Introduction to the course.
Watch: BBC film clip on "anti-globalization" protests in Genoa in 2001 and film clip from The Commanding Heights
Highly Recommended : Nayan Chanda, Globalization in the Mirror of History - Part 1 Part 2 (requires Internet explorer)
Tasks to complete by the end of the week (please read carefully):
1 ) Access the course website and read the course homepage carefully. Familiarize yourself with the course website's navigation structure and contents. Check out the toolbar links on the left for future reference. Bookmark this page to check for regular updates at least once a week.
2) Check and update your email address (if necessary) at https://www.acs.rutgers.edu/studentdir/ (this is important for receiving course emails--Note: this URL has been updated and should work)
3 ) Register at the New York Times website if you haven't done so before. It is free, but remember your username and password.
4 ) Familiarize yourself with the department's Web-Enhanced Curriculum and the department's policies on plagiarism and proper citation. You are responsible for knowing and understanding these policies.
5 ) Declare your major if you haven't already by going to the registrar's office and asking to be listed as a sociology major (920) or criminal justice major (202). This will allow you to receive periodic messages from the department of interest to majors.
6) Go to the Sakai Globalization and Me online class discussion and introduce yourself to the class as indicated in my first posting by Sunday evening.

Film: Emerging Powers: India
Get going on next Tuesday's readings

Interpreting Globalization
Read and come prepared to discuss the following three early and influential interpretations of globalization:
Thomas L. Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999): excerpts from Introduction and Chapter 1
Samuel P. Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations (excerpts)," Foreign Affairs (Summer 1993), available in Sakai Resources
Benjamin Barber, "Jihad vs McWorld," Atlantic Monthly (March 1992) (use print icon at bottom)

Tues. Feb 3

Central Tenets of Neoliberalism, Its Critique--and Downfall?
Read (at Global Exchange's Global Economy 101 website)
Elizabeth Martinez and Arnoldo García, What is Neo-Liberalism? A Brief Definition and
Susan George, "A Short History of Neoliberalism" and
Joseph Stiglitz, The Triumphant Return of John Maynard Keynes (at Global Policy Forum website)
Video excerpts from The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (PBS Series and book)
Explanation of the Globalization Virtual Exploration assignment
Powerpoint Presentation - PDF-Handout

The Institutional Infrastructure of Globalization
Read: Dollars and Sense Collective, "The ABCs of the Global Economy," in Amy Offner et al., Real World Globalization, 8th ed. (Dollars and Sense, 2004), [Sakai Resources] and
Amartya Sen, "How to Judge Globalism," The American Prospect (January 2002)
Explore: websites of the WTO, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations.
More video excerpts from The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (chapters 15, 16) and World Bank promotional film
Film: selections from Trading Democracy (Bill Moyers). Further NAFTA Chapter 11 info: Public Citizen website on Ch. 11 (includes update on Chapter 11 cases)
Powerpoint Presentation - PDF-Handout

Neoliberalism in Practice
Read: Robert Wood, "Cruise Tourism: A Paradigmatic Case of Globalization?" [Sakai Resources]
Film: Excerpt from Bill Moyers NOW: Water War in Bolivia: Leasing the Rain (July 5, 2002) Film Link
Powerpoint Presentation - PDF-Handout

Thurs. Feb.12

Exam Study Guide available

Varieties of "Anti" and Alternative Globalization/Exam Review
Read: "10 Ways to Democratize the Global Economy" (Global Exchange)
Examine: links on left toolbar to explore the global political spectrum
Print out and bring to class to discuss: Globalization viewpoints diagram (pdf)
Globalization Virtual Exploration due
Exam Review

Tues. Feb 24

Women and Globalization
Films: Bill Moyers NOW on Globalization and Women (Sept. 5, 2003)
View in class: "Class Dismissed in Swat Valley"
Get started reading the Amy Chua book

Ethnonationalism and the West
Read: Amy Chua, Part 3 introduction, Chapters 9, 11, 12, Afterward (pp. 187-210, 229-294).
Powerpoint Presentation - PDF-Handout

Tues Mar 30
and
Thurs. Apr 2

Take-Home Exam available

Globalization and Culture
Read: Jan Nederveen Pieterse, "Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms," Chapter 3 in his Globalization and Culture: Global Melange (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004). [Sakai Resources] and
Ian Fisher, "Altamura Journal: The Bread Is Famously Good, but It Killed McDonald's," New York Times (January 12, 2006). [Sakai Resources]
Films: Trekking on Tradition and 1-800-India
No PowerPoints this week

Global Health
Film: selections from RX for Survival
Take-Home Exam due at the beginning of class on April 9th.

Tues. Apr 14

The European Union: An Alternative Model of Globalization?
Read: Rick Steves, "How Travel Changed My Perspective and Politics" (click on "share your comments" and then "read past feedback" to see how some of Rick's countrymen have responded) and
Sarah Anderson, "The Equity Factor and Free Trade: What the Europeans Can Teach Us," World Policy Journal (Fall 2003) [Sakai Resources]
Powerpoint Presentation - PDF-Handout