Globalization

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One can hardly open a book or newspaper or turn on the television without hearing something about “globalization.” We hear about the promise and the problems of economic globalization, about newly emerging global cultural forms, and we have now fully entered an era of global terrorism. Businesses attempt to strategize about it, students and workers both in the United States and abroad protest it, and scholars attempt to define it and to understand its impacts upon our laws, our economies, our identities and our values. Even a cursory review of the range of treatments leaves one convinced of the importance of the topic; at the same time it leaves one confused about the term’s meaning(s), about whether we should feel hopeful or threatened by it, and about what it will mean for our individual, communal and national lives. One thing is certain: “globalization” is and will continue to define critical dimensions of our present and our future. This course will employ interdisciplinary, integrative approach to explore globalization in its economic, political, culture, enviromental and ethical dimensions. Course Attributes: ERS Focus Elective, Gender & Diversity Studies, Humanities Elect/Integrations, Peace & Justice Studies Minor College of Arts & Sciences History