GLOBALIZATION: SALVATION, SCOURGE OR MYTH?
Fall, 2002
Instructor: David Skidmore Office: Meredith 213
Phone: (office) 271-3843 Office Hrs:
E-mail: david.skidmore@drake.edu appointments preferred
Meeting Times : TR 12:30-1:45pm Room: Meredith 238
Course Description:
³Globalization² has become a ubiquitous buzzword in contemporary political and economic discourse and a hot topic of debate. There exists little agreement over the extent, meaning and consequences of globalization. This course will examine three positions in the current debate over globalization: 1. that globalization is a welcome force for peace, prosperity and cultural understanding, 2. that globalization is a destructive source of growing inequality, environmental deterioration and democratic decay, and 3. that both the novelty and the depth of globalization have been exaggerated. We will conclude the course with an examination of alternative paths to global integration, including the concept of ³globalization from below.²
Grading:
The three exams (see Reading Schedule for dates) will each account for 20% of your overall grade (60% combined total for the exams). Your class portfolio will account for the remaining 40%.
Assignments:
Each students will maintain a class portfolio. The portfolio will include various items of work for the class, such as short papers, reports on out-of-class interviews, data collection, news clippings, in-class group work, etc. An important element of each portfolio will be the one-minute essays that you do at the end of each class period. Each one-minute essay will summarize the most important concept, idea or piece of information that you took from each class discussion. Your portfolio grade will be based on its thoroughness or completeness (i.e., whether you include all of the expected material) and the overall quality of the written work and other items included.
Groups:
You will be assigned to a small class discussion group. On most class days, we will spend some time working in our groups. Group members will often be asked to bring information or ideas to report to the group. You are responsible to your group and vice versa. The success of the course will depend crucially on each student¹s willingness to contribute to the group discussions and work.
Periodicals:
Students are expected to regularly read international political and economic news from one of the following sources: New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com), The Economist (http://www.economist.com), The Financial Times (http://news.ft.com/home/us/), or the Wall St. Journal (http://online.wsj.com/public/us), which are available either in the library or on-line.
Required Books:
Frank J. Lechner and John Boli (eds.), The Globalization Reader, 2000
Robin Broad (ed.), Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy, 2002
Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello and Brendan Smith, Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity, 2000
Lori Wallach and Michelle Sforza, The WTO: Five Years of Reasons to Resist Corporate Globalization, 1999
Course Reader.
Academic Dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty includes any situation
in which you present other people's ideas or words as your own or use resources
that are not approved to complete an assignment. This may include cheating on in-class exams by copying from classmates
or bringing in and copying from notes;
copying homework assignments from friends; copying articles or papers
form books, journals or the web and submitting as your own work; handing in a
paper that has been written by another student; or presenting another person's
words, images or ideas without citation.
Penalties for such violations of academic honesty standards range from failure on the assignment to expulsion from school.
Reading Schedule:
8/27: Introduction to the Course.
Lairson, ³The Economics of International Political Economy² in Course Reader.
Lairson, ³The Origins of a World Economy² in Course Reader.
Walter Rodney, ³How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,² in Broad, Global Backlash
³Measuring Globalization² (from Foreign Policy magazine) in Course Reader.
9/10: Globalization: An Overview II
Lairson, ³Globalization and the World Economy²
in Course Reader.
Martin Wolf, ³Why this Hatred of the Market?² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Peter Martin, ³The Moral Case for Globalization² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Gary Burtless, et. al., ³Globaphobia: Confronting Fears about Open Trade,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Bernard Cassen, ³To Save Society,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Benjamin Barber, ³Jihad vs. McWorld,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Mark Weisbrot, ³Globalism on the Ropes,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Linda Weiss, The Myth of the Powerless State, excerpt, pp. 170-187 in Course Reader.
Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, ³Globalization and the History of the International Economy,² in Course Reader.
William Greider, ³Wawasan, 2020,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Miguel Korzeniewicz, ³Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Ted C. Fishman, ³The Joys of Global Investment,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Matthew J. Slaughter and Phillip Swagel, ³Does Globalization Lower Wages and Export Jobs?² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
John Sweeney, ³The New Internationalism,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Maria Lorean Cook, ³Cross-Border Labor Solidarity,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Jerome I. Levinson, ³NAFTA¹s Labor Agreement: Lessons,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Pharis Harvey, Terry Collingsworth and Bama Athreya, ³Developing Effective Mechanisms for Implementing Labor Rights in the Global Economy,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Edward Graham, Fighting the Wrong Enemy, excerpt, pp. 106-129 in Course Reader.
Kenichi Ohmae, ³The End of the Nation State,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, ³The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace that is Remaking the Modern World,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Dani Rodrik, ³Has Globalization Gone Too Far?² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Geoffrey Garrett, ³Partisan Politics in the Global Economy,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
John Gray, ³The Passing of Social Democracy,² in Course Reader.
Larry Diamond, ³The Globalization of Democracy,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Alberto Arroyo Picard, et. al, ³Balance of NAFTA in Mexico² in Course Reader (We will divide up responsibility for sections of this report within groups and members will report back summaries to rest of grouup.)
Lori Wallach and Michelle Sforza, The WTO: Five Years of Reasons to Resist Corporate Globalization (entire)
World Trade Organization, ³Seven Common Misunderstandings about the WTO,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Martin Khor, ³How the South is Getting a Raw Deal at the WTO,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Robin Broad and John Cavanagh, ³The Death of the Washington Consensus?² in Broad, Global Backlash
Robin Round, ³Controlling Casino Capital,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Jubilee South, ³South-South Summit Declaration: Towards a Debt-Free Millennium,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Lewis A. Friedland, ³Covering the World,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
John Sinclair, et. al., ³Peripheral Vision,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
John Tomlinson, ³Cultural Imperialism,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
11/7: In-class Video: The Commanding Heights
11/12: Second Exam
11/14 and 11/19: Interview Projects.
Reports on student interviews with representatives from business, labor, government and NGO sectors in Des Moines on views about globalization.
11/ 21 and 11/26: Anti-Globalization
Movements
Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello and Brendan Smith, Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity, chapters 2, 4, 7, 8 and 9
Zahara Heckscher, ³Long Before Seattle: Historical Resistance to Economic Globalization,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Joshua Karliner, ³Grassroots Globalization: Reclaiming the Blue Planet² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
Margaret E. Keck and Kathyrn Sikkink, ³Environmental Advocacy Networks,² in Lechner and Boli, The Globalization Reader
International Forum on Globalization, ³Alternatives to Globalization,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Mexican Action Network, et. al., ³A Just and Sustainable Trade and Development Initiative for North America,² in Broad, Global Backlash
³Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Walden Bello, ³Toward a Deglobalized World,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Dani Rodrik, ³After Neoliberalism: What?² in Course Reader.
Rose Benz Ericson, ³The Conscious Consumer: Promoting Economic Justice through Fair Trade,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Angela Hale, ³What Hope for Ethical¹ Trade in the Globalized Garment Industry? ² in Broad, Global Backlash
Levi Strauss & Co., ³Business Partner Terms of Engagement and Guidelines for Country Selection,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Michael Conroy, ³Can Advocacy-Led Certification Systems Transform Global Corporate Practices? ² in Broad, Global Backlash
Suzanne Charle, ³Children of the Looms: Rescuing the Carpet Kids¹ of Nepal, India and Pakistan,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Scholars against Sweatshop Labor, ³Statement to College and University Presidents,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Academic Consortium on International Trade, ³Letter to University Presidents Regarding Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns on American Campuses,² in Broad, Global Backlash
Jerry Useem, ³Globalization: Can Governments, Companies, and Yes, the Protesters Ever Learn to Get Along? ² in Broad, Global Backlash
Final Exam TBA