There has to be minimum of 7 academic sources, 4 taken from the recommended readings ( which I will list lower) 
Also I will put a plan that I wrote for an essay here ( idk if it’s good enough) 
Essential Seminar Reading:  
Stiglitz, Joseph E (2017).Globalization and its discontents revisited: Anti-globalization in the era of Trump. WW Norton & Company, Chapters 1 and 2 – EBOOK.
Strange, Susan (1999). “The westfailure system.” Review of International Studies 25.3: 345-354.
Recommended Reading:
Appadurai, Arjun (2020). “Globalization and the Rush to History.” Global Perspectives 1.1 (2020): 11656.
Appadurai, Arjun (1990). “Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy”. Theory, Culture & Society, 7(2-3), 295-310.
Chang, Ha‐Joon (2002) “Breaking the mould: an institutionalist political economy alternative to the neo‐liberal theory of the market and the state.” Cambridge Journal of Economics 26.5: 539-559.
Kapstein, Ethan B. (2000) “Winners and losers in the global economy.” International Organization 54.2 : 359-384.
Sassen, Saskia. (2003). “Globalization or Denationalization?” Review of International Political Economy 1–22.
Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2017)  “The overselling of globalization.” Business Economics52: 129-137.
Wallerstein, Immanuel (1983) ‘The Three Instances of Hegemony in the History of the Capitalist World- Economy,’ International Journal of Comparative Sociology 24/1-2: 100-108 
Walter, Stefanie (2021). “The backlash against globalization.” Annual Review of Political Science 24: 421-442.
Great powers 
Essential Seminar Reading:  
*Brown, Chris and Ainley, Kirsten (2005) Understanding International Relations, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, ch. 5
*Bull, Hedley (2012) The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, Fourth ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, ch. 9
Recommended Reading:
Ayoob, Mohammed(1991). ‘The Security Problematic of the Third World’, World Politics, 43/2: 257-283 
Mattern, Janice Bially, and Ayşe Zarakol, A. (2016) ‘Hierarchies in World Politics’, International Organization, 70/3: 623-654 
Brown, Chris and Ainley, Kirsten (2005) Understanding International Relations, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, ch.6 – EBOOK
Claude, Inis, L. (1989) ‘The Balance of Power Revisited’, Review of International Studies, 15/2: 77-85
Cooley, Alexander. (2005) Logics of Hierarchy: The Organization of Empires, States, and Military Occupation, Ithaca Cornell University Press    
Donnelly, Jack (2006) ‘Sovereign Inequalities and Hierarchy in Anarchy: American Power and International Society’ European Journal of International Relations, 12/2: 139-170  
Hobson, John M. and Sharman, Jason (2005). ‘The Enduring Place of Hierarchy in World Politics: Tracing the Social Logics of Hierarchy and Political Change’,European Journal of International   Relations, 11/1: 63-98 – EJOURNAL
Jervis, Robert (1978). ‘Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma’, World Politics, 30/2: 167-214 
Morgenthau, Hans (1948). Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, 4th ed., New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Part 2: International Politics as a Struggle for Power
Zakaria, Fareed (2008). ‘The Future of American Power: How America Can Survive the Rise of the Rest’, Foreign Affairs 87/3: 18-43 – EJOURNAL
Sem B Week 6 / Week 18: EXPLAINING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Co-operation, International Law and Global Governance
THE QUESTION ON 
Essential Seminar Reading:  
Barnett, Michael and Martha Finnemore (1999) ‘The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations,’ International Organization 43/4: 699-723 – EJOURNAL
*Martin, Lisa L. and Beth A. Simmons (2013) ‘International Organization and Institutions’, in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse and Beth A. Simmons (eds) Handbook of International Relations, London: Sage, pp.326-51
Recommended Reading:
Abbott, Kenneth and Duncan Snidal (1998) ‘Why States Act Through Formal International Organizations’, Journal of Conflict Resolution 42/1: 3-32 – EJOURNAL
Brown, Chris and Ainley, Kirsten (2005) Understanding International Relations, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, ch. 7
Goldstein, Judith et al. (2000) ‘Introduction: Legalization and World Politics,’ International Organization 54/3: 385-399 – EJOURNAL
Haggard, Stephen and Beth A. Simmons (1987) ‘Theories of International Regimes’, International Organization 41/3: 491-517 – EJOURNAL
Kelley, Judith (2007) ‘Who Keeps International Commitments and Why? The International Criminal Court and Bilateral Nonsurrender Agreements,’ American Political Science Review 1013: 573-589 – EJOURNAL
Krasner, Stephen ed., (1983) International Regimes, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, especially the chapter by especially the chapter by Susan Strange 
Karns, Margaret, Mingst, Karen and Stiles, Kendall (2015) International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, Boulder: Lynne Riener 
Slaughter, Anne-Marie (2009) A New World Order, Princeton: Princeton University Press – EBOOK
Sem B Week 8/ Week 20: EXPLAINING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Univeralism and Human Rights
Essential Seminar Reading:
Moravcsik, Andrew (2000) ‘The Origins of Human Rights Regimes: Democratic Delegation in   Postwar Europe’ International Organization, 54/2: 217-252 – EJOURNAL
Sikkink, Kathryn (1998) ‘Transnational Politics,International Relations Theory, and Human Rights,’ PS: Political Science and Politics, 31/3: 517-523 – EJOURNAL
*UN (1948) ‘The Universal Declaration of Human Rights’, 10 December 1948
Recommended Reading:
Cole, Wade M. (2015) ‘Mind the Gap: State Capacity and the Implementation of Human Rights Treaties’, International Organization 69/2: 405–441 – EJOURNAL
Goodman, Ryan, and Derek Jinks (2004) ‘How to Influence States: Socialization and International Human Rights Law,’ Duke Law Journal, 54/3: 621-703 – EJOURNAL
Hafner-Burton, Emilie M., and James Ron. (2009). “Seeing double: Human rights impact through qualitative and quantitative eyes.” World Politics 61.2: 360-401.
Hathaway, Oona. (2007) ‘Why Do Countries Commit to Human Rights Treaties?’, Journal of Conflict                                    Resolution 51/4: 588–621 – EJOURNAL
Maldonado-Torres, Nelson. (2021) “On the coloniality of human rights.” The Pluriverse of Human Rights: The            Diversity of Struggles for Dignity. Routledge, 62-82.
Mutua, Makau (2002).  Human rights: A political and cultural critique. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Posner, Eric A. (2014) The Twilight of Human Rights Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press – EBOOK 
Reus-Smit, Christian (2013) Individual Rights and the Making of the International System, New York: Cambridge University Press – EBOOK
Risse, Thomas, Ropp, Stephen C. and Sikkink, Kathryn (eds.) (2013) The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press – EBOOK
PLAN 
What role (if any) do great powers play in the maintenance of the international order today?  
200
Great powers have hierarchical relations between each other and in order to keep peace they need to focus on balances of power, more specifically on external balances such as treaties, alliances , political and economic agreements in order to maintain international order. Power is the ability to exert influence through various means over others, therefore Great powers due to their high order have the ability to control international order. In this essay I will explain the soft and hard power of a Great Power and their relation. As well  focus on the  4 main areas of global governance that shape international order: Global economy and  politics, human rights, environment and security and military operations. 
I. Introduction A. Definition of Great Powers B. Concept of International Order C. Significance of the Topic D. Thesis Statement
300 
Paragraph 1 
1.Explaining Soft and Hard power
Soft power – influence 
Hard power- military and economic power 
How Great powers control and influence international order?
II. Historical Context: Great Powers and the Evolution of the International Order A. Emergence of Great Powers in History B. Shaping of the Modern International Order C. Role of Great Powers in Key Historical Events D. Transition from Bipolar to Multipolar World
500 
Paragraph 2
2 Economic cooperation and political alliances and treaties 
IR economy – international trade: EITHER ON The Bretton Woods conferebce= The International Monetary Fund/ The World Bank, The World Trade Organisation OR ON  on G7, G20 
IR politics- I can talk abt different treaties and alliance specifically on UN 
How it maintains international order?
3 Human Rights 
The global establishment of human rights – 
How is it fixed- 
International law-
eg- the international Court of Justice, The international Criminal Court, the European Court of Human Rights
How it maintains international order?
5 Security and military operations ( Main factor I will be arguing I think) 
– why its important – 
– what role do great powers play in it 
– alliances, treaties, peacekeeping operations 
– examples of successes and international order 
500 case study 
300 analyze and discuss 
200 conclusion 
Conclusion