Globalization and Democratization Review:
Globalization:
Be able to differentiate between decentralization and disintegration
Be able to differentiate between home country and host country
Be able to identify multinational corporations
Be able to identify the race to the bottom concept
Be able to differentiate between sensitivity and vulnerability
Be able to identify the term sovereignty
Be able to demonstrate a comprehensive view of globalization
Be able the summarize what the Neo-classical liberal economic theory is all about
Be able to explain what the 1998 UN Human Development Report estimates
Be able to elaborate on the significance of how globalization intensifies women’s issues
Be able to identify International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO’s).
Be able to analyze and evaluate the major costs and benefits to globalization
Democratization:
Be able to define and describe the characteristics of democratic consolidation
Be able to recognize the characteristics of democratic regimes
Be able to differentiate between democratization from above and below
Be able to summarize the significance of economic development on democratization
Be able to identify countries that have imposed democracy
Be able to identify examples of executive coups
Be able to define and evaluate a country’s rule of law
Be able to differentiate between procedural and substantive democracy
Be able to explain and identify the three major waves of democracy
Be able to identify the types of authoritarian regimes
Be able to interpret the findings of Freedom House’s country ratings
Be able to define and explain the concept of illiberal democracy