(Globalization Studies – Interdisciplinary)
Instructors: Misagh Parsa, Sociology
Dirk Vandewalle, Government
Schedule: Mondays & Wednesdays, 2 – 4pm
Location: 209 Rockefeller Center
Description:
At the beginning of the 21st century, the United States has emerged as the single remaining hegemon in the world. Yet, paradoxically, despite this extraordinary power, its ability to manage the international system has been weakened in several areas. In this seminar we investigate how globalization, with the US as its primary moving economic and military force, affects the fates of countries in the Third World. We focus first on the creation of the global financial and trade architecture that went hand-in-hand with the emergence of the United States after World War II, and then discuss a set of development issues across a number of developing countries related to globalization and the role of the US in the global economy. In the second part of the course we examine how the process of globalization has produced a number of reactions within and between different states, ranging from revolution to state failure. Case studies will include Iran, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Libya.
