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

 

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      UNIT -C-   ◙  free trade / fair trade   ◙  definitions of globalization

                                                                                                                                                                             
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READING
 

  10 / 24 W


 
      Joseph Stiglitz, "Globalism's Discontents," The American Prospect (Winter 2002): A16-21.
Martin Wolf, "Chapter 2: What Liberal Globalization Means," from Why Globalization Works (2004)
Naomi Klein, "Preface", "Seattle", and "Making..." from Fences and Windows (2002)
 
  10 / 26 F

 

  Chris O'Brien, "The Perils of Globeerization," Foreign Policy in Focus (24 October 2006).
Watch the documentary film Black Gold in class
 
  10 / 30 T


 
  "World Trade" CQ Researcher (9 June 2000)
"Fair Trade Labeling" CQ Research (18 May 2007)
Graded Discussion on "globalization", "free trade", and "fair trade"
 
  11 / 1 Th   In-Class Exam Essay
  11 / 5 M
 
  Review reading from Oct. 16 to Oct. 30
 
  11 / 7 W
 
  individual conference day, no class
 
  11 / 9 F
 
  individual conference day, no class
 
  11 / 13 T
 
  in-class, begin watching The Corporation
 
  11 / 15 Th

 

  Definition Essay Due

in-class, continue watching The Corporation