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SOC 291
Globalization and Its Discontents
SOC 291 FA
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 30 | 0 | Times: M.W.F.. 10:00AM-10:50AM; | No | Yes |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:30 EDT 1999
)
In a world where time increasingly conquers space, the
global flow of money, commodities, and information strains
older forms and norms of interaction and exchange. Formerly
sovereign nation-states tremble at the sight of global
currency, capital, and commodity traders. Employers take up
a global search for cheap labor, moving jobs to people and
people to jobs. As jobs are threatened and the welfare
state dismantled, what do these globalizing tendencies mean
for social order and the course of everyday life? To what
extent does globalization -- and the xenophobic movements
that arise in oppositions to globalization -- emerge from
and feed upon divisions and hierarchies of race, class,
gender and sexuality? To examine these questions, this
course will consider an eclectic literature, from political
theory to cultural studies and postmodern social theory.
MAJOR READINGS
Saskia Sassen, LOSING CONTROL?: SOVEREIGNTY
IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Gary Teeple, GLOBALIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF SOCIAL REFORM
Rob Wilson & Wiman Dissanayake, eds., GLOBAL/LOCAL: CULTURAL
PRODUCTION AND THE TRANSNATIONAL IMAGINARY
Anthony King, ed., CULTURE, GLOBALIZATION AND THE
WORLD-SYSTEM: CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS FOR THE
REPRESENTATION OF IDENTITY
Kim Moody, WORKERS IN A LEAN WORLD: UNIONS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
Kathlyn Ward, ed., WOMEN WORKERS AND GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING
John Logan & Todd Swanstrom, BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS: URBAN
POLICY AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING IN COMPARATIVE
PERSPECTIVE
Roger Waldinger, STILL THE PROMISED CITY?: AFRICAN-AMERICANS
AND NEW IMMIGRANTS IN POSTINDUSTRIAl NEW YORK
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Reading journal, in-class
deliberative presentations, three take-home essays (8-10
pages each), or a major research paper (25-30 pages).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
SOC 151
- Section 01
- Cutler, J
- Times: M.W.F.. 10:00AM-10:50AM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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