Course Guide - Introduction to the Global Society (2nd Term, SY 08-09)

Course Description:
As an introductory, seminar type-oriented and reading-intensive academic course, Introduction to the Global Society tries to examine the contested nature, dynamics and various quintessential issues in the phenomenon of globalization, and thus it includes two basic modules. The first one covers the theoretical issues on globalization, the global society and the impacts of globalization at the macro-level; and the second deals with an examination of the various thematic socio-political issues that are confronted by an increasingly interconnected global community.

Course Assessment:
1st Major Exam 40%
2nd Major Exam 40%
Attendance 10%
Class Activities 10%

Course Calendar:

PART 1: Theorizing Globalization

1. The Idea of a Global Society
(Weeks 1-2)

Introduction to the Course: Course Guide; Administrative Issues; Requirements

Turner, Scott. (1998) Global Civil Society, Anarchy and Governance: Assessing an Emerging Paradigm. In Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan., 1998), pp. 25-42**

Globalization, Cosmopolitanism and Democracy. An interview with David Held, Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics, by Montserrat Guibernau, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Open University*

Kaldor, Mary (2003). The Idea of a Global Civil Society. In International Affairs.(2003) 79.3 pp 583-593*

Van Der Bly, Martha C.E. (2007). The Rise of One Heterogeneous World Culture: A Micro-Perspective of A Global Village. In International Journal of Comparative Sociology. Vol 48. No. 2-3. pp. 234-256*

*The readings can be retrieved from the website of Center for the Study of Global Governance, http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/5publications3.htm.

Kellner, Douglas (2002). Theorizing Globalization. In Sociological Theory, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Nov., 2002), pp. 285-305 **


2. Globalization and its Apparent Discontents
(Weeks 2-3)

Rodrik, Dani. (1997). Sense and Nonsense in the Globalization Debate. In Foreign Policy, No. 107 (Summer, 1997), pp. 19-37. **

Wright, Robert (2000). Will Globalization Make You Happy? In Foreign Policy, No. 120 (Sep. - Oct., 2000), pp. 54-64. **

Dallmayr, Fred. (2000). Globalization and Inequality: A Plea for Global Justice. In International Studies Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, International Relations and the New Inequality (Summer, 2002), pp. 137-156**

Green, Duncan and Griffith, Matthew (2002). Globalization and Its Discontents. In International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), Vol. 78, No. 1 (Jan., 2002), pp. 49-68**




**Search at JSTOR (http://0-www.jstor.org.lib1000.dlsu.edu.ph/action/showBasicSearch) using your student access privileges granted by the University Library






PART 2: Globalization in Praxis

3. Re-evaluating Globalization Issues and the State of the State in a Globalizing Society
Week 4

Issues in World Politics; B.White, R.Little & M.Smith
States and Statehood; M.Webber
Issues in World Politics Reviewed; B.White, R.Little & M.Smith

4. The Globalizing Economy
Week 5, 1st Session
Trade, Money and Markets; A.Russell

5. Globalism versus Regionalism
Week 6, 2nd Session
Regions and Regionalism; M.Smith

6. Globalization and Nationalism
Week 7, 1st Session
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict; S.Ryan

7. 1st MAJOR EXAM
Week 7, 2nd Session

8. Globalization and Environmental Security
Week 8, 1st Session
Environment and Natural Resources; J.Vogler

9. Traditional Security Issues in the Globalizing World
Weeks 8-9
Arms and Arms Control; J.Spear
International Terrorism; T.Dunne
Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention; M.Pugh

10. Globalization and Development
Week 10, 1st Session
Development and Inequality; C.Thomas & M.Reader
Submission of Book Analysis Paper 1

11. Migration and Globalization
Week 10, 2nd Session
Migration and Refugees; S.Bali

12. The Politics of Religion
Week 11, 1st Session
Religion; J.Haynes


13. Technological Developments and Media in the Face of Globalization
Week 11, 2nd Session
Media and Communications Technology; S.Carruthers


14. Crimes in the Borderless World
Week 12, 1st Session
Transnational Crime and Corruption; P.Williams

15 SYNTHESIS
Concluding Lecture
Week 12, 2nd Session

16. 2nd MAJOR EXAM
Week 13, 1st Session
Submission of Book Analysis Paper 2

17. BREAK
Weeks 13 (Scheduled 2nd Session)-14