Globalization: Social and Geographic Perspectives
SOC 279 – Final exam review sheet
Professor Nicole Hala
Fall 2010
The final exam will consist of two sections:
1) Key terms. Briefly define 10 out of 15 terms selected from the list below (two to three sentences
should suffice for most terms). Each item will be worth 6 points, for a total of 60 points.
2) Short responses. Choose 4 out of 8 questions and answer them in a paragraph. Of the 8
questions, 6 will cover text items, two multimedia. Each item will be worth 10 points, for a total
of 40 points. (All questions will specify the relevant author/title, so you do not have to worry
about memorizing author names and matching them with course material.)
The exam will cover the following key terms (IN SMALL-CAP ITALICS) and the key arguments (i.e., those
discussed in class and/or highlighted in the lecture slides) of the material below:
October 21 – Global Financial Crises Past and Present
* Video (stream): “Commanding Heights: The Role of the Global Economy” (2002), Episode 3: “The
New Rules of the Game.” [excerpt, in-class]
October 26 – Case study: The Global Financial Crisis, 2008 – ?
* Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy, Stiglitz, J., 2010, (excerpt)
BOOM-BUST CYCLE / GLASS-STEAGALL ACT (1933) / ECONOMIC BUBBLE / US HOUSING BUBBLE /
DEREGULATION
October 28 – Political Globalization: The Demise of the Nation-State?
Ch. 26, “The Declining Authority of States,” (Strange) pp. 228-334.
STATE SOVEREIGNTY
November 2 – Political Globalization (cont’d)
Ch. 27, “Global Organized Crime,” (James H. Mittelman) pp. 235-240.
SOPHISTICATED FRAUD / CONTRABAND / TRIADS / CYBERCRIME
* Audio (mp3): “Charles Bowden Chronicles the “Murder City”: Juarez, Mexico,” The Takeaway, NPR,
3/23/2010. [excerpt, in-class]
November 4 – Political Globalization: Gender, Race, and Citizenship
* “Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy,” Ehrenreich, B. and Hochschild, A.R
FEMINIZATION OF MIGRATION / REMITTANCES / CARE DEFICIT
*Audio (mp3): “The Wealth Gap,” (interview, Mariko Chang, Insight) Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, NPR,
3/24/2010.
WEALTH / GENDER WEALTH GAP / RACIAL WEALTH GAP
Ch. 28, “Has Globalization Gone Too Far?,” (Dani Rodrik) pp. 241-246.
SUBSTITUTABILITY / PROTECTIONISM
November 9 - Political Globalization: Reorganizing the World
Ch. 34, “Power Shift,” (Jessica T. Mathews) pp. 287-293.
CIVIL SOCIETY / NGO / GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY / NETWORK / TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORK
* Audio (mp3): “Following Up: Haiti Recovery Economics,” Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC/NPR,
04/02/2010. [excerpt, in-class]
November 11 - Cultural Globalization: The Role of Media
Ch. 36, “Media and Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and Its Challenge to State Power,”
(Monroe E. Price) pp. 306-310.
TECHNOLOGIES OF FREEDOM / DIASPORA / CARTEL / NET NEUTRALITY
November 16 – Case study: Latino Immigration and American National Identity
* “The Hispanic Challenge,” Foreign Policy, Huntington, S., March/April 2004.
DIASPORA
November 18 – Cultural Globalization: The Role of Religions
Introduction, pp. 345-347.
JIHAD / SHARIA / SECULARIZATION / FUNDAMENTALISM
Ch. 43, “The Challenge of Fundamentalism,” (Bassam Tibi) pp. 358-363.
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM
November 23
Ch. 42, “Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims,” (Charles Kurzman) pp. 353-357.
SHARIA / AL QAEDA / TALIBAN
Audio (mp3): “Formerly Banned Muslim Scholar Tours U.S.,” NPR, 4/29/2010 (interview w/ Tariq
Ramadan) (7 min 43 sec) [excerpt, in-class].
November 30
Audio (stream): “Inside American Islam,” On Point, NPR, 9/14/2010
Ch. 46, “The Christian Revolution,” (Jenkins), pp. 379-386.
LIBERATION THEOLOGY / AFRICAN INDIGENOUS CHURCHES / PENTECOSTALISM
December 2 - Resisting Globalization: Critique and Action
Introduction, pp. 441-443.
Ch. 54, “Counterhegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary
Political Economy,” (Peter Evans) pp. 444-450.
COUNTERHEGEMONIC GLOBALIZATION / GLOBAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT / WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
December 7 – Resisting Globalization: Critique and Action (cont’d)
Interview with Naomi Klein (“The Persuaders,” Frontline, 2004)
BRAND
“The Yes Men Fix the World” (2009): http://theyesmenfixtheworld.com/ – 1) Play trailer 2) Read story
BHOPAL CATASTROPHE
December 9
Ch. 60, “A Better World is Possible!,” (International Forum on Globalization) pp. 482-493.
CORPORATE GLOBALISTS / SUBSIDIARITY / WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM / WORLD SOCIAL FORUM