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O 355 - Social Issues in Global Perspective

August 25
Introductions
Brief Lecture:
GlobalizationThe Basics

August 27
Dramatic Reading/Brief Discussion
Read:
"Molly's Job" (on library reserve)
Brief Lecture: The Unholy Trinity

September 1

                          H O L I D A Y

September 3
Video: "Banking on Life and Debt"
Discussion: Reading and the video
Read: Eitzen and Zinn's Introduction; 
articles by Giddens and Eitzen
September 8
Simulation:
The Global Economy
Discussion: Reading
Read: article by Brecher et al.;
Barker and Mander, pp. 110
September 10
Lecture: Globalization and Poverty
First Essay Due
September 15
Discussion: Reading
Read: Moberg, Gordon, Ferus-Comelo
September 17
Lecture: The Globalization of Culture
September 22
Discussion: Readings
Read: Barker (pp. 2830), Steger, Fink, Ainger
September 24
Lecture: Global Racism
Second Essay Due
September 29
Read: Immigration Fact Sheet
October 1
Guest Lecture:
Dr. Kati Pletsch de Garcia
October 13
Discussion: Readings
Read: Marable, Robinson, Connell
October 8
Lecture:
The World Gender Order
Third Essay Due
October 13

                        H O L I D A Y

 

October 15

                  M I D T E R M    E X A M

 

October 20
Discussion:
Readings
Read: Ehrenreich & Hochschild, Parreñas

October 22

Lecture: International Migration and Slavery

October 27
Discussion: Readings
Read: Martin, Fox, Stein, Cockburn
October 29
Lecture:
Environmental Issues
Fourth Essay Due
November 3
Discussion: Readings
Read: Barker and Mander (pp. 1319)
Singer, Batten, Roberts (on library reserve)
November 5
Lecture:
Food and Agriculture 
November 10
Discussion:
Readings
Read: Barker and Mander (pp. 1327); Rosenberg, Halweil
November 12
Lecture:
Political Globalization
Fifth Essay Due
November 17
Discussion: Readings
Read: Chua, Huq, Herman and Peterson, Sager et al.
November 19
Lecture: Social Movements
November 24
Discussion: Readings
Read: Muchhala, Gajjala, Brecher et al.
November 26 - 28
              T H A N K S G I V I N G    
                         B R E A K
December 1
Video: "Global Village/Global Pillage"
Discussion: Video and Readings
Read: Weller, Stiglitz 
December 3
Lecture:
Living Economics
Sixth Essay Due
December 8
Lecture: Earth Democracy
Optional Reading: Friedman, Ghemawat
December 9  
(Wednesday schedule on Tuesday)
Discussion:
 Globalization and me
F I N A L    E X A M S :    D E C E M B E R    1 0 - 1 5

 

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