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TPB2012-018
Section 2 - Module Specification
Module Title International Public Policy: Concepts and Practice
Module Code
Credit Value 30 Level 7 Mode of Delivery On Campus Semester Semester 1
Module Organiser
Dr David Williams
Pre-requisite modules Co-requisite modules Overlapping modules
None
1) Content Description
Provide a description of the module, as it will appear in the Module Directory and on the Student Information
System (approx. 70-80 words).
This module will examine the key concepts, debates, actors and processes within international public policy in the contemporary
period. Concepts explored include cooperation, international law, globalisation and governance, and regionalism. The module
will explore the role of various agents, including states, international organisations, regiobal organisations, private authorities
and NGOs in the processes of international public policy-making. The course also examines these issues through a series of case
studies, including climate change negotiations, the global financial crisis, human rights regimes, European policy-making and the
International Criminal Court.
2) Module Aims
Specify the aims of the module, i.e. the broad educational purposes for offering this module.
Through this module students will become acquainted with key concepts, agents and processes involved in international public
policy. Through a series of case studies they will become familiar with the possibilities and problems of international public policy
in the contemporary period. The module will provide students with the conceptual and empirical knowledge to allow them to
critically assess processes of international public policy-making, and the conditions under which these processes can provide
solutions to a range of global problems.