KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL OR REVISION,
Cover Sheet (10/02/2002)
Course Number/Program Name INCM 9410/International Conflict Management
Department College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Degree Title (if applicable) Ph.D. in International Conflict Management
Proposed Effective Date Fall 2010
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GRADUATE COURSE/CONCENTRATION/PROGRAM CHANGE
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II.
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Course Prefix and Number INCM 9410_____________________________
Course Title Comparative Conflict Management Policies of International
Organizations
Credit Hours 3-0-3
Prerequisites INCM 9001, 9002 and 9003
Description (or Proposed Degree Requirements)
This course focuses on the role of international and intra-national
organizations and the impact of their Conflict Management policies. The
role of the United Nations will be studied along with various regional and
transnational organizations. Conflict Resolution strategies and processes
for analysis within international organizations are examined along with the
coherence of and within those policies. Students will examine
organizations that include, but are not limited to, the following: United
Nations Development Programme, United States Agency for International
Development, United States Institute of Peace, North American Free
Trade Agreement, the African Union, World Trade Organization,
Canadian International Development Agency, World Bank, and the
European Union. Particular emphasis is placed on the impact of the
North/South divide.
III.
Justification
The essential ability to compare and contrast conflict management policies in an
international and intra-national setting contributes to the student’s adept ability to
analyze policies. The intent of an elective is to allow students to have maximum
flexibility in the selection of courses to build skills and knowledge needed in their
dissertation work.
IV.
Additional Information (for New Courses only)
Instructor: Thomas Doleys, Ph.D.
Text:
Prerequisites: INCM 9001, 9002 and 9003
Objectives:
 Students will understand why international organizations (IOs) exist and what they
do, with particular emphasis on the ways in which IOs settle disputes and otherwise
manage conflict.
 Students will be able to identify and explain the central theoretical debates that shape
scholarly inquiry into the origins, role and relevance of IOs.
 Students will identify the major IOs that have been established in the areas of
security, trade, international finance, human rights and the environment.
 Students will analyze critically the efficacy of IOs in the above noted conflict prone
issue domains.
Instructional Method
-Class discussion
Method of Evaluation
- Weekly summary & reaction
V.
papers, exams, research paper, presentation
Resources and Funding Required (New Courses only)
Resource
Amount
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Other Personnel
Equipment
Supplies
Travel
New Books
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TOTAL
Funding Required Beyond
Normal Departmental Growth
The costs are included in the overall cost for
the new Ph.D. program and are not separate.
VI. COURSE MASTER FORM
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Registrar once the course has been approved by the Office of the President.
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INCM
9410
Comparative CM Pol of Intl Org
3-0-3
Fall 2010
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VII Attach Syllabus
INCM 9410:
Comparative Conflict Management Policies of International Organizations
Ph.D. Program in International Conflict Management
Kennesaw State University
I. Professor Contact Information
Dr. Thomas Doleys
Dept. of Political Science & International Affairs
Office: SO 5053
Phone: 770.423.6497
Email: Tdoleys@kennesaw.edu
II. Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions
INCM 9001, 9002 and 9003
III. Course Description
This course focuses on the role of international organizations (IOs) in addressing conflict-prone issues in world
politics. Particular attention is given to their role in facilitating cooperation, settling disputes and otherwise
managing conflict. Students will explore various theories purporting to explain why international organizations are
created, why they take the form they do, and what accounts for their (in)effectiveness. Students will explore the role
played by major IOs in a broad range of policy domains, including security, trade, finance, human rights and the
environment. Together, the elements of the course are designed to provide students the analytical skills and
empirical knowledge necessary to understand the complex dynamics governing the role IOs play in managing
conflict in the international system.
IV. Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes
 Students will understand why international organizations (IOs) exist and what they do, with particular emphasis
on the ways in which IOs settle disputes and otherwise manage conflict.

Students will be able to identify and explain the central theoretical debates that shape scholarly inquiry into the
origins, role and relevance of IOs.

Students will identify the major IOs that have been established in the areas of security, trade, international
finance, human rights and the environment.

Students will analyze critically the efficacy of IOs in the above noted conflict prone issue domains.
V. Textbooks and Materials
Hasenclever, Andreas, Peter Mayer & Volker Rittberger. 1997. Theories of International Regimes. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Simmons, P.J. & Chantal de Jonge Oudratt, eds. 2001. Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington,
DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Martin, Lisa & Beth Simmons, eds. 2001. International Institutions: An International Organization Reader.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
VI. Course Outline
Week 1: INTRODUCTION
Alexander Thompson & Duncan Snidal. 2000. International Organization. In Boudewijn Bouckaert & Gerrit de
Geest, eds., Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK.
J. Martin Rochester. 1986. The Rise and Fall of International Organization as a Field of Study. International
Organization 40:4 (Autumn).
PART I: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Week 2: THE “–ISMS” THAT SHAPE SCHOLARLY INQUIRY
Hasenclever et al. Read Entire.
Recommended
Robert Keohane. 1982. The Demand for International Regimes.” International Organization 36:2 (Spring).
Stephen Krasner. 1982. Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regimes as Intervening Variables.
International Organization 36:2 (Spring).
Stephen Krasner. 1991. Global Communications and National Power: Life on the Pareto Frontier. World Politics
43:3.
Robert Keohane & Lisa Martin. 1994/1995. The Promise of Institutionalist Theory. International Security 20:1
John Mearsheimer. 1994/1995. The False Promise of International Institutions. International Security 19:3.
Friedrich Kratochwil & John Gerrard Ruggie. 1986. International Organization: A State of the Art on an Art of the
State. International Organization 40:4 (Autumn).
Martha Finnemore. 1993. International Organizations as Teachers of Norms: The United Nations’ Educational ,
Scientific and Cultural Organization and Science Policy. International Organization 47:4 (Autumn).
Week 3: LEGALIZATION & INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Kenneth Abbot, Robert Keohane, Andrew Moravcsik, Anne-Marie Slaughter & Duncan Snidal. 2000. The Concept
of Legalization. International Organization 54:3 (Summer).
Robert Keohane, Andrew Moravcsik & Anne-Marie Slaughter. 2000. Legalized Dispute Resolution: Interstate and
Transnational. International Organization 54:3 (Summer).
Kenneth Abbott & Duncan Snidal. 2000. Hard and Soft Law in International Governance. International
Organization 54:3 (Summer).
Martha Finnemore & Stephen Toope. 2001. Alternatives to “Legalizations”: Richer Views of Law and Politics.
International Organization 55:3 (Summer).
Christian Reus-Smit. 2003. Politics and International Legal Obligation. European Journal of International
Relations. 9:4.
Recommended
Rest of the special issue on “Legalization” in International Organization (Volume 54, Number 3). Special issue
available as a book – Judith Goldstein, Miles Kahler, Robert Keohane and Anne-Marie Slaughter, eds. 2001.
Legalization and World Politics. Boston: MIT Press.
Kal Raustiala. 2006. Form and Substance in International Agreements. American Journal of International Law
100:3.
Week 4: THE ORIGINS AND PURPOSE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Kenneth Abbott & Duncan Snidal. 1998. Why States Act Through Formal International Organization. Journal of
Conflict Resolution 42:1.
Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore. 2004. Rules for the World: International Organizations and Global
Politics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Read Chapter 2.
Alexander Thompson. 2006. Coercion Through IOs: The Security Council and the Logic of Information
Transmission. International Organization 60:1 (Winter).
Recommended
Lisa Martin and Beth Simmons. 2002. “International Organizations and International Institutions” in Walter
Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse and Beth Simmons, eds. Handbook of International Relations. London: Sage.
Week 5: THE ISSUE OF COMPLIANCE
Beth Simmons. 1998. Compliance with International Agreements. Annual Review of Political Science 1:75-93.
Abram Chayes & Antonia Handler Chayes. 1993. On Compliance. International Organization 47.
George W. Downs, David Rocke & Peter Barsoom. 1996. Is the Good News About Compliance Good News About
Cooperation. International Organization 50:3.
Jana Von Stein. 2005. Do Treaties Constrain or Screen? Selection Bias and Treaty Compliance. American
Political Science Review 99:4.
Recommended
Beth Simmons. 1998. Compliance with International Agreements. The Annual Review of Political Science 1.
Beth Simmons. 2000. International Law and State Behavior: Commitment and Compliance in International
Monetary Affairs. American Political Science Review 94:4.
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell & Paul Hensel. 2007. International Institutions and Compliance with Agreements.
American Journal of Political Science 51:4 (October).
PART II: IOS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF GLOBAL ISSUES
Week 7: PREVENTING WAR
Thomas Bernauer. 2002. Warfare: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons in P.J. Simmons & Chantal de
Jonge Oudratt, eds. Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Joanna Spear. 2001. Warfare: Conventional Weapons in P.J. Simmons & Chantal de Jonge Oudratt, eds.
Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Charles Boehmer, Erik Gartzke & Timothy Nordstrom. 2004. Do International Organizations Promote Peace?
World Politics 57:3.
Jon Pevehouse & Bruce Russett. 2006. Democratic International Governmental Organizations Promote Peace.
International Organization. 60:4 (Autumn).
Virginia Page Fortna. 2003. Scraps of Paper? Agreements and the Durability of Peace. International Organization
57:2 (Spring).
Recommended
Brett Ashley Leeds. 2003. Do Military Alliances Deter Aggression? The Influence of Military Alliances on the
Initiation of Militarized Interstate Disputes. American Journal of Political Science 47:3.
Christopher Hemmer and Peter Katzenstein. 2002. Why is There No NATO in Asia? Collective Identity,
Regionalism, and the Origins of Multilateralism. International Organization 56:3.
Week 8: KEEPING THE PEACE
Michael Doyle & Nicholas Sambanis. 2000. International Peacebuilding: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis.
American Political Science Review 94:4.
Michael Gilligan and Stephen Stedman. 2003. Where Do the Peacekeepers Go? International Studies Review 5:4.
Virginia Page Fortna. 2004. Interstate Peacekeeping: Causal Mechanisms and Empirical Effects. World Politics 56
(July).
James Wall, Jr. & Daniel Druckman. 2003. Mediation in Peacekeeping Missions. Journal of Conflict Resolution
47:5 (October).
Recommended
Suzanne Werner and Amy Yuen. 2005. Making and Keeping the Peace. International Organization 59:2 (Spring).
Week 9: GLOBAL TRADE - GATT/WTO
Vinod Aggarwal. 2001. Governance in International Trade. Weapons in P.J. Simmons & Chantal de Jonge Oudratt,
eds. Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Judith Goldstein, Doug Rivers & Michael Tomz. 2007. Institutions in International Relations: Understanding the
Effects of the GATT and the WTO on World Trade. International Organization 61:4 (Autumn).
Karen Alter. 2003. Resolving or Exacerbating Disputes? The WTO’s New Dispute Resolution System.
International Affairs 79:4.
Andrew Guzman. 2004. Global Governance and the WTO. Harvard International Law Journal 45.
Recommended
Bernard Hoekman & Michel Kostcki. 2001. Dispute Settlement and Enforcement of the Rules, in The Political
Economy of the World Trading System. 2nd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
Eric Reinhardt. 2001. Adjudication without Enforcement in GATT Disputes. Journal of Conflict Resolution 45:2
(April).
Andrew Rose. 2004. Do We Really Know that the WTO Increases Trade? American Economic Review 94:1.
Week 10: GLOBAL FINANCE – IMF/WORLD BANK
Robert Litan. 2001. Managing Global Finance in P.J. Simmons & Chantal de Jonge Oudratt, eds. Managing Global
Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Catherine Gwin. 2001. Multilateral Assistance for the Promotion of Development in P.J. Simmons & Chantal de
Jonge Oudratt, eds. Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Robert Barrow & Jong-Wha Lee. 2005. IMF Programs: Who is Chosen and What are the Effects? Journal of
Monetary Economics 52:7.
Recommended
Beth Simmons. 2001. The Legalization of International Monetary Affairs International Organization 55:3
(Summer).
James Vreeland. 2003. The IMF and Economic Development. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Nathan Jensen. 2004. Crisis, Conditions, and Capital: The Effect of International Monetary Fund Agreements on
Foreign Direct Investment Inflows. Journal of Conflict Resolution 48:2.
Week 11: HUMAN RIGHTS
Dinah Shelton. 2001. Global Governance to Promote and Protect Human Rights in P.J. Simmons & Chantal de
Jonge Oudratt, eds. Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Kathleen Newland. 2001. Refugee Protection and Assistance in P.J. Simmons & Chantal de Jonge Oudratt, eds.
Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Erick Neumayer. 2005. Do International Human Rights Treaties Improve Respect for Human Rights? Journal of
Conflict Resolution 49:6.
James Raymond Vreeland. 2008. Political Institutions and Human Rights: Why Dictatorships Enter into the United
Nations Convention Against Torture. International Organization 62:1 (Winter).
Emelie Hafner-Burton. 2005. Trading Human Rights: How Preferential Trade Agreements Influence Government
Repression. International Organization 59:3 (Summer).
Recommended
Andrew Moravcsik. 2000. The Origins of Human Rights Regimes: Democratic Delegation in Postwar Europe.
International Organization 54:2.
Oona Hathaway. 2002. Do Human Rights Treaties Make A Difference? The Yale Law Journal 111.
Week 12: THE ENVIRONMENT
Peter M. Hass. 2001. Pollution of Atmosphere and Oceans in P.J. Simmons & Chantal de Jonge Oudratt, eds.
Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for Peace.
Christopher Joyner. 2001. Managing Global Common Spaces: the Oceans, the Atmosphere and Outer Space in P.J.
Simmons & Chantal de Jonge Oudratt, eds. Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: Carnegie
Endowment for Peace.
Ronald Mitchell. 1994. Regime Design Matters: Intentional Oil Pollution and Treaty Compliance. International
Organization 48:3 (Summer)
George Downs. 2000. Constructing Effective Environmental Regimes. Annual Review of Political Science 3.
Recommended
Scott Barrett. 2003. Environment and Statecraft: The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Edit Brown Weiss and Harold Jacobson, eds. 2000. Engaging Countries: Strengthening Compliance with
International Environmental Accords. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Peter M Haas, Robert Keohane and Marc Levy, eds. 1993. Institutions for the Earth: Sources of Effective
International Environmental Protection. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Week 13: SOME CRITICAL VOICIES
Giulio Gallaroti. 1991. The Limits of International Organization: Systemic Failure in the Management of
International Relations. International Organization 45:2 (Spring).
Michael N. Barnett & Martha Finnemore. 1999. The Politics, Power and Pathologies of International
Organizations. International Organization 53:4 (Autumn).
Week 14: Research Presentations
Week 15: Research Presentations
VII. Grading Policy
Grades will be calculated as follows:
Weekly Summary & Reaction Papers:
Midterm Examination:
20%
20%
Final Examination:
Research Paper:
Research Presentation:
20%
30%
10%
The research paper is a critical element of the course and should be taken very seriously. First, students will submit
a two-page statement describing their research question and explaining why it was selected. Next, students will
submit a list of at least 10 articles or three books on the topic and a brief abstract for each that presents the basic
argument, findings, and relevance for the student's question. Next, students will submit a critical literature review (810 pages). This will serve as the basis for a 15-minute in-class presentation. Finally, building on this discussion,
students will submit a 20-page research paper that includes a revised version of the literature review and the research
findings of an original research.
Grading scale: A: 90-100; B: 80-89; C: 70-79; D: 60-69; F: < 60
VIII. Academic Integrity
Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the
Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the University's policy
on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University
materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or
destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of
student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established
procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an "informal" resolution by a faculty member,
resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct's
minimum one semester suspension requirement.
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