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Globalization, Poverty and Development
This course introduces students to the contested idea of global civil society (GCS) and examines related issues. Among topics to be discussed are: GCS and NGOs; GCS and sovereignty; GCS and democracy; and GCS and citizenship.
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Risk Management under Globalization
The sense of insecurity has been increasing among people in the world, in both high income and low income countries. Traditional institutions and organizations do not appear to be functioning effectively to restore the sense of security in peoplefs daily lives. What lies below the sea change
in the sense of security among peoples in the past decades, particularly in high income countries, is the emergence of new risks associated with globalization. A strong demand now exists for identifying the new risks and the changes of old risks and establishing institutions and organizations to manage them effectively at various levels in the world, including cooperative relationships among individuals, local communities, business organizations, NGO/NPOs, governments and international organizations. First, this course studies the changes in the risks and their structures in peoplefs daily lives, including the risks such as global climate change, infectious disease (such as SARS, avian flu, HIV/AIDS), disease caused by pollution, drugs and poisonous food, crimes, and traffic, nuclear power plant and other accidents. Then we will evaluate successes and failures of various institutional arrangements to manage the risks, and explore the possibilities of finding better arrangements.
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International Peace and Security
The course will begin with the major concepts of international relations
including the international states system, the state and sovereignty,
the balance of power; it will then examine the main theories of
international
relations including realism, neorealism, idealism and liberalism. It will
identify
institutions, norms and rules as the foundation for security. The
democratic
peace theory and interdependence theory will follow. The course will then
focus on the key issues of international relations and it will introduce
students
to international political economy and the significance of markets; It will
analyse
the significance of the UN and its agencies in establishing the basis for
international institutions and international legality. It will also examine
international
law in the regulation of functional activity in international relations as
well human
behaviour and will stress legality as a resolution mechanism in
international relations.
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International Conflict Resolution
The course examines the ways in which conflicts between states and within
states may be managed or resolved. It will identify the various theories
of international conflict and will introduce students to concepts of
mediation and negotiation, conflict management and peace making. It will
also examine the approaches towards conflict resolution including
collective diplomacy, third party mediation, and the role of the UN and
its agencies above all. Particular cases will be studied including the
Middle East, Bosnia and Kosovo, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, the
Congo
as as well as Sri Lanka, and East Timor. The course notes that resolving
conflict
requires a long term effort at peace building which embraces notions of
development
and governance reforms.
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Peace and Development
Peace (the negative peace of Galtung) and development has re-emerged as an increasing number of countries have been exposed to either intra-ethnic or inter-states conflicts (absence of peace). The root causes for those conflicts vary from region to region, country to country, and conflict to conflict. Absence of peace, irrespective of the underlined reasons of its origin, brings devastating impacts on the development. On the contrary, another school of thought argues that failures in the development process run the risk of generating conflicts. Is development condition for peace or vice versa? Despite this debate over the causation, there is inseparable link between peace and development. The course examines this complex nature between peace and development taking broader perspectives into consideration and ways to achieve them in a sustainable manner.
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Human Rights and Global Justice
This course examines international law and norms of behaviour as a basis for global justice and human rights. It will stress the importance of norms of behaviour as a foundation for law and the regulation of global issues and then will move to concepts of social justice and human rights. It will identify the role of the UN, international legal conventions and international non governmental organisations [INGOs] in establishing a normative basis for global justice and human rights. The course will also survey the major issues of global justice and will identify common norms for their regulation or resolution; the course will cover issues such as global poverty and inequality, the treatment of political prisoners and refugees, and the international trafficking in women. The course will also propose ways in which global standards of human rights may be accepted, and ways in which different cultures may come to common agreement.
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Global Civil Society
This course introduces students to the contested idea of global civil society (GCS) and examines related issues. Among topics to be discussed are: GCS and NGOs; GCS and sovereignty; GCS and democracy; and GCS and citizenship.
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Essentials of Economics
This course examines essential concepts and tools of microeconomics and macroeconomics that can be utilized to analyse private choice and public policy issues and to read-world issues and controversies. It is also important to understand in the current globalised economic environment how national economy is integrated to the world through markets. The course concentrates the following four broader topics: markets and government; macroeconomic policies in open economies; international trade and finance; and growth, inequality and poverty. An attempt is made throughout the course to bring the subject alive and providing students with insight into the economy. No prior knowledge in economics is required for this course but strong desire and genuine effort to learn are prerequisites.
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| Elective Courses |
Game Theory
This course aims at providing students with the opportunity to learn the basic language of game theory in view of its application to the problems of conflict and cooperation in various fields of studies, including politics, economics and management.
Thus the course covers the basic concepts and techniques of the game theory. But it does so in the manner most elementary. The textbook employed is developed for freshmen and sophomores at colleges and universities. It does not require prior knowledge in disciplines such as politics, economics, or management. The level of required mathematics is kept to the minimal, not more than the level prior to high school
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Project Cycle Management (FASID Course)
This course is designed to provide students with a practical knowledge of the management method, skill and tool for development projects including ODA projects and NGOfs projects.
We will start with the concept of development project and project management. We will focus on Project Cycle Management that is one of management methods widely used at the planning, implementing and evaluating stages of development projects. The course introduces some relevant cases and lecturesf experience, which enables students to understand how projects are planned, monitored and evaluated in the real context. Some important concepts for project formulation such as participatory development, ownership by stakeholders, institutional development, gender issue, environmental aspects and appropriate technology will be discussed, also. MDGs, PRSP, Aid Coordination and harmonization will be covered.
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International Humanitarian Law
Was it lawful for NATO to bomb a Belgrade radio station? Who are the "unprivileged" combatants in detention at Guantanamo? Does it matter if the crisis in Darfur constitutes genocide or not? Should Cambodia, East Timor and other post-conflict communities punish war criminals, or should they promote truth and reconciliation? Articulating informed responses to these questions involves familiarising oneself with the way in which war is to be normatively regulated. In this course, participants examine the basic tenets of international humanitarian law and international criminal law. They analyse the laws applicable to armed hostilities and the treatment of victims in international and internal conflicts, the theory and practice of war crimes prosecution and the administration of international criminal justice. Suitable for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, this course will be of particular interest to those specialising or considering careers in international politics, security, peacekeeping, conflict resolution, human rights and humanitarian affairs.
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Public International Law
Law plays an indispensable, if not necessarily central, role in society. Not only does law curb the harmful behaviour of its addressees; it also promotes and facilitates interaction between them. In addition, law provides for the protection of basic social values. Indeed, any socially responsible conduct involves a degree of familiarity with the law applicable to it. The same is increasingly true in today's international society. Modern international law concerns itself with a broad spectrum of matters between, across and even within states. For both scholars and practitioners of international affairs, general proficiency in international law is now a prerequisite. In this course, participants critically explore international law's fundamental structures; salient issues it deals with, such as force, terrorism, human rights and the environment; and the consequences of its breaches. Designed for students with or without prior legal training, the course will prepare them for their future endeavours in politics, diplomacy, international civil service, peace and security, human rights, development and environmental protection.
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International Law on Recourse to Force
Regulating recourse to force by states is perhaps the most salient-and most heavily contested-domain of modern international law. People want this law to safeguard peace, deter state violence and punish those responsible for aggression. Indeed, the stakes of war and peace are so high and their ramifications so far-reaching that, rightly or wrongly, some would acknowledge the viable existence of public international law only if it is effective in this particular department. For them, whatever it might otherwise do well, international law would not really count as "law" should it fail credibly to dictate when states can and cannot resort to force. This course critically appraises the normative and institutional evolution of the law on the matter in today's rapidly changing political, moral and philosophical landscape. The subject-matter would appeal to those considering a professional and/or academic career in national and international politics, peace and security, diplomacy,
international civil service, peacekeeping, and conflict resolution. The course is open to lawyers and non-lawyers alike.
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Environmental Economics
This course explores the economic foundations for management
and public policies of environmental problems such as natural resource depletion, sustainable
development, and pollution control. The emphasis of this course is on basic
concepts and introduction of analytical tools for policy decision-making as well as generating
research in environmental economics. In particular, the course aims to deepen
studentsf understanding of why resource and environmental problems have occurred
from the economic point of view and what kind of policy tools, which are provided by
economics and management science, should be implemented to solve these problems.
As required knowledge, students should be familiar with microeconomics and mathematics
at the level of courses offered in the 1st year at International development
program (IDP). Softwares to be used are gmicrosoft excelh for solving some numerical
and optimization problems that arise in environmental economics.
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Political Economy of Energy and Environment
The course analyzes the historical world-wide development of the oil and natural
gas industries, relations between OPEC/OAPEC and oil importing countries, the first and second oil crises, and the recent oil glut situation The problem of securing energy supplies while maintaining a healthy ecology and environment will also be explored.
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Environmental Economics
This course explores the economic foundations for management
and public policies of environmental problems such as natural resource depletion, sustainable development, and pollution control. The emphasis of this course is on basic concepts and introduction of analytical tools for policy decision-making as well as generating research in environmental economics. In particular, the course aims to deepen studentsf understanding of why resource and environmental problems have occurred from the economic point of view and what kind of policy tools, which are provided by economics and management science, should be implemented to solve these problems.
As required knowledge, students should be familiar with microeconomics and mathematics at the level of courses offered in the 1st year at International development program (IDP). Softwares to be used are gmicrosoft excelh for solving some numerical and optimization problems that arise in environmental economics.
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Cross-cultural Communication
This course focuses on individual and conceptual dimensions of intercultural communication. It aims at developing an individualfs intellectual appreciation for cultural differences and sensitivity regarding intercultural interactions.
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UN and Global
Governance
The course introduces
techniques and models of socio-economic development planning and policy
analysis. It discusses the structure, major components, and process of
socio-economic development planning.
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Global Issues: UNU Global Seminar
Governance
This course examines selected issues in international relations by participating in the Global Seminar sponsored by the United Nations University and organized by 9 other universities. Each year, the seminar invites UN officials, specialists and scholars, and have intensive discussions with them and other participants in English. Your requirements for the seminar is to actively participate in lectures by distinguished scholars and experts in the field, to engage in questions and group discussions. Second, you are to write a 10 page double spaced paper with reference and notes on the theme of the UN seminar.
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Peace, War, and the Development of Modern Japan
This course introduces students to, and provides an overview of, social and cultural issues in contemporary Japan. Among issues to be discussed are: minorities in Japan; discrimination against them; social problems such as homelessness, extremely high rate of suicide, so-called social gwithdrawalsh; consumer subculture and its implications; civil society in Japan; etc. Taking the case of Japan as an example, you are encouraged to reconsider your perspective to look at your own country.
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Japanese Political Culture & Foreign Policy
This course analyses Japanese political culture, in its historical context, focussing on the question of how the forces that occupy the strategic heights of the nation's power structure (conservative parties, the bureaucracy, the business community and other groups) have interacted with each other, on the character and evaluation of political factionalism, and the continuing significance of geostrategic-cultural orientations such as "Westernism" and "Asianism." The impact of these factors on Japan's postwar external relations is then examined in detail.
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Postwar Japanese Politics & Foregin Policy: Special Seminar
Students are often too busy with assignments to read books thoughtfully, from cover to cover. This course, offered on alternate years, attempts to remedy this problem. Students are required to undertake a close, detailed study of some of the most significant works on postwar Japanese politics and foregin policy available in the English language.
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Japanese Political Economy
This course focuses on selected issues in the political economy of contemporary Japan. The primary focus will be the interaction between Japanese political and economic institutions, and public policy. It first looks at how postwar political institutions (e.g., the structure of the bureau- cracy; the long-dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party) shaped Japanese politics and public policy to promote economic growth. Second, it examines how the old system became out of date as Japan has become a world economic power; and finally explores how the system will change through policy reforms (such as deregulation). The class is seminar-style and is designed for graduate students with some background in Japanese politics.
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Religion, Society and Culture in Japan
 This course tries to highlight the nature of interrelationship between systems of religion and thought, and various aspects of Japanese society and culture, putting special emphasis on the history of management. Introducing key factors and elements of things Japanese, the course will offer basic knowledge of the nature and history of Japanese society and management.
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Japanese Public Finance and Administration
The course analyzes the system of the Japanese public finance and administration. Japan has employed a centralized system introducing Western countriesf various social mechanisms since Meiji Restoration and succeeded in catching up with the Western countries. After the WWWU, the Japanese government introduced Keynes policy to strengthen social infrastructures that stimulated both supply side and demand side of the economy with a large amount of government debts. In the course, the role of central and local government is examined elucidating the public money flows through taxation, local allocation tax system, etc.
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ASEAN Governance and Development
The course examines the relationship between governance and development
in Southeast Asia on two levels. The terms governance and development will
be defined at the outset. At the first level the course examines ASEAN
regionalism
and its role in fostering the conditions for development. At the second
level the
course will examine the governance structures of ASEAN members in terms of
the developments of the past two decades. The issue is what kind of
governance
better promotes development and whether democracy or a hegemonic party
system is more suitable for the developing world.
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American Foreign Policy
This class seeks to provide students with a thorough understanding of American foreign relations. It will first cover the basic history of American diplomacy from the independence war to WWII, and the Cold-War period. Then, it will turn the decision making process of the current US foreign policy.
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Public Management ("Public Sector
Economics" for IDP)
The world economy is
contemplating a further round of deregulation and privatization. In this
dynamic context, it is critical to understand what economic activities
government should or should not be responsible for and why. This course
provides a theoretical framework to analyze actual public sector economic
issues as well as practical applications of that framework.
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