2012-2013 Academic Catalog

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2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSCI 095 - Transnationalism: Individuals, Networks, and Global Politics

Type of Course: First-Year Seminar

While normative debates rage over whether it ‘good’ or ‘bad’, as a concept globalization is often dealt with superficially. This seminar seeks to address this problem by assessing the transnational dimensions of globalization—examining how it works, why it works the way it does, and its implications on individuals, nation-states, and the international system. Participants will engage with the concept of transnationalism through examination of a range of globally networked interactions including (but not limited to) the cross-boundary movement of goods, money, services, people, and ideas using the primary analytical tools employed by International Relations (IR) scholars.