300021 Vertiefung: Governance Theory (in English) (S) (SoSe 2006)

Subject matter:

The seminar's ambition is to present, discuss and reflect upon problems of the emergence of global regimes as processes of generation global order.

Main sections:

• New forms of order, legitimacy, and self-organizing.
• Processes and architectures of creating order through superior expertise.
• The regimes of the market, the normative regime, the regime of networks, and the regime of expertise.

Helmut Willke Fakultät für Soziologie
SS 2006
BA Political Science
Seminar: Governance theory: Emergence of global regimes
This seminar will be held in English

Zeit: Do. 16.00-18.00 Ort:
BelegNr.: 30 00 21 Sekretariat: Frau Worley, U5-117

06.04 Introduction: prerequisites, seminar presentations, term papers etc.
13.04. Introduction to the topic of the seminar

Basic concepts and terms
20.04 Basic concepts of governance
(Porter 2002) pdf
27.04. Basic concepts of regime theory
(Scholte 2004)
11.05. Systemic concepts of governance theory
(Willke 2003) pdf
18.05. State, power, and authority
(Willke 2005) pdf
01.06. The limits of public power
(Strange 1996: pp. 3-15) (pdf); (Strange 1996: 91-99) (pdf)

The emergence of global regimes
08.06. The global regime of the market
(Williamson 2000)
22.06. The global normative regime
(Wolf 2002); (Held 2000) pdf
29.06 The global regime of networks
(Sinclair 2000) pdf
06.07 The global regime of expertise
(Reich 1991: ch. 4-5);

Reflexion
13.07 Critical appraisal

Bewertungsstufen
Im Folgenden werden die Minimalvoraussetzungen für das Erreichen bestimmter Noten genannt. Folgende Literaturen müssen beherrscht (verstanden und verarbeitet) werden, um diese Note erreichen zu können. Die Anforderungen sind kumulativ.

4 (ausreichend): (Scholte 2004) pdf
3 (befriedigend): (Held 2000)
2 (gut): (Porter 2002); (Williamson 2000)
1 (sehr gut): (Willke 2005)

Literature:

Held, David. 2000. "Regulating globalization? The reinvention of politics." International Sociology 15: 394-408.
Porter, Tony. 2002. "Multilevel governance and democracy in global financial regulation." Paper prepared for presentation at the Conference "Globalization, ..." at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, May 3-4, 2002. pdf-file.
Reich, Robert. 1991. The Work of Nations. Preparing ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism. New York: Knopf.
Scholte, Jan. 2004. "Globalization and governance: from statism to polycentrism." CSGR Working paper No. 130/04. University of Warwick.
Sinclair, Timothy. 2000. "Reinventing authority: embedded knowledge networks and the new global finance." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 18: 487-502.
Strange, Susan. 1996. The retreat of the state. The diffusion of power in the world economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Williamson, John. 2000. "What should the World Bank think about the Washington Consensus?" The World Bank Research Observer 15: 251-264.
Willke, Helmut. 2003. "Governing across boundaries." pdf-datei.
C. 2005. "Atopia as the Plus ultra of national-territorial self-encirclement." S. 225-236. In: Plus ultra. Jenseits der Moderne?, herausg. von Stefan Bidner and Thomas Feuerstein. Frankfurt: Revolver.
Wolf, Klaus. 2002. "Contextualizing normative standards for legitimate governance beyond the State." www.ifs.tu-darmstadt.de/pg/heinelt/p_eu_2000-2002-wolf.pdf.

Requirements for participation, required level

Prerequisites for participating:

A passion for arguing, thinking and learning. Basic knowledge in theories of society and theories of the political system.

Bibliography

Literature:

Willke, Helmut. 2006. Global governance. Bielefeld: transcript.