96998 - THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM: A HISTORICAL PORTRAIT FROM ITS ORIGINS TO ITS FUTURE

Anno Accademico 2021/2022

  • Docente: Mario De Prospo
  • Crediti formativi: 8
  • SSD: SPS/06
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Moduli: Mario De Prospo (Modulo 1) Mario De Prospo (Modulo 2) Mario De Prospo (Modulo 3) (Modulo D.Ass)
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 1) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 2) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 3) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo D.Ass)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in International relations (cod. 9084)

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    Laurea Magistrale in Scienze internazionali e diplomatiche (cod. 9247)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course aims to provide the student with a better and specific understanding of the United Nations system from its foundation to our days, from a historical perspective. The focus will be on the role, activities and their development, the relational network and the influence of the political and cultural context surrounding the international organization and his specialized agencies.

Contenuti

More than seventy-five years after its establishment, the United Nations remains one of the most important actors on the global scene. This relevance is due to its capacity of being a place where, not only military and political powers, but also different ideas, knowledge and expertise can find a way to dialogue and work together, with the shared interest of improving the conditions of the less developed populations.

By reconstructing the history of the United Nations, this course will explore: the peculiar context that made possible its birth, its main field of actions and interests, its organizational evolutions, the evolution of political and cultural power relations inside the organization and the whole UN system.

Lessons will be articulated around these main topics:

· Origins and institutional genealogy

· Funding ideas: key figures, continuities and transformations

· The role of cold war tensions and of the decolonization process

· Economic and social programs

· Promotion of development

· Emergency programs and refugees assistance

· Human rights and international justice

· Crossroads: reforming the UN?

The course is divided into two main parts.

The first part will focus on reconstructing the United Nations' history through the main themes identified.

The second part will be seminars with the active participation of students, discussing on selected historiographical essays regarding some of the most recent researches on the topics of the course.

 

 

 

Testi/Bibliografia

Main readings for the first part of the course:

Amy L. Sayward (2017), The United Nations in International History, London: Bloomsbury Academic

Mark Mazower (2009), No Enchanted Palace. The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations, Princeton: Princeton University Press

An useful reference for students is Sam Daws and Thomas G. Weiss (eds. by) (2018), The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (2nd edition), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Further material and essays will be shared during the second part course.

Metodi didattici

Lectures and class discussion.

Orario di ricevimento

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