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166-066 Globalisation and its Discontents | |
Note | Formerly available as 166-481. Students who have completed 166-481 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Michael Crozier |
Prerequisites | Admission to fourth year Honours in Political Science. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject critically examines the diverse claims made about globalisation, paying particular attention to how the relationships between politics, economics and culture are configured. The various claims will be questioned in two ways. Firstly, we will explore how they deal with the issues of social cohesion and cultural integrity given the imperatives of global economic trends and forces. Secondly, we will investigate how they fare in the face of recent developments in the theory of modernisation. Topics to be considered will include: risk and uncertainty; trust and prosperity; citizenship and cosumerism; democracy and multiculturalism; new governance; institutional mediation; and the notion of stakeholder society. |
Assessment | A research essay of 3000 words, and an integration paper of 2000 words. |
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