatory lecture, We
for regional and international governance. presentation, problematization encourage
the
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions
4 hours
10. Summary course Participatory lecture, We
presentation, problematization encourage
the
involvemen
t of the
students
in
discussions.
2 hours

8. 2 Seminar/laboratory Observatio
Teaching methods
ns
1. Introductory seminar explanation, heuristic 2 hours
conversation, debate,
brainstorming,
problematization, case study,
analysis, synthesis, video
presentations, e-learning
system

2. The nation-state in the post-war period (decolonization, explanation, heuristic 2 hours

 etc.) conversation, debate,
brainstorming,
problematization, case study,
analysis, synthesis, video
presentations, e-learning
system

3. Humanitarian intervention (examples after 1990?) explanation, heuristic 2 hours

conversation, debate,
brainstorming,
problematization, case study,
analysis, synthesis, video
presentations, e-learning
system

4. Global civil society explanation, heuristic 2 hours

conversation, debate,
brainstorming,
problematization, case study,
analysis, synthesis, video
presentations, e-learning
system

5. Globalization and inequality (poverty, the problem of explanation, heuristic 4 hours

climate change, etc.) conversation, debate,
brainstorming,
problematization, case study,
analysis, synthesis, video
presentations, e-learning
system

6. Summary seminar explanation, heuristic 2 hours

conversation, debate,
brainstorming,
problematization, case study,
analysis, synthesis, video
presentations, e-learning
system

Course / seminar bibliography

 Global Environmental Governance. A reform Agenda available here:

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2006/geg.pdf.
 Anders, Aslund. Building Capitalism. The Transformation of the Former Soviet
Bloc.CambridgeUniversity Press, Cambridge, 2002.
 Anderson, Kenneth. ”Accountability” as ”Legitimacy”: Global Governance, Global Civil Society and the
United Nations, Brook. J. Int'l L, 2011, vol. 36, issue 3, pp. 840-90, 2011 available here:
http://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjil/vol36/iss3/3.
 Berend, Ivan T. Globalization and its Impact on Core-Periphery Relations, UCLA Conference Papers,
2004 available here:
 https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt5zn164xm/qt5zn164xm.pdf?t=li58z3.
 Biró, Daniel (coord.). Relatiile internationale contemporane: teme centrale in politica mondială, Ed.
Polirom, Iași, 2013.
 Biermanna, Frank. Kanieb, Norichika. Kim, Rakhyun E. „Global governance by goal-setting: the novel
approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals”, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability,
26–27, pp. 26–31, 2017.
 Carpinschi Anton, Mărgărit Diana. Organizații internaționale, Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2011.
 Friedman Thomas L. Pământul este plat. Scurtă istorie a secolului XXI, Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2007.
 Gilpin, Robert. Economia mondiala in secolul XXI. Provocarea capitalismului global, Ed. Polirom, Iași,
2004.
 Kaldor, Mary.Securitatea umană, Ed. CA Publishing, Cluj-Napoca, 2010.
 Kennedy, Graham. „Global Governance and the UN Security Council”, NZ Centre for Global Studies,
2015.
 Kose M. Ayhan, Prasad, Eswar. Rogoff, Kenneth S., Wei, Shang-Jin. Financial Globalization: A
Reappraisal, NBER Working Paper No. 12484, 2006 available here:
http://www.nber.org/papers/w12484.pdf.
 Held David, McGrew Anthony, Goldblatt David, Perraton Jonathan. Transformari globale. Politica,
economie si cultura. Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2004.
 Hirst, Paul. Thompson, Grahame. Globalizarea sub semnul întrebării. Economia internaţională şi
posibilităţi de guvernare, Ed. Trei, București, 2002.
 Miroiu Andrei, Ungureanu Radu-Sebastian. Manual de Relatii Internationale, Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2006.
 Morgenthau Hans J. Politica între națiuni. Lupta pentru putere și lupta pentru pace, Ed. Polirom Iași,
2013.
 Ekiert, Grzegorz. Hanson Stephen E. (coord.) Capitalism și democrație în Europa Centrală și de Est.
Evaluarea moștenirii regimurilor comuniste, Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2010.
 Pasti, Vladimir. Noul capitalism românesc, Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2006.
 Stiglitz Joseph E. Globalizarea: speranțe și deziluzii, Ed. Economică, București, 2003.
 Stiglitz Joseph E. Mecanismele globalizării, Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2008.
 Weiss, Linda. Mitul statului lipsit de putere. Guvernarea economiei în era globalizarii, Ed. Trei, București,
2002.

9. Synchronization of subject contents with the expectations of the epistemic community, professional
associations and representative employers in the field of the program
 In order to elaborate the contents of the discipline and to choose the methods of teaching / learning / evaluation, the
offers of prestigious university centers from the country and abroad were studied, as well as the most recent
publications in the field in order to achieve a high quality format, efficient in offering the competences necessary
for students.

10. Evaluation
10.3 Weight in
Type of activity 10.1 Evaluation criteria 10.2 Methods of evaluation
final grade
 Knowledge of the main concepts taught in
the course.
 Correct use of the terms international
governance and regional governance.
10.4 Course Written exam 50%
 The ability to compare different regions
from the perspective of governance.
 Knowledge of the main criticisms of
governance, its limitations and challenges.
 Participation in the debates.
10.5
 Elaboration of reports, homeworks. Continuous evaluation: 50%
Seminar/laboratory
 Browsing and critically discussing the
 seminar bibliography.

Compliance with the requirements regarding
the elaboration of the seminar paper.
 Presentation of the seminar paper.
10.6 Minimum performance standard
 Knowledge at a minimum level of the main theoretical frameworks regarding international and regional
governance;
 Understanding and knowledge at a minimum level of the main forms of international and regional governance.

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