Y377 – Globalization (Section 22985)
Dr. Scott Pegg
Office: CA 503K
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-10:00 AM and 3:00-4:00 PM, or by prior
appointment.
Phone: (317) 278-5749
E-mail: smpegg@iupui.edu
Objectives:
This course is designed to introduce you to globalization. Amongst other topics, we
examine the cultural, economic, environmental, political and technological dimensions of
globalization. No prior knowledge is assumed. There are no course prerequisites, but Y219
“Introduction to International Relations” is helpful.
Course readings:
There are three required books for this course. They are:
1) Jagdish Bhagwati, In Defense of Globalization. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2004.
2) Robin Broad, ed., Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy.
Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002.
3) David Held and Anthony McGrew, eds., The Global Transformations Reader: An
Introduction to the Globalization Debate, 2nd edition. Cambridge: Polity, 2003.
All of these books are available in the university bookstore. They can also be ordered
from Amazon.com or from the publishers directly. In addition to these three books, there are
also a number of additional readings which will be made available to registered students in the
course through the University Library Course Reserves System at the IUPUI library. To
access these readings, you can either click on the course reserves link from the university
library’s main home page or visit http://reserves.ulib.iupui.edu directly. The reserve readings
will come up as weblinks or PDF files which you can read on the screen, print out or save.
Please note that the electronic reserve readings are as important as the other course readings
and they will be covered on the exams.
Course grading:
15% of your overall grade is based on attendance and participation
10% of your overall grade is based on a short letter writing assignment
25% of your overall grade is based on the written assignment
25% of your overall grade is based on the first midterm exam
25% of your overall grade is based on the second midterm exam
There are no extra credit assignments available in this course.
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Your final course grade will solely be based on these five components (attendance and
participation, short letter writing assignment, written assignment, two midterm exams).
Students are entitled to an explanation of their grades. If you wish to challenge any of
my grades, you must write me a memo explaining why. I will not consider changing any
grades without a written request to do so.
The grading scale that will be used in this course is as follows:
97-100=A+
93-96=A
90-92=A87-89=B+
83-86=B
80-82=B77-79=C+
73-76=C
70-72=C67-69=D+
63-66=D
60-62=D0-59=F
Statement on incomplete (I) grades:
As a general rule, I do not give grades of I or incomplete. In extremely unusual
circumstances, I will do so but only if you have completed all graded components except one.
In other words, you can have a paper or an exam missing, but if you have a paper and an
exam missing, you cannot receive a grade of I or incomplete. Anyone who seeks a grade of I
in this course should anticipate having to make the missing work up within one calendar
month of the date of the final exam. After one month, I will assign you a grade of zero on that
assignment or exam and turn in a change of grade form to reflect that.
Statement on plagiarism and academic integrity:
Plagiarism is defined by IUPUI as “the use of the work of others without properly
crediting the actual source of the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, entire articles, music or
pictures.” Buying papers written by someone other than yourself also constitutes plagiarism.
I support and intend to abide by the university’s position that “Plagiarism, a form of cheating,
is a serious offense and will be severely punished.” Plagiarism can easily be avoided by
properly citing all references used in your papers. If you have any questions, please see me
during office hours or before or after class to talk about this. Any plagiarism will be
penalized. Papers which contain substantial plagiarized sections will automatically receive an
F in this course and may lead to disciplinary action by the university. For more information,
please see the IUPUI Student Code of Conduct which is available at
http://www.life.iupui.edu/help/code.asp.
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Students with disabilities or special needs:
Students with disabilities or special needs are encouraged to make use of the services
provided by Adaptive Educational Services (AES). Students may get in contact with AES by
visiting their office in the basement of Cavanaugh Hall, calling 274-3241, e-mailing
AES@iupui.edu or visiting their website at http://www.life.iupui.edu/aes/index.asp.
Student Advocate Office:
If you have questions or problems and require assistance, please visit the Student
Advocate Office in UC 002. They can also be contacted via 278-7594 or
stuadvoc@iupui.edu. Their website is http://www.life.iupui.edu/advocate/.
Exams, exam dates and make-up exams:
The midterm exams will cover the course readings, documentary films and in-class
lectures and discussions. Some of the lectures might follow the readings closely. Others will
have a more indirect connection to the readings. Students are responsible for all material
covered in the course whether it comes from the readings or from our classroom sessions.
The second midterm exam is not designed to be cumulative and it will be given during the
university’s final examination period.
While we may occasionally diverge from some of the lecture and class discussion
topics listed on the syllabus, the exam dates listed below are permanently fixed and will not be
changed. Please do not ask me to reschedule the exams.
Make-up exams will only be given to students with a valid excuse who give me prior
notification that they will not be at the regularly-scheduled exam. Unless you are literally on
your death bed, you can either call my office and leave a voicemail message or you can send
me an e-mail ahead of time. Make-up exams will not necessarily be in the same format as the
regular exam and they may be harder than the regular exam.
Attendance and participation:
Attendance will be taken regularly. You do not have to e-mail me every time you
miss class. I understand that students do get sick and occasionally miss class for important
reasons. As such, one or two absences will not be penalized. Additional absences will
result in a proportional lowering of your grade in this area. Students who participate in
class actively can expect to score higher on this component of their grade than students who
merely sit in their chairs passively. Active participation can include such things as asking
questions about the readings, asking questions about the lecture, making connections between
different readings in the course, making connections between the course material and current
events, answering questions posed by the professor, answering questions posed by another
student, etc. The quality of your participation is more important than the quantity of your
participation. Students who ask questions which are directly pertinent to our class discussions
or readings or synthesize the different readings together will score better than students whose
comments or questions are only of peripheral relevance to our class material.
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Short letter writing assignment:
The short letter writing assignment is due at the beginning (10:30 AM) of class on
Tuesday, February 13th. It must be double-spaced typed in Times New Roman 12 point font
with 1 inch margins all around. In completing this assignment, you should at all times avoid
plagiarism. See the above statement on plagiarism and academic integrity for more on this.
This assignment is designed to introduce you to some of the non-governmental
organizations and social movements actively working on issues of global concern. You need
to visit the websites of one or more of the following ten organizations: 1) Amnesty
International (www.amnestyusa.org); 2) The Clean Clothes Campaign
(www.cleanclothes.org); 3) Environmental Defense (www.environmentaldefense.org); 4)
Friends of the Earth (www.foe.org); 5) Global Exchange (www.globalexchange.org); 6)
Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org); 7) Jubilee USA (www.jubileeusa.org); 8) The One
Campaign (www.one.org); 9) Oxfam America (www.oxfamamerica.org); 10) Results
(www.results.org).
The short letter writing assignment asks you to join one of these organization’s
campaigns and write a letter in support of one of their current goals. These campaigns can be
found on their websites, usually through some sort of “what you can do,” “how you can help,”
“campaigns” or “advocacy” link. Your letter should be between 1-3 pages long and it should
not be directly copied or plagiarized from a sample letter on one of these group’s websites. I
will check this. The letter should be expressed in your own words and it should demonstrate
some evidence of having researched the topic (through material on these group’s websites
and/or outside material). You should a) actually mail the letter to its intended recipient
(political leader, corporate leader, etc.); and b) turn in two things to me – a double spaced
copy of the letter in Times New Roman 12 point type with 1 inch margins all around and a
short (1-2 pages) covering note indicating why you selected this topic, what research you did
and what, if any, insights this assignment generated for you in terms of global politics.
A note on politics and different political viewpoints: This assignment asks you to
engage with the work of one of these 10 organizations as a window into the kinds of global
campaigns and politics that NGOs and social movements engage in. Many of you will be able
to find a campaign that you personally support and believe in. Some of you, however, might
disagree with the goals and objectives that some of these organizations are advocating.
Starbucks, with support from The Economist, for example has been sharply critical of Oxfam
America’s campaign against it in terms of legal trademarks for Ethiopian coffee beans. If you
cannot find a campaign that you can support, you can write a letter to a corporate or political
leader actively campaigning against one of these organization’s goals. If you do this, you
should do the same two things listed in the above paragraph.
In either case, the assignment will be graded on the basis of modified versions of the
same factors listed below for how your written assignment will be graded.
Written assignment:
The written assignment is due at the beginning (10:30 AM) of class on Thursday,
April 5 . It must be double-space typed in Times New Roman 12 point font with 1 inch
margins all around. The paper must be a minimum of 6 pages in length and it should not
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be more than 12 pages in length. In writing your paper, you should at all times avoid
plagiarism. See the above statement on plagiarism and academic integrity for more on this.
The written assignment for this course is to write a review article or literature review
on three-five different academic sources that address the same topic, ideally from different or
contrasting perspectives. Before getting into the substance of the paper, there are two broad
eligibility criteria that you must keep in mind in doing this assignment. First, what counts as
an acceptable subject for this paper? Broadly speaking, any topic that falls under the general
rubric of globalization is acceptable. Broad topics covered on your syllabus include such
things as globalization and democracy, the economy, the environment, culture and trade. You
could select a broad topic like this or a more specific topic from within one of these categories
like debt relief, global climate change, or liberalizing trade in agriculture. There are also a
number of other topics not specifically covered on this syllabus like corruption, human rights,
religious fundamentalism and global public health that might be of interest to you.
Second, what counts as an eligible academic source? There are three basic things that
are acceptable here: 1) academic journal articles (American Political Science Review, Foreign
Affairs, International Security, Third World Quarterly, World Politics, etc.); 2) chapters from
academic edited volumes; 3) a single author academic book or a chapter from it. There are
other potential sources that might be eligible here like reports from international organizations
such as the World Bank or the UN; US government reports; or reports from nongovernmental organizations such as Human Rights Watch or Oxfam. It is, however, your
responsibility to check with me on whether or not a given source is acceptable for this paper.
All of your sources must be at least 10 pages in length.
There are six main categories of sources that are not acceptable here. They are:
1) material on the syllabus for this course; 2) any form of media sources or journalism; 3)
Internet websites; 4) textbooks used in other courses taught at IUPUI (Karen Mingst,
Essentials of International Relations; John McCormick, Comparative Politics in Transition,
etc.); 5) extremely broad or general history books (United States History; A History of the
Modern World, etc.); and 6) Wikipedia. You can certainly consult these kinds of sources, but
they do not count toward the requirement of between three-five academic sources. Note: a
World Bank report or an academic journal article you download from the Internet is perfectly
fine. A speech that somebody gave which is posted on a website, a blog, a media source or a
short summary of an issue from a website is not.
The substantive focus of this assignment is to get you to think comparatively and
critically about different arguments or views on the same topic and force you to engage with a
diversity of opinion in the given area. In writing your paper, you should briefly summarize
each of the sources to demonstrate that you have read and understood their arguments. In the
analysis and evaluation part of the paper, you should indicate how the different authors
approach the problem, how their interpretations of it compare and contrast, how significant a
challenge or issue they see it as being, what variables they see as causing or affecting it, what
evidence they offer to support their arguments, and what, if any, solutions they offer for
solving it. Obviously, it might not be possible to cover all of these topics in any given paper,
but these are some of the kinds of questions you should keep in mind when reading these
sources. In the conclusion of your paper, you should indicate which argument(s) you found
most and least convincing and explain why.
Your written assignment will be graded on the basis of the following factors:
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a) following directions – papers that conform to the above specifications in terms of
due date, word length, margins, typestyle, appropriate topics, etc. will score better than those
which do not. See below for my late paper policy.
b) quantity and quality of sources consulted – papers with between three- five eligible
academic sources will score much better than papers without them. If you are not sure
whether or not a source counts as academic, ask ahead of time. Papers without at least three
eligible academic sources will not score higher than 65% on this assignment and may fail.
c) clarity of argument and expression – papers that clearly and succinctly express
themselves will score better than papers which do not.
d) conciseness and brevity – avoid unnecessary repetition.
e) structure – papers which are well-structured will score better than papers which are
poorly organized and jump around between different unconnected points.
f) ability to identify important points or concepts – as you have to read 3-5 different
sources and you only have at most 12 pages to work with, you must carefully distill what is
essential to each author’s argument from what is secondary or peripheral. You must also
identify key points of similarity and difference between the different sources. Papers which
fail to identify important points or concepts will not score as well as papers which do.
g) depth, specificity, and sophistication of analysis and argument – papers which offer
specific, original, innovative, complex and/or incisive analysis and argumentation will score
better than papers which do not.
h) quality of presentation – papers that are proofread, spell-checked and well-written
will score better than papers which are not.
Late papers:
The short letter writing assignment is due at the beginning of class (10:30 AM) on
Tuesday, February 13th. The written assignment is due at the beginning of class (10:30 AM)
on Thursday, April 5th. Papers turned in after 10:30 but on the same day the assignment is
due will have 5 points deducted from them. You will lose an additional 5 points for each 24
hour calendar period the paper is late. No papers will be accepted more than 2 weeks late.
Other Important Dates During the Semester
January 15
January 20 (noon)
January 27 (noon)
February 3 (noon)
March 2
March 30
100% refund period ends
75% refund period ends
50% refund period ends
25% refund period ends
Last day to withdraw with automatic grade of W
Last day to withdraw
Class schedule and required readings:
This course meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30-11:45 AM in room CA
227. Course readings should be done before the class they are listed for as we will discuss
them in class that day.
GB = Global Backlash
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GTR = The Global Transformations Reader, 2nd edition
Tues. 1/9 – 1st day of class, no required readings.
Thurs. 1/11 – Introduction to Globalization
George Modelski, “Globalization,” GTR # 1, pp. 55-59.
Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “Globalization: What’s New? What’s Not?
(And So What?),” GTR # 4, pp. 75-83.
Tues. 1/16 – Globalization and the Economy, part I
Jacques B. Gélinas, “The Pillars of the System,” pp. 106-111 of GB.
Robin Broad and John Cavanaugh, “The Death of the Washington Consensus?” pp.
56-59 of GB.
Peter Dicken, “A New Geo-economy,” GTR # 26, pp. 303-310.
Manuel Castells, “Global Informational Capitalism,” GTR # 27, pp. 311-334.
Thurs. 1/18 – Globalization and the Economy, part II
Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, “The Limits to Economic Globalization,”
GTR # 28, pp. 335-348.
Robert Gilpin, “The Nation-State in the Global Economy,” GTR # 29, pp. 349-358.
Tues. 1/23 – Globalization and Trade, part I
Bhagwati, Chapter 5, “Poverty: Enhanced or Diminished?”
Gary Burtless, Robert Z. Lawrence, Robert E. Litan, and Robert J. Shapiro,
“Globaphobia: Confronting Fears About Open Trade,” pp. 23-25 of GB.
Kofi Annan, “Address to WTO Ministerial Meeting,” pp. 26-28 of GB.
Patrick J. Buchanan, “Free Trade Is Not Free,” pp. 34-37 of GB.
Martin Khor, “How the South Is Getting a Raw Deal at the WTO,” pp. 154-157 of GB.
Thurs. 1/25 – Globalization and Trade, part II
Documentary film: “The Global Trade Debate.” No required readings.
Tues. 1/30 – Globalization and Finance, part I
Bhagwati, Chapter 13, “The Perils of Gung-ho International Financial Capitalism.”
Allan H. Meltzer, “Report of the International Financial Institution Advisory
Commission,” pp. 29-33 of GB.
Jubilee South, “South-South Summit Declaration: Towards a Debt-Free Millennium,”
pp. 275-281 of GB.
Robin Round, “Controlling Casino Capitalism,” pp. 282-286 of GB.
Thurs. 2/1 – Globalization and Finance, part II
Documentary film: Wide Angle, “The Empty ATM.” No required readings.
Tues. 2/6 – Globalization and Inequality
United Nations Development Program, “Patterns of Global Inequality,” GTR # 35, pp.
423-429.
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Manuel Castells, “The Rise of the Fourth World,” GTR # 36, pp. 430-439.
Robert Wade and Martin Wolf, “Are Global Poverty and Inequality Getting Worse?,”
GTR # 37, pp. 440-446.
David Dollar and Aart Kraay, “Spreading the Wealth,” GTR # 38, pp. 447-454.
Thomas W. Pogge, “Priorities of Global Justice,” GTR # 47, pp. 548-558.
Thurs. 2/8 – Globalization and Labor
Bhagwati, Chapter 6, “Child Labor: Increased or Reduced?”
Bhagwati, Chapter 10, “Wages and Labor at Stake?”
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, “Building Workers’ Human Rights
into the Global Trading System,” pp. 150-153 of GB.
Rohini Hensman, “How To Support the Rights of Women Workers in the Context of
Trade Liberalization in India,” pp. 158-164 of GB.
Tues. 2/13 – Globalization and Offshore Outsourcing, part I
Kate Bronfenbrenner and Stephanie Luce, “Offshoring,” Multinational Monitor, Vol.
25 # 12 (December 2004): 26-29, available from university library course reserves.
Daniel Drezner, “The Outsourcing Bogeyman,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 83 # 3
(May/June 2004): 22-34, available from university library course reserves.
Alan S. Blinder, “Offshoring: The Next Industrial Revolution?” Foreign Affairs, Vol.
85 # 2 (March/April 2006): 113-128, available from university library course reserves.
Short letter writing assignment due at the beginning of class (10:30 AM)
Thurs. 2/15 – Globalization and Offshore Outsourcing, part II
Documentary film: Wide Angle, “1-800-India.” No required readings.
Tues. 2/20 – Globalization and Transnational Corporations
United States Senator Frank Church, “Multinational Corporations and United States
Foreign Policy,” pp. 95-98 of GB.
Bhagwati, Chapter 13, “Corporations: Predatory or Beneficial?”
Thurs. 2/22 – Corporations, Consumers and Social Responsibility
Academic Consortium on International Trade, “Letter to University Presidents
Regarding Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns on American Campuses,” pp. 222-223 of GB.
Scholars Against Sweatshop Labor, “Statement to College and University Presidents,”
pp. 224-227 of GB.
Rose Benz Ericson, “The Conscious Consumer: Promoting Economic Justice through
Fair Trade,” pp. 188-191 of GB.
Angela Hale, “What Hope for ‘Ethical’ Trade in the Globalized Garment Industry?”
pp. 192-196 of GB.
Levi Strauss & Co., “Business Partner Terms of Engagement and Guidelines for
Country Selection,” pp. 197-198 of GB.
Michael E. Conroy, “Can Advocacy-Led Certification Systems Transform Global
Corporate Practices?” pp. 210-215 of GB.
Tues. 2/27 – The Coffee Crisis: A Case Study of Globalization, NGOs and Fair Trade
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Charis Gresser and Sophia Tickell, Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup.
Washington, DC: Oxfam International, 2002. Available for downloading at
www.oxfamamerica.org/pdfs/mugged_coffee-report.pdf or from university library course
reserves.
Thurs. 3/1 – A Case Study of Globalization in Jamaica
Documentary film: “Life and Debt.” No required readings.
Tues. 3/6 – Review session for midterm examination
Finish the film “Life and Debt.” Discussion on the film.
Opportunity to ask questions about the exam, no required readings.
Thurs. 3/8 – Midterm Examination
Tues. 3/13 and Thurs. 3/15 – Spring break, no class.
Tues. 3/20 – Globalization and Challenges to Sovereignty
Robert O. Keohane, “Sovereignty in International Society,” GTR # 13, pp. 147-161.
David Held, “The Changing Structure of International Law: Sovereignty
Transformed?” GTR # 14, pp. 162-176.
Jessica T. Mathews, “Power Shift,” GTR # 17, pp. 204-212.
Thurs. 3/22 – Will the Sovereign State Survive Globalization?
Susan Strange, “The Declining Authority of States,” GTR # 11, pp. 127-138.
Michael Mann, “Has Globalization Ended the Rise and Rise of the Nation-State?”
GTR # 12, pp. 135-146.
Anne-Marie Slaughter, “Governing the Global Economy Through Government
Networks,” GTR # 16, pp. 189-203.
Tues. 3/27 – Globalization and Democracy
Bhagwati, Chapter 8, “Democracy at Bay?”
Anthony McGrew, “Models of Transnational Democracy,” GTR # 43, pp. 500-513.
Robert A. Dahl, “Can International Organizations Be Democratic? A Skeptic’s
View,” GTR # 45, pp. 530-541.
Thurs. 3/29 – Global Governance
James N. Rosenau, “Governance in a New Global Order,” GTR # 19, pp. 223-233.
Bhagwati, Chapter 16, “Coping with Downsides.”
Bhagwati, Chapter 18, “Managing Transitions: Optimal, Not Maximal, Speed.”
Tues. 4/3 – Globalization and Security, part I
Victor D. Cha, “Globalization and the Study of International Security,” Journal of
Peace Research, Vol. 37 # 3 (May 2000): 391-403, available from university library course
reserves.
Moisés Naim, “The Five Wars of Globalization,” Foreign Policy, January/February
2003, pp. 29-37, available from university library course reserves.
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Thurs. 4/5 – Globalization and Security, part II
Michael Mousseau, “Market Civilization and Its Clash with Terror,” International
Security, Vol. 27 # 3 (Winter 2002/2003): 5-29, available from university library course
reserves.
Stanley Hoffman, “Clash of Globalizations,” GTR # 8, pp. 106-111.
Written assignment due at the beginning of class (10:30 AM).
Tues. 4/10 – Globalization, Migration and Population Flows
Documentary film: Wide Angle, “Dying To Leave.”
Bhagwati, Chapter 14, “International Flows of Humanity.”
Thurs. 4/12 – Globalization and Communications
John B. Thompson, “The Globalization of Communication,” GTR # 21, pp. 246-259.
Robert W. McChesney, “The New Global Media,” GTR # 22, pp. 260-268.
Tues. 4/17 – Globalization and Culture
Kevin Robins, “Encountering Globalization,” GTR # 20, pp. 239-245.
Anthony D. Smith, “Towards a Global Culture?,” GTR # 24, pp. 278-285.
Bhagwati, Chapter 9, “Culture Imperiled or Enriched?”
Thurs. 4/19 – Globalization and the Environment
Bhagwati, Chapter 11, “Environment in Peril?”
Alan Thein Durning, “How Much Is ‘Enough’?” pp. 287-291 of GB.
Tues. 4/24 – The Backlash against Globalization
Zahara Heckscher, “Long Before Seattle: Historical Resistance to Economic
Globalization,” pp. 86-91 of GB.
Wada Taw-il, “We Are to Be Sacrificed: Indigenous Peoples and Dams,” pp. 103-105
of GB.
Subcomandante Marcos, “Our Word Is Our Weapon,” pp. 258-261 of GB.
Bhagwati, Chapter 1, “Anti-Globalization: Why?”
Chris Brown, “A World Gone Wrong?,” GTR # 49, pp. 564-576.
Thurs. 4/26 – Alternative Futures or Limits to Globalization
International Forum on Globalization, “Alternatives to Economic Globalization,” pp.
42-46 of GB.
David Held, “Cosmopolitanism: Taming Globalization,” GTR # 44, pp. 514-529.
Mark Weisbrot, “Globalism on the Ropes,” pp. 38-41 of GB.
Jerry Useem, “Globalization: Can Governments, Companies, and Yes, the Protesters
Ever Learn To Get Along?” pp. 305-308 of GB.
The 2nd Midterm Examination will be held during the university’s regularly scheduled
final exam period for this course: Tuesday, May 1st from 8:00-10:00 AM. Please note
the much earlier starting time than our regular class.