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Week 1 (09/05/2002): Introduction: What Is Globalization
05 sep Class Notes    
05 sep Globalization   Americans in the World
Week 2 (09/12/2002): Major debates and historical context: In what ways are the trends associated with modern globalization different from the internationalization of previous periods?
12 sep Class Notes    
12 sep Departing Rights Commissioner Faults U.S. JULIA PRESTON NY Times
15 sep Teen anarchist sues school principal   Court TV
17 sep Teen anarchist sues school principal   Court TV
18 sep Former UN Iraq weapons chief: War would be disaster for Israel Nathan Guttman, Mazal Mualem and Amnon Barzilai IHT
18 sep Bush Left Scrambling to Press Case on Iraq TODD S. PURDUM NY Times
Week 3 (09/19/2002): Nationalism: What is the role of nationalism and civilizational identity in the world today?
19 sep Class Notes    
19 sep In Quietly Courting Africa, U.S. Likes the Dowry: Oil JAMES DAO NY Times
20 sep German aide likens Bush tactics to Hitler's Peter Finn Washington Post
20 sep U.S. is prepared to act without UN, Bush says Brian Knowlton IHT
22 sep Senators Warn Attack on Iraq Could Trigger Arab-Israeli War Reuters NYTimes
22 sep Bush's Push on Iraq at U.N.: Headway, Then New Barriers JULIA PRESTON with TODD S. PURDUM NYTimes
24 sep Blair Presents Dossier on Iraq's Biological Weapons WARREN HOGE NYTimes
Week 4 (09/26/2002): International Security: After the Cold War, what are the main sources of conflict in the global system? Does economic interdependence reduce or increase tensions between nation states?
26 sep Class Notes    
29 sep A U.N. Agency Is Revitalized by Re-entry of the U.S. Reuters NY Times
29 sep Aiming to Disrupt Diplomacy, Iraq Risks War by Rejecting Plan PATRICK E. TYLER NY Times
Week 5 (10/03/2002): Trade: How has the regulation of international trade changed? What are the most significant consequences of these changes?
03 oct Class Notes    
09 oct U.S. Presses for Total Exemption From War Crimes Court ELIZABETH BECKER NY Times
09 oct C.I.A. Warns That a U.S. Attack May Ignite Terror ALISON MITCHELL and CARL HULSE NY Times
17 feb Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
Week 6 (10/10/2002): Finance: How has the domain of international finance changed and how have these changes driven globalization? How should finance be regulated in the global economy?
10 oct Class Notes    
11 oct U.S. Has a Plan to Occupy Iraq, Officials Report DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT NY Times
11 oct Jimmy Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize AP NY Times
13 oct Bali Nightclub Bombing Kills 187 Reuters NY Times
13 oct Officials See Signs of a Revived Al Qaeda DON VAN NATTA Jr. and DAVID JOHNSTON NY Times
Week 7 (10/17/2002): Global Production & Labor Standards: What are the effects on labor of recent changes in global production patterns? Are international labor standards possible & desirable?
17 oct Class Notes    
17 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
17 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
17 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
Week 8 (10/24/2002): Decline of the State/Sovereignty: How does globalization affect the sovereignty of states and the power of states relative to other actors
24 oct Class Notes    
24 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
24 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
24 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
Week 9 (10/31/2002): Global inequality: In what way does globalization affect inequalities within societies? Across them?
31 oct Class Notes    
31 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
31 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
31 oct Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
Week 10 MIDTERM (11/07/2002): Migration and Global Cities
07 nov Class Notes    
07 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
07 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
07 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
Week 11 (11/14/2002): Culture & Media: What is the impact of increased economic interaction on culture?
14 nov Class Notes    
14 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
14 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
14 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
Week 12 (11/21/2002): Environment: What are the positive and negative effects of globalization on the environment?
21 nov Class Notes    
21 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
21 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
21 nov Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
Week 13 (12/05/2002): Transnational Activism & Resistance: Who is opposed to Globalization and how do these activists seek to change the global system?
05 dec Class Notes    
05 dec Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
05 dec Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
05 dec Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
Week 14 Research Paper Due (12/12/2002): Democracy: In what ways is globalization democratic and in what ways undemocratic? Is globalization experiencing a setback?
12 dec Class Notes    
12 dec Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
12 dec Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
12 dec Title 1 Joe Stephens Washington Post
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