Sociology 2: International Sociology
Spring 2008,
Course #69040
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Tuesday and Thursday 11:00am-12:20pm, SSH 100 |
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Instructor: |
Evan Schofer |
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SSPB 4271 |
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Tuesday/Thursday 12:45-1:45 and by appointment |
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(949) 824-1397 |
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TAs: |
Karen Robinson |
Laurie Neighbors |
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SST 615 |
Meet outside of SSH100 |
SST 640A |
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Office Hours: |
Wed 1-3:00pm |
Tues 10-11:00 & by appt |
Monday 1-1:50pm |
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Sections: |
Tues 1- 1:50, SST 238 |
Fri 8- 8:50 SST 238 |
M 2- 2:50pm SSTR101 |
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W 10-10:50 PSCB 220 |
Th 8- 8:50 SSPA1165 |
M 3- 3:50pm SSL145 |
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W 11-11:50 PSCB 240 |
Th 9- 9:50 SST220A |
M 4- 4:50pm SST238 |
Introduction
This course explores international political, economic,
cultural, and social changes that are currently transforming our world on a global
scale, as well as theoretical ideas and research from sociology and related
fields to help us make sense of them. Countries are increasingly interconnected
by flows of information, trade, money, immigrants, technology, and culture.
Trans-national corporations and political organizations (e.g., the UN) have
grown in size and influence, as have the organized social movements that lobby
or oppose them. The goal of the course is clarify what globalization is and how
it is affecting societies around the world. For instance, how does global trade
affect jobs and the economy? And, how do those effects differ depending upon
whether you live in the
Required Text:
Ellwood, Wayne. 2006. The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization. New Internationalist.
Required Online
Online readings can be found by following the links,
below. Some links go directly to the articles, while others connect you
to the UCI E-Reserve System. You can access the
http://antpac.lib.uci.edu/search/r
Or directly at:
http://antpac.lib.uci.edu/search?/pschofer/pschofer/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=pschofer&1%2C%2C2
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ABOUT E-RESERVE ACCESS:
Details about how to access E-Reserves can be found here:
http://www.lib.uci.edu/services/reserves/res_eres.html
Important excerpts from that web page:
What is needed to access E-Reserves?
You must have a valid UCI Library card.
You will also need a Library PIN
(Personal Identification Number) to use E-Reserves. If you do not yet have a
valid UCI Libraries card, you will need to activate your card in person at the Loan Desk at Langson, Science or Grunigen
Medical Library. Valid identification and proof of current UCI enrollment or
employment is required to activate your library card.
If you are using E-Reserves from off-campus,
you will need to be authenticated as a current UCI student, faculty or staff
member in order to access licensed electronic materials available through
E-Reserves. Please refer to Connecting from
Off-Campus.
Note the latter: Authentication is required to access readings from off-campus locations. Depending on your computer setup, this might involve entering your id and password in a web browser or installing and using VPN software. If you can’t do this, you must print or download the readings from a computer while you are on-campus.
WARNING: We all know that computers can crash and networks can fail. Therefore, you must be responsible and plan ahead. DO NOT leave all reading for the night before the exam. Complete reading assignments ahead of time or print them out in advance. Excuses such as “my computer crashed” or “the network was down” will not garner sympathy on the day of the midterm or final, given that you that you had ample opportunity to access (and print or download) the course readings at any time during the quarter.
Supplemental Readings/Handouts. I may assign additional required readings – such as topical newspaper articles – by providing either a web link or a hard copy during class.
Required Video
Material:
The course will be utilizing material from the PBS series “
PBS Commanding Heights Website (video & transcripts)
Also at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/story/index.html
Assignments and Evaluation
Midterm Exams. There
will be one closed-book midterm exam that will cover course material from
lectures and readings. (30% of final
grade)
Midterm Exam Time:
Tuesday, May 6,
11:00-12:20
Final Exam. There
will be a closed-book final exam that will cover course material from lectures
and readings. The final exam will
encompass material from the entire course but it will emphasize material
discussed after the midterm. (40% of
final grade)
Final Exam Time:
Tuesday, June 10,
10:30-12:30pm
Discussion Section Assignments and
Participation. This
course has a required weekly discussion section. Discussion sections offer the opportunity to
discuss readings, ask questions, participate in group activities, and generally
deepen your knowledge of course material.
Attendance of discussion sections
is required and will contribute to your final grade. Section instructors will distribute required
assignments (which may include homework assignments, in-class writing activities,
in-class quizzes, etc.) that will contribute to your final grade. (30% of final grade).
Final Grades. Your final grade will be computed based on the percentage weightings indicated. In the event of a borderline grade, I may use my discretion in adjusting grades based on course participation and effort. Incompletes will not be given, except in unusual circumstance.
Assignment Policies:
Late Assignments. Assignments received late will be marked down incrementally for each day past the deadline. Extensions for certain kinds of assignments may be granted for legitimate reasons if requested in advance (but this generally does not apply to in-class activities such as quizzes). Note: It is better to turn in work late than not at all. A late assignment, despite the penalties, is generally preferable to a zero. So, remember the rule: “Better late than never.”
In-Class Activities. Unless otherwise indicated by your section instructor, missed in-class (and in-section) activities or assignments cannot be done later. These may include in-class writing activities, quizzes, etc. If you miss section on the day of an in-class assignment or quiz, you will receive a zero.
Missed Exams. If you miss an exam you will get a zero. Missed exams cannot be taken later. I have occasionally made special arrangements, in advance, for students with particular needs. But, this not always possible. Don’t count on it. Don’t make travel plans on the date of the exams!
Cheating, Plagiarism, etc. Academic violations such as cheating and plagiarism will be dealt with very severely, based on the specifics of the case. I may use software to detect text plagiarized from the web or other sources. If requested, students in this course must provide computer copies of their written work for examination by plagiarism detection software. Keep electronic copies (and backups) of all course work.
University Policies
Students in this course must abide by all relevant university policies, ranging from issues of general behavior to academic issues such as plagiarism. It is your responsibility to be aware of university policies.
My Policies
Respect. All
participants in this course (including myself) should strive to treat others –
and their ideas – with respect. The course material and class discussion
will cover sensitive topics ranging from immigration and welfare to racial and
ethnic identity. Disagreements may arise. Try to be aware of and
show respect for other people’s feelings on such issues. Conversely, if
you find yourself offended by something, please try to raise the issue in a
constructive manner – either in class, afterward, or even anonymously – so the
situation can be addressed. Often, conflicts are rooted in simple
misunderstandings, but sometimes they reflect more serious issues that can only
be resolved if things are brought to my attention.
Commitment to Learning. There is no point in taking a course if you are not committed to learning. That means doing the readings, showing up, concentrating, and participating in class discussion and group activities. I strive to make the class interesting, but make no mistake: this is not entertainment. We will struggle through ideas and readings that are difficult and may seem boring if you do not yet understand them. It is your responsibility to be committed.
Professionalism. I expect you to conduct yourself professionally. If you show up and do your work, you will be rewarded. If you don’t show up and do the work, expect a bad grade. Take responsibility for your actions. (I really dislike it when students come to me and say “I haven’t been to class for 6 weeks and missed the exam. But, I really need this course to graduate/keep my financial aid/get into law school/make my parents happy. Can’t you give me a better grade? If those goals are really so important to you, do the work!)
Course Information
Course handouts, assignments, and other information will be posted to the course web page (listed above). The online syllabus also contains active links to online readings. Any changes in the syllabus, assignments, or course requirements will be posted there. Check the web site periodically to keep fully informed.
Schedule & Reading Assignments
Week 1: Background: States and Markets (April 1, 3)
Get started on readings for next week. Remember – you should be familiar with readings by the Tuesday of each week, so you must start the week before!
Yergin, Daniel and Joseph Stanislaw. 1999. “
Friedman, Thomas
L. 2005.
“While I Was Sleeping.” Chapter 1
in The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.
Leonhardt, David. “Can’t Grasp the Credit Crisis? Join the Club.” The New York Times, March 18, 2008. Online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/business/19leonhardt.html?scp=1&sq=credit+crisis+leonhardt&st=nyt
Krugman, Paul. “Partying Like Its 1929.” The New York Times, March 21, 2008. Online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/opinion/21krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
Federal Reserve Bank of
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/federalreserve/monetary/goals.html
Week 2: States and Markets and Globalization (April
8, 10)
Ellwood, Wayne. 2006. The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization, Chapters 1, 2, 3 (47 pages).
Friedman, Thomas L. “The Golden Straightjacket.” Chapter 5 (p. 83-93) in The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Farrar, Straus, and Grioux (1999). UCI E-Reserve. (11 pages)
Friedman, Thomas L. “Revolution is
Stiglitz, Joseph E.
2006. “Another World Is
Possible.” Chapter 1
in Making Globalization Work.
Paul Knox, John Agnew, and Linda McCarthy. 2003. “The Globalization of Production Systems.” Chapter 6 (pp. 181-212) in The Geography of the World Economy (4th Ed). UCI E-Reserve. (32 pages)
Paul Knox, John Agnew, and Linda McCarthy.
2003. “States and the World Economy.” Section 3.2 (pp. 83-98) in The Geography of the World Economy (4th
Ed). UCI E-Reserve. (16 pages) OPTIONAL
Week 3: Economic Globalization: Overview (April
15, 17)
Ellwood, Wayne. 2006. The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization, Chapters 4, 5 (64 pages).
Stiglitz, Joseph E.
2006. “The Multinational
Corporation.” Chapter
7 in Making Globalization Work.
Friedman, Thomas
L. 2005.
“The Untouchables.” Chapter 6 in The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.
Guthrie, Doug. 2006.
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Week 4: Economic Globalization: Trade (April 22, 24)
Krugman, Paul R. 1993. “What Do Undergrads Need to Know About Trade?” The American Economic Review, Vol. 83, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Hundred and Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1993), pp. 23-26 (4 pages). UCI E-Reserve.
Also at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8282%28199305%2983%3A2%3C23%3AWDUNTK%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T
Krugman, Paul R. 2007. “The Trouble With Trade.” The New York Times, Dec 28, 2007. UCI E-Reserve.
Stiglitz, Joseph E.
2006. “Making Trade Fair.” Chapter 3 in Making Globalization Work.
World Trade Organization. “The World Trade Organization… In Brief.” Online publication.
Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/doload_e/inbr_e.pdf
Schaeffer, Robert K. 2003. “Free Trade Agreements.” Chapter 9 (pages 217-250) in Understanding Globalization. Rowman and Littlefield, Inc. (2003). UCI E-Reserve. Pages 241-5 (“Winners & Losers) Only. The rest is OPTIONAL. (5 pages)
Week 5: Globalization, Politics, and Governance
(April 29, May 1)
Ellwood, Wayne. 2006. The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization, Chapter 7. (11 pages)
Krugman, Paul. 2008.
“Don’t Cry for Me,
Grieco, Joseph M. and G. John Ikenberry. 2003. “Economic Globalization and Political Backlash.” Chapter 7 in State Power and World Markets: The International Political Economy, W. W. Norton and Company (2003). UCI E-Reserve. (35 pages).
Brawley, Mark R. 2003. “Globalization and
Domestic Politics” Pp. 107-130 (Chapter 5) in The
Politics of Globalization.
Schaeffer, Robert K. “Debt Crisis
and Globalization.” Chapter 5 (pp. 95-118) in Understanding
Globalization. Rowman and Littlefield, Inc. (2003). UCI E-Reserve. (22 pages). OPTIONAL
Obstfeld,
Maurice. 1998. “The Global Capital Market: Benefactor or Menace?”
The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 12,
No. 4. (Autumn, 1998), pp. 9-30. UCI E-Reserve. (22 pages). OPTIONAL
Also at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0895-3309%28199823%2912%3A4%3C9%3ATGCMBO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2
Week 6: Globalization, Politics, and Governance (May 6, 8)
May 6: Midterm Exam
Ellwood, Wayne. 2006. The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization, Chapter 6. (22 pages).
Held, David and Anthony McGrew.
2002. “(Mis)Managing
the World.” Chapter 6 (pp. 58-76) in Globalization/Anti-Globalization.
Wapner, Paul. “Greenpeace and Political Globalisation.[excerpt]” The Globalization Reader #52. UCI E-Reserve. (7 pages).
Karliner, Joshua.
1997. “Toxic Empire: The World Bank, Free Trade, and the Migration
of Hazardous Industry.” Chapter 5 (p. 133-167) in The
Corporate Planet. Sierra Club Books (1997).
UCI E-Reserve. (35 pages). OPTIONAL
Steger, Manfred B. 2005. “Antiglobalist
Challengers from the Political Left and Right.” Pp. 91-126 in Globalism:
Market Ideology Meets Terrorism.
Week 7: Theories (May 13, 15)
Chirot, Daniel and Thomas D. Hall. 1982. “World-System Theory.” Annual Review of Sociology, 8:81-106. UCI E-Reserve. (26 pages).
Frank, Andre G. 1969. “The Development of
Underdevelopment.” Pp. 3-20 in Frank, Andre G.
1969.
Meyer, John W., John Boli, George Thomas, and Francisco Ramirez. 1997. “World Society and the Nation-State.” Excerpt. UCI E-Reserve. (8 pages).
Jepperson, Ronald L. 2002. “The Development and Application of Sociological Neoinstitutionalism.[excerpt]” Pp. 229-266 in New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory, edited by Joseph Berger & Morris Zelditch, Jr., Rowman & Littlefield. UCI E-Reserve. (10 pages).
Week 8: Theories (May 20, 22)
Waltz, Kenneth N. 1999. “Globalization and Governance.” PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 693-700. UCI E-Reserve. (8 pages).
Also at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1049-0965%28199912%2932%3A4%3C693%3AGAG%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X
Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye. 2001. “Realism
and Complex Interdependence.” Pp. 20-32 in Power and
Interdependence (Third Edition).
Sikkink, Kathryn.
1998. “Transnational Politics,
International Relations Theory, and Human Rights.” PS: Political
Science and Politics, Vol. 31, No. 3. (Sep., 1998), pp. 516-523 UCI E-Reserve.
(8 pages).
Also at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1049-0965%28199809%2931%3A3%3C516%3ATPIRTA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W
Nye, Joseph S.
2004. “The Changing Nature of
Power.” Chapter 1 in Soft Power.
Keck, Margaret E. and Kathryn Sikkink. 1998. “Transnational Advocacy
Networks in International Relations.” Pp. 1-38 in Keck,
Margaret E. and Kathryn Sikkink.
1998. Activists Beyond Borders.
Week 9: Globalization: Identity, Culture, Conflict (May 27, 29)
Hannerz, Ulf. “Scenarios for Peripheral Cultures.” The Globalization Reader #45. UCI E-Reserve. (7 pages).
Huntington, Samuel. 1993. “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs, 1993, Vol. 72, No. 3 (Summer), pp. 3-22. UCI E-Reserve. (19 pages).
Bowen, John R. 1996. “The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict.” Journal of Democracy, 7, 4:3-14. UCI E-Reserve. (12 pages).
Hironaka, Ann. 2005. “Ethnic Conflict in Weak
States.” Chapter 4 in Neverending
Wars.
Kurzman, Charles. 2002. Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims. Contexts. Nov 2002, Vol. 1, No. 4: 13–20. UCI E-Reserve. (7 pages)
Friedman, Thomas L. “Revolution is
Boyle, Elizabeth H. “Female Genital Cutting:
Cultural Conflict in the Global Community.” Chapters 1 and 2 (pp.
1-40). UCI E-Reserve. (40 pages). OPTIONAL
Week 10: Terrorism and Global Politics (June 3, 5)
Daalder, Ivo H. and James M. Lindsay.
“The Bush Revolution.” Pp. 152-165 in Kreiger, Joel (ed).
2006. Globalization and State Power: A Reader.
Zakaria, Fareed. 2008.
“Stuck in the Loop in
http://www.fareedzakaria.com/articles/newsweek/032408.html
Aida Edemarium.
2008. “The True Cost of
War.” The Guardian. Thursday, Feb 28, 2008. Online publication: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/28/iraq.afghanistan
Telvick, Marlena. 2007. “Al Qaeda Today: The New Face of Global Jihad.” Online publication:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/etc/today.html
Cronin, Audrey K. “Behind the Curve:
Globalization and International Terrorism.” Pp. 243-256 in Kreiger, Joel (ed).
2006. Globalization and State Power: A Reader.
Week 11: Finals
Week
Final Exam Time:
Tuesday, June 10,
10:30-12:30pm