First-Year Seminar '07-'08
"What in the World Is Globalization?"

 

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      UNIT -B-   ◙  the issue of trade   ◙  immigration and the farm bill

                                                                                                                                                                             
  DAY           
  
 

READING
 

  9 / 25  T






 
      Paul Krugman, "Divided over Trade," New York Times (14 May 2007): 19.
Thomas Friedman, "It's a Flat World After All," New York Times Magazine (3 April 2005): 32-7.*
P. Sainath, "None So Blind as Those Who Will Not See," UNESCO Courier (June 2001): 44-6

We will watch the film "The Hidden Face of Globalization" in class.

*this article is a summary of his book The Worlds Is Flat.
 

  9 / 26  W
 
   HERITAGE DAY
 
  9 / 28  F
 
 
 
  10 / 2  T


 
   re-visit Naomi Klein's "Introduction" to No Logo
 Martin Wolf, "Preface," Why Globalization Works
 Joseph Stiglitz, "Preface," Globalization and Its Discontents
 
  10 / 4  Th

 
   Klein, No Logo, ch. 4-5
 CSB/SJU's "Plagiarism Policy"
 
  10 / 8  M



 
  Nicholas Kristoff, "I'm Ripping You Off," New York Times 2 Aug. 2007
Collin Peterson, "Good Deal for All Americans," USA Today 31 July 2007
"Bigger Farms or Cleaner Streams," Star Tribune 9 Sept. 2007
Cindy Torres, "Organic Food for Thought..." Denver Post 29 July 2007
 
  10 / 10  W
 
   
  10 / 11-12
 
   FREE DAYS
 
  10 / 16  T



 
  Jagdish Bhagwati and..., "Why the Trade Talks Collapsed" Wall Street Journal 7 July 2007
Ralph Conner, "The Ultimate Humanitarian Solution..." Chicago Defender 21 June 2007
"Global Interdependence and Migration" The National Voter June 2007
"Immigration: Impact on U.S. Economy" The National Voter June 2007
 
  10 / 18  Th



 
  "Susan Milligin, "Immigration Bill Dies in Senate," Boston Globe 29 June 2007
"Border Enforcement" The National Voter June 2007
"Family Reunification and Diversity Policies" The National Voter June 2007
Katherine Fennely, "U.S. Immigration: a Historical Perspective" The National Voter Feb. 2007
 
  10 / 22  M