Undergraduate Course: Globalization (SCIL10067)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Sociology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Is there such a thing as a "world society"? What could or does it look like and how should it connect to local societies? What are the social, political, economic, and cultural factors shaping it? What role do international political and economic bodies- play in this respect? What is the relationship between the "world society" and nation-states? At least since the 1970s, the social sciences have been confronted with a series of social, politic, and economic phenomena which transcended state boundaries and influenced-sometimes in significant fashion-the economic and social dynamics of states. These phenomena are now collectively known as globalization. The course investigates the main dimensions-social, economic, political, and cultural-of globalization and the ways in which they affect contemporary societies. It engages with the dominant theories from multiple disciplinary backgrounds and critically assesses their validity using different sources of evidence ¿ challenging different approaches to defining ¿winners¿ and ¿losers¿ of globalization. Among the phenomena it investigates are: the debate about an international or global market economy, the changing face of states and international institutions, the dominant role of the global financial system, resulting forms of global and local stratification, changing patterns of migration, the development of new communication networks, transnational political action and the effects on our understandings of culture. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Weeks |
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| First Class |
Week 1, Friday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. An understanding of the main theories of globalization and of the concept thereof.
2. An understanding of the specific concepts with which each theory of globalization operates, of the differences and similarities between them, and of the analytical possibilities opened by them.
3. An understanding of the historical dimensions of globalization processes; the ability to spell out the main features of previous globalization waves.
4. An understanding of the principal political and economic institutions which shape the present globalization wave and their role in the contemporary world.
5. An understanding of the relationships between supranational institutions and nation states.
6. An understanding of the principal factors and processes which characterize contemporary globalization.
7. An understanding of, and the ability to exemplify how globalization affects social structures through processes such as transnational migrations or changes in the social structure of developed and developing societies.
8. An understanding of, and the ability to exemplify how the cultural features of globalization affect the contemporary world.
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Assessment Information
| A midterm policy brief (25%) and a long essay (75%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Jan Eichhorn
Tel: (0131 6)50 2921
Email: Jan.Eichhorn@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sue Renton
Tel: (0131 6)50 6958
Email: Sue.Renton@ed.ac.uk |
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