The International Organizations in Globalization (2205.YR.013035.1)

General information

Type:	OPT	Curs:	1	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	2 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 1	Alejandro Santana Mariscal	Ciencias Sociales	ENG

- The students will be able to analyze and explain the economic interactions between international economic organizations and the process of globalization.
- The students will be able to argue critically the role of international economic organizations in the international economic system.
- The students will show an adequate comprehension of the main international economic organizations and its existing institutional structures. They will also understand the consequences of their politics and decisions in today's world.

The objective of the subject "The International Organizations in Globalization? is to address the study of the international economy from the perspective of its institutional organization and the main international organisms that conform it, in a global and regional matter. It is intended that the students will analyze the institutional framework inside the process of economic globalization, as well as the development of those regional processes that have an effect on the international economic structure of that globalization.
At the end of the course, students will should be able to analyze and to understand the functioning and relevance of international economic organizations and their impact on economic, development, and trade issues. More specifically, students will become aware of how the policies, projects and rules of international economic organizations influence on the globalization process and the international system, and therefore, the framework in which companies, especially MNC, operate in today's world.

1. CONTENTS 1. The origin and characteristics of International Economic Institutions: - The rise of international organizations. - The role of international organization in international relations. - Theoretical approaches to understanding international organizations. - Characteristics of International Economic Organization. - The international law and power. 2. The role of International Economic Institutions in economic globalization process: - The traits of the economic globalization process. - Characteristics and tendencies of the economic globalization process. - The role of international organizations in the globalization process. 3. The United Nations and its international economic role: - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): South-South Cooperation. - United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - The Millennium Development Goals. 4. World Trade Organization (WTO) and international trade: - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and agreements related to it. - World Trade Organization: the role in international trade. - Dispute Settlement Mechanism in international trade (DSM). - Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). - Doha Development Agenda. 5. The role of International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the international monetary system - International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the international monetary system. - Structure and objectives of International Monetary Fund (IMF). - The role of IMF in debt crises: Enhanced Structural Adjustment Programs. - Structure and composition of World Bank. - The role of World Bank in financial assistance and aid. 6. T The role of World Bank in economic development: - The World Bank in the Bretton Woods system. - World Bank: structure, composition, and objectives. - The role of World Bank: financial assistance and aid.

The subject combines theoretical knowledge with its practical implementation in the class activities. Through classroom sessions, the Lecturer will expose the contents of the program using different learning methodologies and making group activities in which acquired knowledge will be
put into practice. Additionally, the students must do individual activities during the hours of personal work. One of the activities focus on a role player activity related to the World Trade Organization and trade dispute. Furthermore, the students will make a final project by groups at the end of the curse.
Finally, we recommend that students use some hours of personal work to this subject every week to consolidate the acquired knowledge of each topic. This personal work will consist of making a review of concepts, ideas, and theoretical aspects given in class and complemented them with the
readings. It would be helpful when they prepare and do the activities that will be evaluated.

- Archer, Clive (2014). International Organizations. Fourth edition. New York, USA:
Routledge.
- Hurd, Ian (2014). International Organizations: politics, law, practice. Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press.
- Molle, Willem (2014). Governing the World Economy. New York, USA: Routledge.

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 1	Alejandro Santana Mariscal	Ciencias Sociales