IS 501 - The Global Condition

Prerequisite, admission to the Master of Arts in International Studies Graduate Program. What is “Globalization”? Does contemporary globalization represent a novel condition? Has globalization changed the equilibrium between state, society, and capital? Alternatively, has the social contract of the past century, between state and society, eroded? Does globalization reduce or exacerbate the conditions of poverty and inequality among and within states? Does globalization enhance or curtail collective political action? What type of resistance does globalization engender? In view of the promise of globalization, why are nationalism and religious inspired rebellion on the rise? (Offered every year.) 3 credits