Multi-level Governance

Year Taken, Teacher, and Tags
2013, Caspar van den Berg, PS

Factual Infomation/Description
Focussed on a relative new concept - Multi-Level Governance - which sits in the fields of International Relations and Public Administration. It focusses on how governance has fractured to different bodies on different levels (local, national, international) and with different jurisdictions (security, water management). The key question is: how has this fracturing changed decision making? Courses cover a broad range of forms of MLG, from regional organizations (EU, Arab League) to how policy is made by local instituions in the Netherlands.

Courseload, Assignments & Difficulty
- Assignments loaded in the back of block, with both an essay and exam in Reading Week. - One presentation on course materials during the week. Graded reasonably, most points for covering the readings thouroughly. - Courseload is light reading, mostly covered during class. - Not clear how participation is exactly graded. - Exam with essay questions, requiring use of basic concepts. Not exactly clear how graded, few criteria given before exam. Grades between 6.5-8.5, centering around 7.5.

A Review from a student who was content the course
- MLG is not a clearly defined concept which covers all kinds of institutions. The course rushes through institutions all over the world on all different scales. This can make it a little disjointed, but there is a lot to learn. You can dive into a subject of your interest with your essay at the end of the block. - Teacher is very Leiden: good explanations and very qualified, but little interaction and discussion in class. Not attuned to LUC-style seminars and assignments."