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2012/2013 KAN-CMC_VPAN Power and Networks
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| Power and Networks |
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| Language | English |
| Exam ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
| Type | Elective |
| Level | Full Degree Master |
| Duration | One Semester |
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Autumn
Changes in course schedule may occur Thursday 13.30-16.05, week 37-41, 43-45 |
| Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
| Max. participants | 20 |
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Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Organizational Communication, MSc
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| Maja Dueholm, IKL | |
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| Last updated on 27-04-2012 | |
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This course explores the intersection of networks and power in a globalizing world, with a particular focus on the practices and strategies at work in political negotiations, stakeholder communications and global governance. The course caters particularly to students seeking an international career in business, policymaking or advocacy, such as those planning to work as lobbyists, diplomats or policy-makers in international organizations and other transnational settings. The course provides an overview of central themes in the literature on power and networks and gives a small group of highly motivated students a rare opportunity to develop the analytical and practical skills necessary to become good negotiators, policy-makers or campaigners. |
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Participation in this intensive graduate course requires that students are highly motivated, preferably with a background or strong interest in communication and/or politics. The participants will be selected on a competitive basis.
Please notice that you cannot apply for this course through the regular electronic application process. Instead, you have to submit a short (one page) application stating your qualifications and motivation for taking this course to mfl.ikl@cbs.dk no later than May 15, 2012. |
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Through an introduction to key themes in the literature on power and networks in global governance and politics, the course sheds light on issues such as the potentials of digital media for social transformation, the role of networks in organization, policy-making and governance, and the emergence of new issue areas in global politics. The course focuses on practices, strategies and arenas that are central to the workings of power and networks, and during the course we will investigate think tanks and lobbyism, civil society activism, international organizations, standard-setting organizations and negotiations in global politics. The first part of the course involves weekly meetings and lectures, while the second part involves faculty supervision and moderated, collaborative work in discussion groups to help students refine and develop their final exam paper. |
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The course is case-based, focuses on current events, and innovative both in content and structure. The course combines workshops and lectures on campus with online lectures and interactions (using advanced web-conferencing software). This combination of online and face-to-face meetings allows us to have guest lectures with local practitioners and experts, but also to engage with scholars from European and North American universities. In this way, the course not only provides students with key insights about the workings and effects of power and networks, but also gives them hands-on experience with working in global, online environments. |
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Preliminary list of readings (selected parts of these books):
Nye, Joseph S., Jr. (2011) The Future of Power Grewal, David Singh (2008): Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization, Djelic, Marie-Laure and Sahlin-Anderson, Kerstin (2006): Transnational Governance: Institutional Dynamics of Regulation Keck, Margaret and Sikkink, Kathryn (1998) Activists beyond Border: Advocacy Networks in International Politics Stone, Diane (2004): Think tanks: traditions policy research and the politics of ideas Hallström, Kristina Tamm and Boström, Magnus (2010): Transnational Multi-stakeholder Standardization: Organizing Fragile Non-State Authority, Brunsson, Nils et al (2002) A world of standards Flyverbom, Mikkel (2011): The Power of Networks: Organizing the Global Politics of the Internet Singh, J. P. (2008): Negotiation and the global information economy Levine, Bertram J (2009): The Art of Lobbying: Building Trust and Selling Policy Higgins and Larner (2010): Calculating the Social: Standards and the Reconfiguration of Governing Busch, Lawrence (2011): Standards: Recipes for reality And a selection of articles on networks, governance and power |
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Last updated on 27-04-2012