2001 SUMMER INSTITUTE ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH
INTERNATIONAL  RELATIONS TRACK
 
The International Relations Track will examine the challenges that crises present to international organizations, and new strategies for preventative action and peace building. The Institute will also heighten students' awareness of creative new movements for
sustainable economic growth and human rights, women's empowerment, human development and environmental justice. Topics such as trade and development, international monetary system will be  examined as well. Students with interdisciplinary interests including global politics, business, economics, public affairs and gender studies will benefit from this critical perspective on the global equation.
 
2001 S.I. ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH
COURSE OUTLINE
 
WEEK 1: 
South in the New Global Equation
  • definitions, themes and "new" conceptual frameworks  in international relations
  • history, overview of North-South relations
  • globalization and its impact on the South
  • global civil society
  • the world economy
  • helping developing nations:aid or trade?
WEEK 2:
Global Governance, State and Society Relations
  • changing the nature of conflict in the South
  • the UN & regional organizations
  • Preventive Diplomacy
  • International Organizations and International Political Economy
  • The World Bank
  • IMF
  • OAS
WEEK 3:
South Perspectives on the Global Economy
 
  • Bretton Woods Institutions from the NIEO to the South  Commission
  • The International Environment
  • Int'l Trade and investment theory
  • Int'l monetary system
  • Balance of payments and trade policies
  • development aid debated
WEEK 4:
Strategies for Human Security I
  • UN orld conferences
  • Peacemaking, peacebuilding
  • Conflict Prevention
  • People- centered development
  • Migration,  refugees, internally displaced persons
WEEK 5:
Humanitarian Issues
  • Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues
  • Population
  • Women's empowerment
  • Social development
WEEK 6:
CONCLUSIONS
  • The South's cultural imperative
  • The South in intenational economy
  • Responsibilities of the North
  • Moving towards an Interdependent World
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