POL458H1S L0101
Graduate Course Code: POL2258H1S L0101
Global Summit Policy Performance
Themes
How well, how and why do Group of Seven and Group of Twenty summits govern the central subjects of global governance from the economic-financial, social, ecological sustainability and political security domains, including climate change, health, gender equality, digitalization, democracy and human rights. The course critically assesses the proposition that the G7 and G20 are emerging as effective centres of global governance. They could be doing so in competition, cooperation and combination with leading countries such as the United Staes and China, emerging non-member countries and groupings, formal multilateral and regional international institutions, globalized markets, other private sector processes and networks, civil society and empowered individuals. It first reviews the major models of G7 and G20 performance, with a focus on member’s compliance with summit commitments, and then has student present each week on the subjects of the their choice, in the order identified above. The course culminates with a simulation of the next G20 summit, in Indonesia in the autumn of 2022.
Texts
Kirton, John (2013). G20 Governance for a Globalized World (Abingdon: Routledge). (“G20 Governance”)
Format and Requirements
A two hour seminar, once a week, led by student presentations.
Compliance assessment (25%), Participation and Presentation (25%), Research Essay 2,000 words (50%)
Prerequisites
POL208H1 or POL208Y1 or POL209H5 or POLB80H3