Global Studies Programme, University of Freiburg
Summer Semester 2010
Theories of Globalization
Dr.des. Ercüment Celik
Ercuement.Celik@soziologie.uni-freiburg.de
Office Hours: Tuesday, 16.30-17.30, R.4504
Prof. Dr. Hermann Schwengel
Hermann.Schwengel@soziologie.uni-freiburg.de
Course Outline
First Meeting and General Information: 27. April
Session I: 04. May
Introduction to the Globalization Debate
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2007). “Preface and Introduction” in Globalization: Key Concepts.
Oxford: Berg. at: http://folk.uio.no/geirthe/Globalization.html.
Sen, Amartya (2004). “How to judge Globalism”, in Lechner, Frank/ Boli, John(eds) The
Globalization Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 16-21.
Schwengel, Hermann (2008). “Emerging Powers as a Fact and Metaphor: Some European
Ideas”, Futures, Vol. 40, issue, 8: 767-776.
Session II: 11. May
Group 1
Wallerstein, Immanuel (2004). “The Rise and future demise of the world capitalist system”, in
Lechner, Frank & Boli, John(eds.) The Globalization Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, pp.63-69.
Urry, John (2003). Global Complexity, chapter 4: Networks and Fluids, Oxford: Blackwell,
pp.50-75.
Session III: 18. May
Group 2
Sassen, Saskia (2007). “The Place and spaces of the global: an expended analytic terrain”, in
Held, David & McGrew, Anthony (eds.) Globalization Theory. Cambridge: Polity Press,
pp.79-105.
Olds, Kris & Thrift, Nigel (2005). “Cultures on the brink: reengineering the soul of
capitalism-on a global scale”, in Ong, Aihwa & Collier, Stephen (eds.) Global assemblages,
Oxford: Blackwell, pp.270-290.
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Session IV: 01. June
Group 3
McGrew, Anthony (2007). Organized violence in the making (and remaking) of globalization,
in Held, David & McGrew, Anthony (eds.) Globalization Theory. Cambridge: Polity Press,
pp.15-40.
Kaldor, Mary (2005). “The idea of global civil society”, in Baker, Gideon & Chandler, David
(eds.) Global Civil Society, New York: Routledge, pp.103-113.
Session V: 08. June
Group 4
Guven, Halil (2006). “Globalization and the clash of civilizations”, in Gosh, B.N. & Guven,
H. (eds.) Globalization and the Third World, New York: Palgrave, pp.53-67.
Risse, Thomas (2007). Social constructivism meets globalization, in Held, David & McGrew,
Anthony (eds.) Globalization Theory. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp.126-147.
Session VI: 15. June
Guest Lecturer- will be announced later.
Session VII: 22. June
Group Presentation
Case 1:
Korzeniewicz, Miguel (2005). “Commodity chains and marketing strategies”, in Lechner,
Frank/ Boli, John(eds) The Globalization Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, pp.167-176.
Ruigrok, Winfried (2004). “The taming of the shrewd multinational corporation: the political
economy of corporate and institutional restructuring”, in Faust, Michael; Voskamp,Ulrich &
Wittke, Volker (eds.) European Industrial Restructuring in a Global Economy: fragmentation
and relocation of value chains. Göttingen: SOFI, pp.369-382.
Session VIII: 29. June
Group Presentation
Case 2:
Beaverstock, Jonathan; Smith, Richard & Taylor, Peter (2996). “World-city Network: a new
Metageography” in Brenner, Neil (ed.) The Global City Reader. London: Routledge, pp.96103.
Shatkin, Gavin (2006). “’Fourth World’ cities in the global economy: the case on Phnom
Penh, Cambodia”, in Brenner, Neil (ed.) The Global City Reader. London: Routledge, pp.210216.
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Session IX: 06. July
Group Presentation
Case 3:
Tomlinson, John (2004). “Cultural Imperialism”, in Lechner, Frank & Boli, John (eds.) The
Globalization Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, pp.303-311.
Wilkinson, Michael (2007). “Religion and global flows”, in Beyer, Peter & Beaman, Lori
(eds.) Religion, Globalization and Culture. Leiden: Koninklijke, pp. 373-389.
Session X: 13. July
Group Presentation
Case 4:
Brown, Chris (2007). “Reimagining international society and global community”, in Held,
David & McGrew, Anthony (eds.) Globalization Theory. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp.171189.
Rabinow, Paul (2005). “Midst anthropology’s problems”, in Ong, Aihwa & Collier, Stephen
(eds.) Global assemblages, Oxford: Blackwell, pp.40-53.
Final Exam : 20. July
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