1. Politics of Globalisation Module Director: Dr Iain Pirie B0.13 Telephone:72557 Email: I.J.Pirie@warwick.ac.ukI.J.Pirie@warwick.ac.uk Office Hours Monday 5-6PM, Tuesday 5-6PM

2. Seminar Times Thursday 4-5 and Thursday 5-6 Both at H2.03

3. The Title of The Course The “Politics” of Globalisation Different aspects of Globalisation simultaneously political, economic and cultural For example, consumption has a cultural meaning Think of the course as the “Cultural Political Economy of Globalisation”

4. The Object of Analysis Primarily a study of a process not a institution. Primary objective of the course is to define what the object of analyse is.

5. Preliminary Notes on What Globalisation is There is no broad agreement as to what Globalisation is or even if the term has any descriptive or analytical meaning In so far as there is any agreement, the study of globalisation is the study of the transformation of space and time. Of different forms of time-space compression

6. Time and Space clearly have a asocial physical existence but how we conceive of them is socially determined and constantly evolving It is obvious how the Internet has transformed understand of space and time Equally the social construction of the meaning of different segments of time becomes obvious when we look at a issue such as shop opening times

7. West Bank 3600 Km from London New York 5500 Km from London Central African Republic is closer to the UK than L.A We construct notions of ‘home sphere’ and the distant that often have little to do with actual physical distance or even ease of movement (Leamington)

8. Informal Sections Weeks 1-5 Broad Theory and Historical Background Weeks 7-9 Concrete Processes of Globalisation

9. Weeks 10-14 Globalisation and Political Institutions Weeks 15-20 Social and Political Issues