Contemporary World
Contemporary World
Contemporary World
PRELIM
INTRODUCTION
- Introduce self to classmates and Course overview Classroom sharing (Introductions) Course syllabus
teachers
- List expectations for the course - Classroom Lecture Introduce textbook: Manfred Stegger,
Recall course rules policies Paul Battersby, and Joseph M.
- Write a personal definition of Personal concept map of globalization: Students will engage in a free Siracusa, eds. 2014.The SAGE
globalization based on a concept map association exercise of ideas they associate with “globalization.” Handbook of Globalization. Two vols.
Based on the concepts they list, they will synthesize a personal Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
definition of the concept.
- Identify the roles and functions of the Contemporary Lecture/discussion LCD Projector Quiz on the
United Nations Global Reading Materials Chapter 29 of reading
- Identify the challenges of global Governance textbook: “The United Nations Meets materials
governance in the twenty-first century the Twenty-first Century: Confronting
- Explain the relevance of the state the Challenges of Global Governance” Recitation
amid globalization by Thomas G. Weiss and Ramesh
Thakur Hobsbawm, Eric J. 1996. “The
Future of the State.” Development
and Change 27(2): 267–278.
MIDTERM