Global Governance and the Quest for a Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World   [Archived Catalog]
2022-2023 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Spring Addendum
   

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Humanity has long been plagued by wars, disease, famine, and social injustice.  In recent years, new challenges such as climate change, terrorism, pandemics, and economic disruption have also become global in scale, posing serious threats to humankind.  World leaders across many fields agree that we need an unprecedented level of cooperation between nations to solve these problems. A variety of approaches have been proposed to achieve that goal.  This course investigates past attempts to solve global problems such as the League of Nations, our current system, including the United Nations, and proposals for a democratic world government capable of addressing these global issues.  We will critically assess these approaches and discuss current efforts to implement them 3 credit(s)