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GLOBALIZATION Week 1 . Class Notes
Introduction: What Is Globalization
Class Notes

09.05.02

  • What is globalization?
  • IS it new?
  • How does it affect the power of the nation-state?
  • What are its casualties?
  • In what ways does it impact local politics?
Recommended periodocals/newspapers: Some of the topics that will be discussed:
  • privatization of natural resources
  • Effect on Democracy
  • Sustainable growth
  • Enron, etc - what do these events tell us about the decline of state sovereingty?