--- title: Global Governance description: This field examines how international institutions, treaties, and non-state actors manage global issues. Learners will understand the structures and limitations of organizations like the United Nations, World Bank, and international courts. category: social-sciences subcategory: international-relations difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/international-relations-global-governance --- # Global Governance This field examines how international institutions, treaties, and non-state actors manage global issues. Learners will understand the structures and limitations of organizations like the United Nations, World Bank, and international courts. ## Available Resources 3 Books • 3 Courses • 2 Websites ## Courses ### 1. Global Governance, Politics and Security Explore global governance, politics, and security with SOAS University of London. Understand international relations and global challenges. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/global-governance **Tags:** global-governance, international-organizations, international-relations, multilateralism ### 2. Global Diplomacy – Diplomacy in the Modern World The Global Diplomacy course is a unique offering to the MOOC environment. Bringing together cutting edge research in the broad fields of Diplomatic and International Studies, award winning distance learning delivery and the instructors previous experience of delivering a successful MOOC. Please see the volume Global Diplomacy: Theories, Types and Models authored with Dr Alison Holmes, (Westview, 2016), and the Understanding Research Methods MOOC from Coursera. The Global Diplomacy MOOC has a direct heritage in the University of London International Academy/SOAS Global Diplomacy MA Programme launched in April 2013 which have attracted hundreds of students from around the world. The Global Diplomacy MA Programme is provided by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy which has been teaching postgraduate courses in Diplomacy for over twenty five years. After completing the 'Global Diplomacy' MOOC, learners will have: 1. The ability to demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature and development of global diplomacy, drawing on a variety of relevant contributing disciplines in the broad field of International Studies. 2. An understanding of changes in diplomatic practices and procedures and the relationship of those changes to contemporary politics. 3. A sound grounding in both theoretical and empirical approaches to debates in diplomacy so that students have been exposed to the and skills needed to analyse global diplomacy. 4. knowledge of issues in global diplomacy in historical and contemporary contexts. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/global-diplomacy **Tags:** diplomacy, international-relations, global-governance, foreign-policy ### 3. International Law **Author:** Pierre d'Argent UCLouvain introductory course on public international law, covering how its rules are created through treaties and custom, who its subjects are, including states and international organizations, and how the law is applied and enforced. Learners gain a framework for analysing international legal disputes. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.edx.org/learn/international-law/universite-catholique-de-louvain-international-law **Tags:** international-law, public-international-law, treaties, international-organizations, global-governance ## Podcasts ### 1. Global Governance Podcast **Author:** Global Governance Forum Welcome to the Global Governance Podcast with Augusto Lopez-Claros, where we explore the future of governance. Each episode will look at a different global issue and how governance plays a key role in its solution. From climate change to gender equality, from corruption to peace and security, we invite experts to explore a thought-provoking game of “what if?” and “why not?”, positing a world in much closer international cooperation. To learn more visit GlobalGovernanceForum.org. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-us | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://globalgovernanceforum.org **Tags:** global-governance, international-cooperation, un-reform, climate-policy ## Books ### 1. Global Governance **Author:** Commission on Global Governance The 1995 report of the Commission on Global Governance, a panel of twenty-eight international figures proposing UN reform. Reading it shows how post-Cold War institutional reform was argued, and supplies a benchmark for later global governance debates. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198279973?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, international-relations ### 2. The Globalization of World Politics **Author:** John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens Oxford's standard introductory textbook on international relations, with chapters by specialists on realism, liberalism, constructivism, security, international law, and global economy. It gives you the theoretical vocabulary and historical background needed to follow academic debates in the field. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198899807?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** international-relations, ir-theory, globalization, world-politics, international-security ### 3. Gridlock **Author:** Thomas Hale, David Held, Kevin Young Argues that the postwar institutions which enabled global cooperation now block it, through mechanisms the authors call self-reinforcing interdependence, multipolarity, harder problems, and institutional inertia. You come away with a diagnostic vocabulary for stalled multilateral negotiations. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0745662390?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, international-relations ## Websites ### 1. un.org Official site of the United Nations offering an authoritative overview of its structure, agencies, programs, treaties, and peacekeeping missions. It also provides news, data, reports, and resources on global governance topics and the Sustainable Development Goals. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://un.org **Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, international-relations ### 2. acuns.org ACUNS.org is the website of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, a global network dedicated to the United Nations and global governance. It provides event listings, fellowships, research resources, publications, and updates for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in UN studies. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://acuns.org **Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, international-relations --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/international-relations-global-governance