GLS250

This course explores how processes of globalization have impacted nation-states, government institutions (both government and non-governmental), social roles and values, cultural belief systems, and economic exchange. Focused on modes of inquiry and domains of knowledge in the social sciences, the course promotes critical inquiry of globalization. The course will explore such questions as: How has globalization impacted nationalist sentiment? How has religion responded to globalizing currents? How have gender roles responded to the impact of globalization? How has economic life been affected by globalization? And how have local realities been shaped, and how do they shape, globalizing processes.