GEWS 2091 Understanding Globalization

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1 GEWS 2091 Understanding Globalization Second Semester Mini Theatre, Lee Woo Sing College (WS1_LG101) Thursday, Instructor: Hak Yin Li Office Hours: Office: UCC 326 Tue Tel: Wed Or by appointment Course Description This course helps students to understand the major concepts, theories, debates and reflections related to globalization. Particular thematic issues such as economy, environment and sport as well as non-traditional security issues in the fields of humanitarian intervention, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, drug trafficking and global health will be examined. The course encourages students to observe and evaluate the impacts of globalization to their personal life as well as the role of Hong Kong between the East and the West in the era of globalization. Course Learning Outcomes On completing the course, students will be able to: Understand the main concepts such as regionalism, global governance and interdependence which are related to the processes of global economic, social, political integration Be exposed to the main controversies resulted from globalization processes, e.g., trade liberalization and the race to the bottom, human rights and sovereignty, global market forces and the goal of nature conservation, and the challenges of non-traditional security issues Have the ability to form independent idea about the causes, impact and controversies of globalization by applying the concepts covered in the course Have the ability to related the macro-level factors of globalization to current affairs in Hong Kong society Learning Activities The major learning activities include lecture, class discussions, role play, guest lecture and written assignments. Assessment (100% coursework) The assessment methods are divided into four items: Environmental scanning 20% 1. According to the assigned role, each student will need to submit a policy brief by illustrating how globalization affects a country, non- 1

2 governmental organization, multinational corporation, regional institution or an inter-governmental organization 2. The paper should pick up a current issue or a political event which is caused by globalization and the issue or event will affect or have affected their assigned role 3. The requirement for the paper will be around 1500 words (double-space, font size should be 12 in Times New Roman, standard margin, with cover page) 4. The cover page should include course code, topic and student number only, please do NOT put your name on it 5. Plagiarism will result in a failing grade in the course. The paper should cover full citations. The due date of the environmental scanning is 3 Mar before Students will have to submit the assignment through VeriGuide for checking plagiarism and upload it on Blackboard 7. Late submission can also cause penalty by deduction of 2 marks per day 8. The submission of hard copy is not required. Students should check the comments on their papers via Blackboard in due course Roundtable discussion and group presentation 30% Students will form groups according to their assigned role by course instructor. There will be 40 to 50 minutes before the end of every lecture for roundtable discussion according to the class schedule s topics. Course instructor will provide guideline on writing environmental scanning from class 1 to class 4, then the roundtable discussion will start from class 5 to class 10. And class 11, 12 and 13 will be group presentations, each presentation should be around 20 minutes to discuss the major concerns of globalization of its role, and the following 10 minutes will be opened for discussions. Please see the list of topics and further details at the end of the course outline Class participation 10% Students are encouraged to participate in class discussion. Students will be invited to answer questions or contributed his or her personal thought on particular issue via ureply. Thus, students must log in with their name and student number. Quality is preferred rather than quantity in class discussion Commentary paper on group presentations 40% 1. Students can pick any one of the group presentations to write a commentary, but the topic should be different from the one student presented. Students should consult the course instructor if they would like to develop their own topic 2. Generally, there are three ways to write a commentary. First, students may agree with the presenters view by enriching the argument. Second, students can criticize the presentations by pointing out its limitations. Third, students are also encouraged to contribute a counter argument 3. Students need to show that they have mastered the major concepts of globalization and apply what they have learned in the previous lectures as well as the make use of supporting evidences 2

3 4. The requirement for the commentary paper will be around 2000 words (double-space, font size should be 12 in Times New Roman, standard margin, with cover page) and they must be individually written 5. The cover page should include course code, topic and student number only, please do NOT put your name on it 6. Plagiarism will result in a failing grade in the course. The paper should cover full citations 7. The due date of the term paper is scheduled on 5 May before Student will have to submit the assignment through VeriGuide for checking plagiarism and upload it on Blackboard. 8. Late submission can also cause penalty by deduction of 2 marks per day 9. The submission of hard copy is not required. Students should check the comments on their papers via Blackboard in due course Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Plagiarism will result in a failing grade in the course. Assignments should cover full citations. Chicago-Style Footnote Citation is preferred. See the quick guide below: ** No citation in the main text will result in a failed grade as well ** And see more information about academic honesty in the following website: Evaluation of Environmental Scanning, Poster Presentation, Roundtable Discussion, Class Participation and Term Paper Students performance will be judged by the following criteria: Students are able to study further materials in addition to the required readings Students can present their ideas neatly and clearly in presentation and written works Students can critically analyze the gathered research materials by providing a professional opinion according to his or her assigned role in a logical and systematic way Students viewpoints are supported by convincing empirical evidences Textbook Manfred B. Steger, Paul Battersby and Joseph M. Siracusa (editors), The SAGE handbook of globalization, Los Angeles: SAGE, 2014 [Electronic Resource] Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst, International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, 2nd ed.. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers 2010 (Student may also refer to the 3rd edition while some updated readings will be distributed in due course) Class Schedule and Required Readings 3

4 PART I. INTRODUCTION Class 1 (12 Jan) What is Your Own Experience of Globalization and Politics? Thomas L. Friedman, It s a Flat World, After All, New York Times Magazine, 3 April Class 2 (19 Jan) When did Globalization Start? Jonathan D. Aronson, The Communications and Internet Revolution in John Baylis and Steve Smith (editors), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2001, pp Optional Textbook, Manfred B. Steger, Chapter 5, Nevzat Soguk, Local, Radical, Global: From International Relations to Insurrectional Relations, pp The History of Globalization, Yale Global Online, < edu/about/history.jsp>. Class 3 (26 Jan) Theories PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS Textbook, Manfred B. Steger, Chapter 1, Manfred B. Steger, Approaches to the Study of Globalization, pp Textbook, Margaret P. Karns and Karen Mingst, Chapter 2, The Theoretical Foundations of Global Governance, pp Class 4 (9 Feb) Actors Textbook, Margaret P. Karns and Karen Mingst, Chapter 4, The United Nations: Centerpiece of Global Governance, pp Textbook, Margaret P. Karns and Karen Mingst, Chapter 6, Nonstate Actors: NGOs, Networks and Social Movements, pp Optional Richard L. Brinkman and June E. Brinkman, Corporate Power and the Globalization Process, International Journal of Social Economics, vol.29, no.9, 2002, pp PART III: ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND SPORT 4

5 Class 5 (16 Feb) Free Trade vs. Fair Trade Joseph E. Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, London, 2003, Chapter 3, Freedom to Choose, pp Nancy Birdsall and Francis Fukuyama, The Post-Washington Consensus, Foreign Affairs, vol.90, no.2, 2011, pp Optional Charis Gresser and Sophia Tickell, Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup, Oxford: Oxfam International, 2002, < mugged.pdf>. Class 6 (23 Feb) Global Environmental Degradation Greenpeace, Where does E-Waste End Up?, 2009, < org/international/en/campaigns/detox/electronics/the-e-waste-problem/ where-does-e-waste-end-up/>. Textbook, Margaret P. Karns and Karen Mingst, Chapter 11, Protecting the Environment, pp Optional Peter H. Gleick, Water and Conflict Fresh Water Resources and International Security, International Security, vol.18, no.1, 1993, pp Class 7 (2 Mar) Sport and International Civil Society Kristine Toohey and A. J. Veal, The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective, Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York : CABI Pub, 2000, pp Optional Suisheng Zhao, The Olympics and Chinese Nationalism, China Security, vol.4, no.3, 2008, pp Week 7 (3 Mar) ** Submission of Environmental Scanning ** PART IV: TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES 5

6 Class 8 (9 Mar) Humanitarian Intervention Alex J. Bellamy and Nicholas J. Wheeler, Humanitarian Intervention in World Politics in John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (editors), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, 5th edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp Daryl Glaser, Does Hypocrisy Matter? The Case of US Foreign Policy, Review of International Studies, vol.32, iss.2, 2006, pp Class 9 (16 Mar) Terrorism and Nuclear Proliferation Audrey Kurth Cronin, Behind the Curve Globalization and International Terrorism, International Security, vol.27, no.3, 2002/2003, pp Darryl Howlett, Nuclear Proliferation in John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (editors), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, 5th edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp Optional David Von Drehle, The War on ISIS, Time, 9 March Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Weapons of Mass Destruction and the United Nations, Global Governance, vol.10, 2004, pp John Rollins and Liana Sun Wyler, Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Foreign Policy Issues for Congress, CRS Report for Congress, 19 October, 2012, < Class 10 (23 Mar) Drug Trafficking and Global Health David P. Fidler, After the Revolution: Global Health Politics in a Time of Economic Crisis and Threatening Future Trends, Global Health Governance, vol.2, no.2, 2008/2009, pp Ryan Clarke, Narcotics Trafficking in China: Size, Scale, Dynamic and Future Consequences, Pacific Affairs, vol.81, no.1, 2008, pp Optional Ko-lin Chin and Sheldon X. Zhang, The Chinese Connection: Cross-border Drug Trafficking between Myanmar and China, Final Report for the US Department of Justice, April Lijun Sheng, China-ASEAN Cooperation Against Illicit Drugs from the Golden Triangle, Asian Perspective, vol.30, no.2, 2006, pp World Health Organization, The World Health Report 2013 Research for Universal Health Coverage, 2013, 6

7 < _eng.pdf? ua=1>. PART V: FLIPPED CLASSROOM Class 11 (30 Mar) Student Presentations Class 12 (6 Apr) Student Presentations Class 13 (13 Apr) Student Presentations Class 14 (20 Apr) Guest Lecture (Prof. Prof. Ruth Hayhoe) and Roundup Highlights in the Transformation of China s Universities An eyewitness account of Critical Turning Points from Isolation to Globalization Hong Kong between the East and the West 5 May ** Submission of Commentary Paper ** Feedback for Course Evaluation Course and teaching evaluation survey will be conducted in the second last week of the course. Students are reminded of their responsibility and right to give feedback to facilitate enhancement of the course. Students are also welcome to give feedbacks to the course instructor at any time in person or through s. 7

8 Reference Abinales, P. N., Noboru Ishikawa, and Akio Tanabe, Dislocating Nation-States: Globalization in Asia and Africa, Kyoto Area Studies on Asia, Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto University Press, Akhtarkhavari, Afshin, Global Governance of the Environment: Environmental Principles and Change in International Law and Politics, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, Barnett, Michael, and Raymond Duvall, (editors), Power in Global Governance, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, Baylis, John, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (editors), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, 5th edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011 Beck, Ulrich, Power in the Global Age: A New Global Political Economy; translated by Kathleen Cross, Cambridge; Malden, MA: Polity Clarke, John N. and Geoffrey R. Edwards (editors), Global Governance in the Twenty- First Century, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, Coleman, Katharina P., International Organisations and Peace Enforcement: The Politics of International Legitimacy, Cambridge University Press, 2007 De Greiff, Pablo and Ciaran Cronin, Global Justice and Transnational Politics: Essays on the Moral and Political Challenges of Globalization, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Ferree, Myra Marx and Aili Mari Tripp, Global Feminism: Transnational Women's Activism, Organizing, and Human Rights, New York: New York University Press, Fierke, K.M., Diplomatic Interventions: Conflict and Change in a Globalizing World, Basingstoke, England; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, Ghosh, B. N. and H. M. Guven, Globalization and the Third World: A Study of Negative Consequences, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, Gilpin, Robert and Jean M Gilpin, Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order, Princeton, N.J.; Oxford: Princeton University Press, Held, David and Anthony G. McGrew, The Global Transformations Reader: An Introduction to the Globalization Debate, 2nd edition, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, Held, David, Debating Globalization, Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA: Polity, Held, David and Anthony G McGrew, Globalization / Anti-Globalization: Beyond the Great Divide, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Polity, Ho, Lok-sang and Robert F. Ash (editors), China, Hong Kong, and the World Economy: Studies on Globalization, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, Huntington, Samuel P., The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York: Simon & Schuster, Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence, Boston: Longman (4 edition), Krasner, Stephen D., Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press,

9 Lechner, Frank J. and John Boli (editors), The Globalization Reader, 4th edition, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: J. Wiley & Sons, Manfred B. Steger, Paul Battersby and Joseph M. Siracusa (editors), The SAGE handbook of globalization, Los Angeles: SAGE, 2014 Peerenboom, Randall, China Modernizes: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest? New York: Oxford University Press, Stiglitz, Joseph E., Globalization and Its Discontents, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, London, Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, Geopolitics and Geoculture: Essays on the Changing World-System, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Zheng, Yongnian, Globalization and State Transformation in China, New York: Cambridge University Press,

10 Further Details: Environmental Scanning There are students in the course, there will be 10 groups and each group should have 4-5 students. Each student in a group should represent different country, institution, and organization, and the policy brief of environmental scanning must be individually written. The groups will be divided in the following categories: Countries: Asia Countries: Europe Countries: Africa Countries: Middle East Countries: North, Caribbean America and others Countries: South America Non-Governmental Organizations Multinational Corporations Regional Institutions or Inter-Governmental Organizations Others: Religious or Indigenous Groups Further Details: Group Presentation and Roundtable Discussion Each group will then discuss the concerns of globalization and work on a group presentation according to the following schedule in class 11, 12 and Mar 6 Apr 13 Apr Group 1 Group 5 Group Discussions Group 2 Group 6 Group Discussions Group 3 Group 7 Roundup Discussions Group 4 Group Discussions Make-Up Comment and Feedback Peer Review Exercise The peer review exercise will be launched if any student voices out the concern of freerider in his or her group to course instructor. The process aims to find out every member s performance in the group project, e.g. attendance of the meeting, contribution and interpersonal skills. Each member needs to submit the form to course instructor independently, and he or she does not need to and should not consult other group members in filling this form. Grade will then be distributed to each member according to his or her workload and contribution. 10