Prerequisites:POLSC 110 and POLSC 210 or permission of instructor Explores ongoing academic and public debates surrounding political, economic, social, and cultural transformations commonly cast as dynamics of globalization. Topics include competing theories and interpretations of global interdependence; skeptical and critical perspectives on globalization from around the world; the roles of transnational advocacy networks and social movements; the impacts of globalization upon nation-states; and the gradual emergence of a global polity.
