Global Cultures and Politics

Catalog description

The goal of the course is to introduce students to a wide range of issues and concepts related to globalization from a cultural perspective. Students will be exposed to some of the pressing problems related to globalization that face humanity. Through course readings and class discussions, students will explore how they can find solutions to these problems. Major theories and cross-cultural demonstrations of globalization will be examined. Central to the course is how social actors and their communities respond to globalization processes and how globalization has affected cultural values, politics and human behaviors.