ITRN701 006
Globalization/Anti-Globalization
Monday 7:20- 10:00PM
ARL 256
Danilo Pelletiere
ARL 254
703-993-3564
Course Description
In the press it is common to describe those critical of the current crop of global institutions such as the IMF, World Bank and WTO as being "anti- globalization." Implicitly, those supporting these specific institutions are therefore "pro-globalization". In reality these terms do little justice to the wide array of views and interests that seek to shape the path of international economic integration and the globalization of political institutions. This course will give students a brief overview of the theory and institutions shaping globalization today and an in depth look at its various critics, their arguments, and their motivations. At the end of the class students will be asked to present and defend the existing institutions or their reform in group presentations and a debate.
Course Requirements and Grading:
Midterm 25%
Final Paper 50%
Group Presentation and Debate 20%
Class participation 5%
Week 1: Globalization and Anti-Globalization, Class Introductions, Syllabus Review
Readings to come
Week 2: Financial globalization - the World Bank and IMF
Reinert K.A. (forthcoming) Windows on the World Economy: An Introduction to International Economics, South-Western Thomson, Cincinnati, 2005 Chap. 16, 22 (Will be made available in course pack)
Other readings to come
Week 3: The Globalization of Production, Consumption and Trade - the WTO and RTAs
Reinert K.A. (forthcoming) Windows on the World Economy: An Introduction to International Economics, South-Western Thomson, Cincinnati, 2005: Chap. 7
Other readings to come
Week 4: The Globalization of Security, Health, and the Environment
Readings to come
Week 5: Success and failure: A Review of the Empirical Literature
Readings to come
Week 6: Midterm Exam
In class
Week 7: Alternative Globalization: Proposals for reform
Readings to come
Week 8: - Alternatives to Globalization: Proposals for revolution
Readings to come
Week 9: The anti-globalization movement
Who, what and where and the history of the current “anti-globalization” movement(s).
Readings to come
Week 10: The political economy of globalization: what drives change?
Readings to come
Week 11: Group presentations
Week 12: Class Debate “Another World is Possible (Desirable)?”
Week 13: Looking forward: Emerging issues, trends, events
Readings to come