POLITICAL SCIENCE 254 - Globalization

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Description:

This course looks at five themes: global economics, global migration, global civil society, global human rights, and global institutions. Students examine how international mobility of both capital and labor transforms both lives and politics, and in different ways in different places. Questions include: Who do jobs and people go abroad Who does it help and who does it hurt What are the politics of the Caribbean nanny in the middle-class New York home How does globalization weaken the state, and why is that so dangerous for democracy Can transnational civil activism make things better Can the UN or World Bank do a better job Do "global human rights" exist Should they (Ost, Yadav , offered alternate years ; subfields: COMP, IR)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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