Globalization: Capital, Culture, and Community
The growth and consolidation of the world market, the information and technology revolutions, innovations in international finance, and the broad networking strategies of both political economic forces and socio-political movements have made globalization the target of fanfare and criticism. Globalization studies have brought the "local" to an equally charged spot in academic, activist, and public policy debates in an unprecedented crossing of disciplinary lines. Sometimes circling and sometimes centering global capitalism, globalization has put into question models and methods of production, governance, culture, and class. This course will examine how globalization processes affect social configurations, and to what degree those constructions provide coherent or fragmented social entities. |
