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1 Bachelors' course: Globalisation, Welfare and Inequality Om kurset Uddannelse Forkortelse Kursustype Undervisningssprog Tilmelding Eksamensform global studies Gwi Seminar English Register for the course between September 1st and September 7th 48-hours examination Complementary seminar: The topic(s) will be sent out by on 7th November at 10AM. The deadline for submitting two printed copies is 9th November 2012 at 11.30AM. The essay should be of a maximum of 12,000 keystrokes/characters including spaces. Eksamenstidspunkt 48-hours examination: 7th - 9th November 2012 (The result will be publiced before 3rd December 2012) Re-examination: 11th - 13th February 2013 Evaluering Formål Målgruppe 7-point grading scale The aim of the course is to give the students basic knowledge on how globalization and internationalization have impact on welfare, social risks, class structure, employment relations and social cohesion. Globalization brings with it new inequalities and patterns of poverty. Global development involves new demands for citizens to address institutionally the challenges of poverty and inequality, and establish new frameworks for participation and representation to deal with them. You can buy the compendium in the Book store. Bachelor students of Global Studies Undervisningsansvarlig Thomas P. Boje ( boje@ruc.dk ) Kursussekretær Connie Jakobsen ( conja@ruc.dk ) Silas Fehmerling Harrebye ( silas@ruc.dk ) Klaus Rasborg ( kpr@ruc.dk ) Bent Greve ( bgr@ruc.dk ) kursusgange Introduction: Globalization, Welfare and Inequality Tidspunkt 04/ kl. 13:15-15:00 Sted auditorium (145) Globalization brings with it new inequalities and patterns of poverty. Global development involves new demands for citizens to address institutionally the challenges of poverty and inequality, and establish new frameworks for participation and representation to deal with them. Citizenship is closely related to social participation in all spheres of everyday life: from the shaping of civic, public and private institutions; to increased social cohesion; and to the realisation of democratic rights in contemporary societies. Whilst globalization and the transition to a knowledge-based society are seen as the key factors in creating economic growth, and greater social and political integration, it may also carry risks for individuals, families and communities and may result in greater social marginalization and exclusion and thereby a weaker social cohesion in the society. The aim of this course will be to clarify the inter-relationship between social cohesion, citizenship and social participation on the one hand and how these three dimensions on the other hand are influenced by globalisation and the decline of nation-state power, which normally is seen as a condition for a strong democratic culture and comprehensive social protection

2 Literature: J. Habermas (1992 / 2007) Citizenship and National Identity: Some reflections on the Future of Europe Praxis International Vol 12, pp (18 pages) Nancy Frazer (2011) Marketization, Social protection and emancipation: Towards a Neo-Planyian Conception of Capitalist Crisis. In C. Calhoun and G. Derluguian (eds) Business as Usual: The Roots of the Global Financial Meltdown. New York: New York University Press pp (19 pages) D. J. O Byrne and A. Hensby (2011) Theorizing Global Studies Chapter 1: Globalisation: The Global Village, pp (22 pages) G. Delanty (2009) Citizenship in a global age: Society, culture, politics. London: Open University Press Chapter 6: Globalization and deterritorialization of space: between order and chaos, pp (12 pages) Further readings: G. Delanty (1997) Models of Citizenship: Defining European Identity and Citizenship, Citizenship Studies Vol. 1, No. 3. pp (18 pages) Tidspunkt 04/ kl. 15:15-17:00 Sted auditorium (145) Globalization, Citizenship and Diversity gender and ethnicity Tidspunkt 11/ kl. 10:15-12:00 This lecture includes two different aspects of the relationship between citizenship and diversity. First, the lecture gives a presentation of Nancy Fraser s integrated theory of justice which has been developed by combining recognition and redistribution. This theory is based on a critique of the rising dominance of the politics of recognition which at least to some extent miss to explain the growing inequality and unequal distribution of resources in the world. N. Fraser has later on also integrated the political dimension in her more recent work. This theoretical conceptualization between recognition, redistribution and representation can be used in explaining diversity and inequality by gender and ethnicity. The second aspect of the lecture will be a discussion of the relationship between social cohesion, diversity and ethnicity in defining the citizenship in a globalised world. Nancy Fraser (2005) Re-framing justice in a Globalizing World In Terry Lowell (ed) (Mis)Recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice, Routledge 2007, pp (20 papes) Ruth Lister (2005) (Mis) recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice: A critical Social Policy perspective. In Terry Lowell (ed) (Mis)Recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice, Routledge 2007, pp (18 pages) Pauline H. Cheong, Rosalind Edwards, Harry Goulbourne, and John Solomos (2007) Immigration, social cohesion and social capital: A critical review Critical Social Policy, 2007, Vol 27 (1) pp (25 pages) G. Delanty (2009) Citizenship in a global age: Society, culture, politics. London: Open University Press Chapter 7:The transformation of the nation state: nationalism, the city, migration and multiculturalism. pp (22 pages) Further readings: Kearns A. and R. Forrest (2000) Social cohesion and multilevel urban governance. Urban Studies Vol. 37, pp (23 pages) Tidspunkt 11/ kl. 13:15-15:00 Coherence problem and/or possible solution to global inequality Tidspunkt 18/ kl. 10:15-12:00

3 Underviser Silas Fehmerling Harrebye ( silas@ruc.dk ) Conditions are managed through a series of strategies ranging from abstract discourse to help us ease our sense of cognitive dissonance, to practical coping measures? In this lecture I will discuss how various forms of crises and critique, in the North and South, can be seen as symptoms of certain immanent paradoxes of globalization. A distinction between prevention-, mitigation-, and coping strategies is made as a basis for a critical comparative analyses of how these are differently implemented on the basis of the principle of coherence. Empirical cases are analyzed and exercises are used to test the underlying logic. It is often implied when discussing development that third world countries should learn from welfare states such as Denmark. I question this premise and outline a compromise between dominating theories seeking to harmonize global liberal democracies. Political independence in combination with strategic coherence and juridical internationalization is suggested as one way of meeting the challenges of globalization. How do we reconcile welfare states with growing global inequality? The lecture will be pointing towards the cosmopolitan question: How can representative democracy be reformulated, by integrating civil society and international institutionalized governance, in order to meet the social challenges of the future? Literature: Held, David and McGrew, Anthon (2007) Globalization / Anti-Globalization. Beyond the great divide (2nd edition). Pp (Ch. 7 and 8). Polity Press. Higgott, Richard (2000): Contested Globalization: The Changing Context and Normative Challenges. Review of International Studies, vol. 26, no. special issue, pp Whelan, Christopher T.; Maitre, Bertrand (2008) Social class variation in risk: a comparative analysis of the dynamics of economic vulnerability. British Journal of Sociology, vol. 59, no. 4, pp Further readings: Beck, Ulrich: The Cosmopolitan Vision. Pp (Ch. 1). Polity Press, 2006 Kaldor, Mary (edit.): Global Civil Society, 2007/08. Pp (Introduction). London: Sage, 2008 Tidspunkt 18/ kl. 13:15-15:00 Welfare and Citizenship from Social Protection to Social Investments Tidspunkt 25/ kl. 10:15-12:00 In confronting the different social risks two visions of social citizenship regime have appeared in implementing welfare reforms: the social right regime based on Citizenship and Class by T. H. Marshall (1949) and the social investment regime coined by Giddens (1998) in his book on The Third Way. These two regimes differ fundamentally when it comes to the notion of social protection and welfare, how to combat inequality and how to manage the demands from globalization / europeanization. The aim of this lecture is to discuss the changing perception of social protection and welfare and its implications for the definition of social citizenship rights. In the social right regime social policy was primarily oriented towards consumption and income maintenance. The social right tradition argues that the welfare state through social rights can respond to the life risks encountered by the citizens such as sickness, unemployment and old age. It was the responsibility of welfare states to ensure economical growth with full employment and to ensure a more equal distribution of income than the market provides. Due to societal changes this conception of social protection and welfare provision has changed. The old welfare state sought to protect people from the inequality that the market creates, while the social investment state tries to facilitate integration into the market. Now social security means having the capacity to confront changes and this acquires new skills or update of old skills in order to adapt to the new demands in a knowledge-based globalized economy. Readings: Jane Jenson (2009) Lost in Transition Social Politics: International studies in Gender, State and Society Winter 2009, pages (36 pages) Giuliano Bonoli (2007) Time Matters: Post industrialization, New Social Risks, and Welfare State Adaptations in Advanced Industrial Democracies Comparative Political Studies Vol. 40, No (25 pages) Peter Taylor-Gooby (2004) New Risks, New Welfare: The Transformation of the European Welfare State. Oxford: Oxford University Press Chapter 1: New Risks and Social Change page 1-28 (28 pages) Further Reading: Jane Jenson and Denis Saint-Martin (2003) New Routes to Social Cohesion? Citizenship and the Social Investment State Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 28, 2003

4 Tidspunkt 25/ kl. 13:15-15:00 Active Democratic Participation and Changing Conditions for Influence Tidspunkt 02/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Underviser Silas Fehmerling Harrebye ( silas@ruc.dk ) The conditions for participation have changed drastically in the last decades. Our ways of engaging with each other and in the political sphere have changed accordingly. In this lecture I will outline a typology of activism and suggest a new conceptual framework for understanding current forms of creative activism and the way it facilitates the active citizenship. Based on a cyclical understanding of social movements, transnational critical communities and the phases they tend to go through, we will finally discuss the effect of democratic participation on inequality in a globalised polity with a sceptic approach to the welfare state as the celebrated end goal. The lecture will be based on my own research, your participation, and the appointed texts. Literature: Inglehart, Ronald and Welzel, Christian (2005) Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy. The Human Development Sequence. Cambridge University Press. - Introduction (pp. 1 15) - Chapter 6 (pp ) Tarrow, Sidney (1998) Power in Movement. Social movements and Contentious Politics (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press. - Chapter 9 (pp ) Rochon, Thomas R. (1998) Culture Moves. Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values. Princeton University Press. - Chapter 1 (pp. 3 22) - Chapter 8 (pp ) Tidspunkt 02/ kl. 13:15-15:00 Describing and measuring welfare in a global perspective Tidspunkt 09/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Underviser Bent Greve ( bgr@ruc.dk ) How can we describe and measure welfare in a global perspective when levels of living standards are diverse. Can we talk about welfare all around the world or does the meaning of welfare imply a more narrow approach in the western countries. Examples of difference and impact in welfare areas will be presented. D. J. O Byrne and A. Hensby (2011) Theorizing Global Studies Chapter 2 and 3 Karlsson, M. et. Al. (2010), Income inequality and health: Importance of a cross-country perspective. Social Science & Medicine., vol. 70, pp Doi: /j.socscimed (can be downloaded from RUB). Tidspunkt 09/ kl. 13:15-15:00

5 Explaining global inequality and poverty Tidspunkt 16/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Underviser Bent Greve ( bgr@ruc.dk ) The aim of this lecture is to discuss globalization and inequality from a variety of perspectives, for example, within the nation state, within the EU and between rich and poor countries. In order to discuss such perspectives it is important to understand varies types of measurements. These will therefore be presented (poverty measures, gini-coefficient), and, empirical data to support and discuss these elements will be included in the presentation. Possible reasons and explanation of poverty and inequality will also be presented. D. J. O Byrne and A. Hensby (2011) Theorizing Global Studies Chapter 2 and 3 Anand, Sudhir and Segal, Paul (2008) What Do We Know about Global Income Inequality? /Journal of Economic Literature, 46,1/, pp (can be downloaded from the library access to journals, doi= /jel ). Supplementary readings: OECD (2008) Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries. Paris, OECD, pp (can be downloaded from libraries access to OECD's website) Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2010); The Spirit Level, New York, Bloomsbury Press Tidspunkt 16/ kl. 13:15-15:00 Intercultural communication - global corporations and employee welfare Tidspunkt 23/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Underviser Silas Fehmerling Harrebye ( silas@ruc.dk ) Globalization does not only concern our personal lives and multilateral politics, it also affect the way we do business and many of us do our jobs in a multicultural setting. Every day an increasing number of people interact, communicate, negotiate, and sell in a complex international setting where flexibility and adaptability are essential traits to succeeding in an ever-changing global work environment as today it no longer makes sense to simply learn the local do s and don ts of a nation. The cross-cultural arena provides a huge potential for innovation, development, and knowledge sharing but only if we take these challenges serious. In this lecture we will go through some of the basic theories and concepts within the field of intercultural communication, try to diagnose the environment in which the global employee is working, and examine how cross-cultural consultants work with these challenges doing so we apply both an optimistic and a critical perspective on these techniques. Literature: Jensen, Iben (2003) The Practice of Intercultural Communication - Reflections for Professionals in Cultural Meetings, Journal of Intercultural Communication Soderberg, A.M., and Holden, N. (2002) Rethinking Cross Cultural Management in a Globalising Business World, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 2, 1, pp Adler, Nancy, (2008) International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior, chapter 3, Communicating Across Cultures, fifth edition, pp Sachman, Sonja & Philips (2004) Contextual Influences on Cultural Research. Shifting assumptions for new workplace realities, International Journal of cross cultural management Further voluntary readings: Distefano, Joseph & Maznevski, Martha L., (2000), Creating Value with Diverse Teams in Global Management, Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 29, No 1, pp D. J. O Byrne and A. Hensby (2011) Theorizing Global Studies Chapter 8 Tidspunkt 23/ kl. 13:15-15:00

6 Vision of the Risk Society towards a Cosmopolitan World Risk Society Tidspunkt 30/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Sted teori (65) Underviser Klaus Rasborg ( kpr@ruc.dk ) In 1986 Ulrich beck published his theory on the risk society. Since then it has been heavily debated both in academia and the general public. In this lecture we will discuss the latest arguments put forward by Ulrich Beck that the risk society has been transformed into a global world risk society. This development implies on the one hand that new global risks have emerged environmental. Financial and security but on the other hand new social relations bind us together in a common worry about the future of the globe. According to Beck the anxiety creates the conditions for new forms of global solidarity, political actions and trans-national governance in other works for a cosmopolitan democracy. What does we mean when talking about cosmopolitan? Do we find empirical evidence for the claims that society, politics and democracy have increasingly become cosmopolitan? Which demands do we phrase to the social sciences to make them prepared for the conditions of a cosmopolitan society? This is some of the main questions to be raised in this lecture. Readings: Beck, Ulrich 2009 Introduction: Staging Global Risk, i: do.: World at Risk. Cambridge: Polity Press, Kap. 1, p (22 s). Beck, Ulrich 2002 The Cosmopolitan Society and its Enemies, in: Theory, Culture and Society, 2002, Vol. 19 (1-2): (27 s.). Pichler, Florian 2009 Down-to-Earth Cosmopolitanism. Subjective and Objective Measurements of Cosmopolitanism in Survey Research, i: Current Sociology, September 2009, Vol. 57 (5): (28 s.). Tidspunkt 30/ kl. 13:15-15:00 Sted teori (65) Globalisation, civil society and participatory democracy Tidspunkt 06/ kl. 10:15-12:00 The development, present state and possible weakening of civil society and active participation have been intensively discussed in the recent decades. The concepts have developed from slogans used in opposition to totalitarian regimes in East-Central Europe into catchwords in worried reflections on issues such as social fragmentation, political alienation, and deterioration of community life in Western societies. The core of civil society is seen as the voluntary sector and its variety of informal networks. The development in volunteering and social capital among social groups and within social sectors is used as a case in this lecture. The organised civil society, citizenship and civic participation take different forms and institutional contexts depending on the welfare system. These differences and their structural background will be scrutinised in the lecture, including arguments about how this has an impact on how to cope with the impact of globalisation. Readings: Alejandro Portes and Erik Vickstrom (2011) Diversity, Social capital and Cohesion. Annual Review of Sociology. Vol. 37, pp (18 pages) Bryony L. Hoskins & Massimiliano Mascherini (2009) Measuring Active Citizenship through the development of a Composite Indicator, Social Indicator Research, 90: (29 pages) Florian Pichler and Claire Wallace (2007) Patterns of Formal and Informal Social Capital in Europe European Sociological Review Vol. 23 No. 4 pp (13 pages) Virginia Sapiro (2006) Gender, Social Capital, and Politics In O Neill and Gidengil (eds) Gender and Social Capital. Routledge 2006, pp (33 pages) STADS stamdata Afløsningsseminar Belastning : 7.5 ECTS Aktivitetskode : U23576 Prøveform : skriftlig Bedømmelse : 7-trinsskala Censur : Ekstern censur

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