HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: International Relations

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof. Arie Kacowicz

Coordinator Email: arie.kacowicz@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: ימי ב' 1300-1430

Teaching Staff:
Prof Arie Kacowicz

Course/Module description:
The course asseses the possible links between globalization and the attempts to manage it, both in a regional context of regional governance, and in a global context (of global governance). In the last part of the course students present their work in progress.

Course/Module aims:
This seminar is designed for students in their MA (graduate) level, who are interested in researching the possible links between processes of globalization and theories and realities of international relations. In the context of this course, we will study the different definitions and multiple dimensions of the process of globalization in international relations, including the political, economic, cultural, and normative dimensions. After that we will discuss the mutual effects between globalization and democracy, distribution of wealth (in terms of poverty and inequality), peace, war, environment, technology, and international ethics.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
On the successful completion of this course, students will be able to understand better the complexity of the subject of international relations in the age of globalization.

Attendance requirements(%):
80% of attendance

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: The course is structured as a seminar, with an active participation from the students, based upon a dynamic interaction of questions and answers and discussions in class, bibliographical presentations by the students. In addition, students are responsible to report upon specific countries and regions in the course of the seminar.

Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction.
2. Definitions of globalization.
3. Theories of IR and globalization.
4. The economic dimension.
5. Movie on economic globalization.
6. The ethical/normative dimension.
7. The cultural dimension/communication
8. Globalization and democracy.
9. Globalization and the future of the nation-state.
10. Globalization, war, and peace.
11. Globalization and environment.
12. Globalization, development, and the distribution of wealth.
13. Regional comparisons: Latin America and other regions.
14. Who opposes globalization and why?
15. The global civil society.
16. Global governance.
17. Regional governance.
18. The links between global and regional governance.
19. Globalization and Israel.
20. The dark side of globalization: Terror, criminal organizations and other non-state actors.

Required Reading:
(For Hebrew sources, see syllabus in Hebrew)

(chapters from John Baylis,Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens (eds.), The Globalization of Worl Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) unless indicated otherwise).


Anthony McGrew (2011), "Globalization and Global Politics", pp. 15-31.

John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens, "Introduction," pp. 1-14.

Ian Clark, "Globaliztion and the Post-Cold War Order," pp. 545-558.

Richard Sandbrook, "Introduction: Envisioning a Civilized Globalization," in Richard Sandbrook (ed.), Civilizing Globalization: A Survival Guide (Albany, NY: SUNY, 2003), pp. 1-11.

Arie . Kacowicz, "Regionalization, Globalization, and Nationalism: Convergent, Divergent, or Overlapping?", Alternatives, Vol. 24, No. 4, November 1999, pp. 527-556.

Arie M. Kacowicz and Mor Mitrani, "Why Don't We Have Coherent Theories of International Relatons about Globalization?", Global Governance, forthcoming in 2016.

Ian Clark, "Beyond the reat Divide: Globalization and the Theory of International Relations," Review of International Studies, Vol. 24, No. 4, October 1998, pp. 479-498.

Luke Martell, "The Third Wave in Globalization Theory," International Studies Review, Vol. 9, Issue 2, Summer 2007, pp. 1730196.

Tim Dunne and Brian C. Schmidt, "Realism," pp. 85-99.

Tim Dunne, "Liberalism," pp. 101-113.

Steven L. Lamy, "Contemporary Mainstream Approaches: Neo-Realism and Neo-Liberalism," pp. 115-129.

Stephen Hoden and Richard Wyn Jones, "Marxist Theories of International Relations," pp. 131-146.

Michael Barnett, "Social Constructivism," pp. 149-165.

Ngaire Woods, "International Political Economy in an Age of Globalization," pp. 247-261.

Matthew Watson, "Global Trade and Finance," pp. 445-457.

Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (New York: Touchstone Books, 2002), pp. 379-418.

Albert Berry, "Who Gains and Who Loses? An Economic Perspective," in Sandbrook, Civilizing Globalization, pp. 15-25.

Simon Murden, "Culture in World Politics," pp. 415-427.

Andrew Linklater, "Globalization and the Transformation of Political Community," pp. 529-543.

Amartya Sen, "Justice Across Borders," in Pablo De Greiff and Ciaran Cronin, eds., Global Justice and Transnational Politics: Essays on the Moral and Political Challenges of Globalization (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2002), pp. 37-51.

Thomas Pogge, "World Poverty and Human Rights," Ethics and International Affairs, Volume 19, No. 1, 2005, pp. 1-7.

Mathias Risse, "Do We Owe the Global Poor Assistance on Rectification?", Ethics and International Affrairs, Volume 19, No. 1, 2005, pp. 9-18.

Alex J. Bellamy and Nicholas J. Wheeler, "Humanitarian Intervention in World Politics," pp. 511-525.

Richard Shapcott, "International Ethics," pp. 197-211.

Joseph S. Nye, "Globalization' Democratic Deficit: How to Make International Institutions More Accountable," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 80, No.4, July/August 2001, pp. 2-6.

David Held, "Democracy and Globalization," Global Governance, Volume 3, 1997, pp. 251-267.

Jan Aaart Scholte, Globalization: A Critical Introduction (London: Palgave, 2005), 2nd edition, Chapter 11, pp. 348-381.

Martin Wolf, "Will the Nation-State Survive Globalization?", Foreign Affairs, Vol. 80, No 1, January/February 2001, pp. 178-190.

Robert O'Brien, "Paths to Reforming Global Governance," in Sandbrook, Civilizing Globalization, pp. 123-137.

Louis W. Pauly, "Reforming Global Governance: The Continuing Importance of the Nation-State," in Sandbrook, Civilizing Globalization, pp. 181-188.

Francis Fukujama, "The Future of History: Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the Middle Class?", Foreign Affairs, January/February 2012, pp. 53-61.

Charles A. Kupchan, "The Democratic Malaise: Globalization and the Threat to the West," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2012, pp. 62-67.

Katherine Barbieri, "Globalization and Peace: Assessing New Directions in the Study of Trade and Conflict," Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 36, No. 4, 1999, pp. 387-404.

Erik Gartzke and Quan Li, "War, Peace, and the Invisible Hand: Positive Political Externalites and Economic Globalization," International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 47, 2003, pp. 561-586.

Gerald Schneider, Katherine Barbieri, and Nils Petter Gleditsch, "Does Globalization Contribute to Peace? A Critical Survey of the Literature," in Gerald Schnedier, Katherine Barbieri, and Nils Petter Gleditsch, eds., Globalization and Armed Conflict (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003), pp. 3-20.

John Vogler, "Environmental Issues," pp. 347-362.

Caroline Thomas and Tony Evans, "Poverty, Development, and Hunger," pp. 459-476.

Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (New York, 2015), pp. 1-28.

Arie M. Kacowicz, Globalization and the Distribution of Wealth, pp. 1-34; 50-82; 198-222.

Arie M. Kacowicz, "Globalization, Poverty, and the North-South Divide," International Studies Review, Volume 9, Issue 4, Winter 2007, pp. 565-580.

Helmut Anheier, Marlies Glasius, and Mary Kaldor, "Introducing Global Civil Society," Global Civil Society 4 (2001).

Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, "Transnational Advocacy Networks in International and Regional Politics," International Social Science Journal, Vol. 51, No. 159, 1999, pp. 89-101.

Kenneth Anderson and David Rieff, "Global Civil Society: A Sceptical View," in Anheier et al. (eds.), Global Civil Society 2004/5 (London: Sage 2004), pp. 24-38.

James W. Davis, “A Critical View of Global Governance,” Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2012, pp, 272-286.

Arie M. Kacowicz, “Global Governance, International Order, and World Order,” in David Levi-Faur, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Governance (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 686-698.

Michael Zürn, “Global Governance and Multi-Level Governance,” in Levi-Faur, The Oxford Handbook of Governance, ppp. 730-744.

Arie M. Kacowicz, “What is in a Name? Explaining the Concepts of ‘Governance’, ‘Good Governance,’ ‘External Governance’ and ‘Global Governance,” Unpublished manuscript, Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, October 2012.

Elke Krahmann, “National, Regional, and Global Governance: One Phenomenon or Many?”, Global Governance, Vol. 9, No. 3, July-September 2003.

Eduard Best and Thomas Christiansen, “Regionalism in International Affairs,” in Baylis, Smith, and Owens, pp. 429-442.

Elke Krahmann, “Conceptualizing Security Governance,” Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 38, 2003 No. 1, pp. 5-26,

Emanuel Adler and Patricia Greve, “When Security Community Meets Balance of Power: Overlapping Regional Mechanisms of Security Governance,” Review of International Studies, Volume 35, February 2009, pp. 59-84.

Emil Kirchner and Roberto Dominguez, “Security Governance in a Comparative Regional Perspective,” UNU-CRIS Working Papers


Robert Gilpin, The Challenge of Global Capitalism, pp. 293-324.

Richard N. Haass and Robert E. Litan, “Globalization and its Discontents: Navigating the Dangers of a Tangled World,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 77, No. 3, May/June 1998.

Richard Falk, “Globalization-from Below: An Innovative Politics of Resistance,” in Sandbrook, Civilizing Globalization, pp. 191-205.

Richard Sandbrook, “Afterword: A New Urgency: Civilizing Globalization in an Era of Terrorism,” in Sandbrook, Civilizing Globalization, pp. 253-267.

Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest (London: Penguin Books, 2011), “Conclusions: The Rivals,” pp. 295-325.

Yaron Ezrahi, “Globalization and its Impact on Israel,” in Alan Dowty, ed., Critical Issues in Israeli Society (New York: Praeger, 2004), pp. 151-164.

Moises Naim (2005), Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy (New York: Anchor Books), pp. 1-11; 217-282.

Ogen Goldman (2010), "The Globalization of Terror Attacks," Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp. 31-59.

Ekkart Zimmermann (2011), "Globalization and Terrorism," European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 27, Supplement 1, December, pp. 152-161.

UNODOC (2010), The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment
https://www.undc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta/TOCTA_ Report_2010_low_res.pdf. pp. 1-24.

Additional Reading Material:
Mor Mitrani, "Global Civil Society and International Society: Compete or Complete?", Alternatives, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2013, pp. 172-188.


James W. Davis, “A Critical View of Global Governance,” Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2012, pp, 272-286.

Arie M. Kacowicz, “Global Governance, International Order, and World Order,” in David Levi-Faur, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Governance (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 686-698.

Michael Zürn, “Global Governance and Multi-Level Governance,” in Levi-Faur, The Oxford Handbook of Governance, ppp. 730-744.

Arie M. Kacowicz, “What is in a Name? Explaining the Concepts of ‘Governance’, ‘Good Governance,’ ‘External Governance’ and ‘Global Governance,” Unpublished manuscript, Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, October 2012.

Elke Krahmann, “National, Regional, and Global Governance: One Phenomenon or Many?”, Global Governance, Vol. 9, No. 3, July-September 2003.

Eduard Best and Thomas Christiansen, “Regionalism in International Affairs,” in Baylis, Smith, and Owens, pp. 429-442.

Elke Krahmann, “Conceptualizing Security Governance,” Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 38, 2003 No. 1, pp. 5-26,

Emanuel Adler and Patricia Greve, “When Security Community Meets Balance of Power: Overlapping Regional Mechanisms of Security Governance,” Review of International Studies, Volume 35, February 2009, pp. 59-84.

Emil Kirchner and Roberto Dominguez, “Security Governance in a Comparative Regional Perspective,” UNU-CRIS Working Papers


Robert Gilpin, The Challenge of Global Capitalism, pp. 293-324.

Richard N. Haass and Robert E. Litan, “Globalization and its Discontents: Navigating the Dangers of a Tangled World,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 77, No. 3, May/June 1998.

Richard Falk, “Globalization-from Below: An Innovative Politics of Resistance,” in Sandbrook, Civilizing Globalization, pp. 191-205.

Richard Sandbrook, “Afterword: A New Urgency: Civilizing Globalization in an Era of Terrorism,” in Sandbrook, Civilizing Globalization, pp. 253-267.

Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest (London: Penguin Books, 2011), “Conclusions: The Rivals,” pp. 295-325.

Yaron Ezrahi, “Globalization and its Impact on Israel,” in Alan Dowty, ed., Critical Issues in Israeli Society (New York: Praeger, 2004), pp. 151-164.

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 30 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 50 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
Submission of a seminar paper implies 4 additional credits and a different grade from the course.

Those who are not taking the course as a seminar they will have a take-home exam instead of the Research project.