Government and Rights focuses on the relation between order, freedom, and responsibility in the global political and legal context. Governance is the ensemble of practices and institutions concerned with the formal ordering of society. This includes local and national government, international organizations, and civil society. Rights refers to claims by individuals and groups for specific entitlements that invoke obligations. The concentration explores how governance structures secure, maintain, or constrain rights, and how rights claims serve to construct, create, and challenge practices of government. Within the concentration there is currently special emphasis on human rights, international law and refugee issues, and migration.
Governance and Rights students can choose from a broad range of courses according to their individual interests. To fulfill the requirements, students need to take the foundation course and a minimum of three electives. Since fall 2012, the Graduate Program in International Affairs is collaborating with the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. As part of this collaboration, students are able to register for up to two law classes, which count as Governance and Rights concentration electives. Performance in these courses is assessed on a pass/fail basis.
Curriculum
In addition to GPIA-wide required courses, students that concentrate in Cities and Urbanization are required to take:
Foundation Course: Global Governance Cardozo School of Law Courses GPIA Cardozo School of Law Courses GPIA Governance and Rights students can also participate in certain IFP programs for credit. Check back in the Fall for a listing of relevant IFP programs for Summer 2014. For more information on IFP visit the main IFP page. Fall 2013 Spring 2013 Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Spring 2010 Fall 2009 Spring 2009 Fall 2008 Spring 2008 Spring 2007 Fall 2006 Spring 2014 Fall 2013
The seminar explores the structures, actors and processes of global governance through a broadly critical lens. We will examine the key debates in global governance, different theoretical and analytical approaches to the study of international cooperation, and apply these theoretical perspectives to the study of the role of international actors in various issue areas. Finally, we will explore emerging issues of global governance, including the rise of private authority, the role of global civic society, the legitimacy of global governance and international institutions, and the tendency to present formerly political issues as technical (even scientific) and non-contestable. The course should give students a deeper understanding of recent theoretical and empirical developments in the field of global governance and international relations more generally.
Cardozo School of Law Spring 2015 Courses
GPIA Spring 2015 Courses
Cardozo School of Law Fall 2014 Courses
GPIA Fall 2014 Courses
International Field Program Options
Past GPIA Courses
Spring 2014
Past Cardozo Law School Courses
