This course explores the emergence of cross-border systems in business, economics, politics, communications, culture and science/technology as well as their interconnections. Informal, unofficial, and illegal systems such as nongovernmental organizations, world music, the internet  and crime syndicates are also addressed. The main focus is transnational systems created to produce, transport, and promote goods and services,  as well as systems developed to regulate, resist or transform such globalization. The course also tracks and evaluates formal and informal structures of global governance.

Required Reading:

            Rosa Dierks, Introduction to Globalization (Buirnham, 2001)
            Robin Broad, ed., Global Backlash (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002)
            Reader (handout)
            International organization publications (on-line versions)
            Assignments will be updated on-line (Blackboard).

Evaluation:

Course evaluation will be based on participation, exams and written assignments. Participation (20%) includes attendance, presentations, discussions, debate. Quality participation will be a key to the success of this class and will enhance the learning experience for all.  Students are expected to come to class having prepared the reading or on-line documents for discussion. Material prepared for class discussion will be maintained in a course portfolio. There will be a mid-term exam (20%)  and a final (30%) as well as an early diagnostic exercise. There will be one 10-page analytic research papers (30%) based on the class readings as well as on outside research. The papers will be graded on the quality of the argument and on the writing. All students are expected to meet with me by the third week of the course.

Course Objectives:

1. Develop understanding of concepts globalization, global system and global governance including leading theories and historical perspectives.
2. Familiarity with participants in global system including nation-states and international organizations both public and private.
3. Knowledge of a range of different topic areas among which: trade, finance, corporations, migration, culture, environment, development, the military, crime.
4. Acquaintance with research strategies for collecting and analyzing information about the above concepts, organizations and topics.
5. Enhance ability to write a medium length research paper including practice in thesis development, outlining, information collection and analysis (including traditional and electronic data bases), and plagiarism avoidance.
6. Promote effective oral communication through presentations, discussion, and debate. 
7. Encourage the setting personal goals to improve in one or more of these areas (and others such as note taking, study skills, exam taking. etc.).
8. Identify opportunities for students to volunteer with non-governmental organizations.

   Outline and Topics:

Introduction

Roundtable:  Globalization pros and cons

       Broad, Intro, Part I; Intro, 1.1

       Burtless, Globaphobia; 1.2 Annan, Address to WTO;

       1.4 Buchanan Free Trade is not Free; 1.6 IFG, Alternatives toEconomic Globalization

       Assignment:    Write a one-page brief discussing the main issues raised in these articles.

Definitions and Theories

       Dierks, Intro, Chs 1 and 2; Reader, “One World”

History of Globalization

       Broad, Part II, Intro; 2.1 Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa;

       2.2 Lappeand Collins, Why Can’t People Feed Themselves?; Heckscher, Long Before Seattle 

Rules, Players, Strategies, Payoffs

        Dierks, Ch. 3

       Currency Arrangements

        Dierks, Ch. 4; Broad, 2.8 Gelinas, The Pillars of the System; Reader, "Capital Goes Global”

Trade Rules

        Dierks, Ch. 5; Reader, “Trade Winds”; Broad, 2.6 NIEO

        Trade websites: 

        Public Citizen  http://www.citizen.org/

        Institute for International Economics  http://www.iie.com/

      World Trade Organization  http://www.wto.org/

        International Forum  on Globalization  http://oneworld.net/

        Trade and Development Center (WTO/WB) http://www.itd.org/

Market Rules

        Dierks, Ch. 6; Broad, 2.5 Weisbot

The Players in the Global System

        Dierks, Part III, Intro, Ch 7 (Governments); Reader, “Bearing the Weight of the Market”;

        Broad 2.7 We are to be Sacrificed

Multinational Corporations

        Dierks, Ch 8; Reader, “Worldbeater, Inc.”; Reader, “Delivering the Goods”;

        Broad, 2.5 MNCs and US Foreign Policy; Sweeney, The New Internationalism

Corporate Ethics Roundtable

        Broad, Part IV, Intro; 4.1 The Conscious consumer, 4.2 Ethical Trade;

        4.3 Levi Strauss Business Partner Terms; 4.4 Reebok Award; 4.5 Children of the Looms;

        4.6 independent Monitoring; 4.7 Certification Programs; 4.8 Forest Stewardship;

        4.9 Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns; 4.10 Statement to College and U. Presidents;

        4.11Mechanisms for Labor Rights

        Corporate Ethics Websites:

        Global Chamber of Commerce http://www.globalindex.com/chamber/welcome.htm

        Business and Industry Advisory Commission of the OECD http://www.biac.org/

        “Corporate Governance,” “Guidelines for MNE’s”

        Transparency International http://www.transparency.de/    Annual Report

Mid-term Exam

Nongovernmental Organizations

          Dierks, Ch 9

          Think Tanks

         Dierks, Ch 10 Broad 1.8 Hemispheric Social Alliance;

International Financial Institutions

          Dierks, Ch 11; Broad, 1.4 Report of the IFI Advisory Commission; 1.9 Death of the Washington Consensus?;

         5.7 Controlling Casino Capital

          Websites:

         International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/

         World Bank (www.worldbank.org

         United Nations Development Program http://www.undp.org/

       “Overcoming Human Poverty”

         50 Years is Enough http://www.50years.org/    “Factsheets”

          One World On-line http://www.oneworld.net/

         “Exchange with World Bank,”  “Bretton Woods Project”

         “Narmada Dam Campaign,” “Debt Relief”

Roundtable on Trade

          Broad, Part III, Intro, 3.1 A Just and Sustainable Initiative for NA; 3.2 Another Look at NAFTA;

         3.3 Cross-Broder Labor Solidarity; 3.4 NAFTA's Labor Agreement; 3.5 Building Workers’Human Rights;

        3.6. How the South is Getting a Raw Deal at the WTO; 3.7 How to Support the Rights of Women Workers

      Websites on Fair Trade

          Global Exchange http://www.globalexchange.org/

          Fair Trade Federation http://www.fairtradefederation.com/

Globalization as Process

          Dierks, Ch 12;  Broad, 5.1 Our Word is our Weapon; Reader, “Workers of the World”

          Migration and Labor Websites   

          International Organization on Migration http://www.iom.int/ “Trafficking in Migrants,” “Migrants Rights” multiple articles

          International Labor Organization http://www.ilo.org/

          Labournet International http://www.labournet.org/

          Final Declaration of the International Trade Conference

         Online Network for...Migrant Workers

          Workers’ Democracy

          National Labor Committee http://www.nlcnet.org/

          “Workers’Rights Consortium",“Resources and Reports”

Regionalism

           Dierks, Ch. 13

          Global Education

           Dierks, Ch 14

Globalization and Culture

           Dierks, Ch 15; Reader, “A World View”

           Assignment:  Interview members of your family about their taste in music. 

           How have musical tastes changed over three generations?  What international influences are involved? 

           Do you detect a globalization of culture occuring?           

Globalization and Democracy

           Dierks Chs 16-17

Rolling Back Globalization?

            Broad Part V, Intro; 5.2 Bringing the Food Economy Back In; 5.3 Biodiversity Protection;

            5.4 The Cochabamba Declaration on Water; 5.5 The Treaty Initiative;

            5.6 South-South Summit Declaration; 5.8 How Much is“Enough”?; 5.9 Toward a Deglobalized World

Conclusion

            Dierks, Ch 18; Broad, Conclusion, Intro; C.1 Globalization

           Assignment:  Review the material in your portfolio including your position paper on globalization.

            Write a one-page commentary on how your ideas have developed during the class.

INTS 3100 Analytic Paper Guidelines

Analytic Paper Topic:  Your paper should investigate a “global system”  that is covered in the class readings.   Write a 2500-word essay using concepts developed in this course.  Your paper should include  sources from at least three different data bases (the Internet, Infotrac, Lexis-Nexis, SIRS, books/journals each count as one data base).

Papers will be evaluated on content and form.  Commit yourself to submitting only your best work.   You will be asked to submit a statement of purpose,  outline, bibliography, introduction and your research notes prior to submitting your paper.  Your paper should include an introductory paragraph with a  statement of theme/thesis,  development of your argument, and a conclusion.

1. Please carefully follow a paper writing guide of your choice.  Review grammar and punctuation rules, paragraph writing, thesis statements, topic sentences, and conclusions.  All references must be properly cited.  List the paper guide you are following in your bibliography .  As needed, students will  be encouraged to obtain writing assistance from the Student Achievement Center SSH 885 3674. 
2. Be vigilant about plagiarism.  Any direct quote from your sources, however brief (even a short phrase), that is not placed in quotation marks constitutes plagiarism, even if you footnote the source.  Your paper must me written in your own words.  Limit the number and length of the quotes you do use.  Any written work containing plagiarism will be assigned a grade of F.
3. Take notes from your sources in your own words and then write your paper.  You will be asked to submit your research notes.
4. It is very easy to copy text inadvertently in this electronic age.  If you download text, be sure to place it in quotations marks immediately.  Later, you will not remember.  You must submit to me paper copies of any electronic data-base sources you use in your paper.
5. Be prepared to make books referenced in your paper available to me when you submit your paper.
6. Unless you obtain prior permission, you may only use sources written in English.
7. If you use any non-CSUEB library materials, you must indicate the library you used to obtain each source.
8. You may wish to make an appointment with a reference librarian prior to undertaking your project.  Steve Philibosian (steve.philibosian@csueastbay.edu) is the librarian responsible for political science. 

   Statement on Plagiarism

“It is the policy of the International Studies Program and of California State University to treat plagiarism as a very serious offense. The University Catalog states that students who cheat or plagiarize may be expelled, suspended, placed on probation or given a lesser sanction.

Plagiarism is defined as:

1. purchasing or borrowing papers from any source;
2. recycling your own paper from another class;
3. submitting a ghost-written paper;
4. copying more than four consecutive words without citing your source and enclosing the passage in quotation marks;
5. paraphrasing without giving credit for ideas (except on an exam);
6. copying work from other students (or permitting another student to copy your work);
7. reproducing the basic sentence structure from a source while inserting some synonyms or interchanging word order.
8. All of the above also applies to material translated from other languages. If in doubt about whether you are plagiarizing, confer with your instructor."