1. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ
DISCUSSIONS ON GLOBALIZATION
COURSE INFORMATION AND SYLLABUS
NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©
İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi
iisbf.nisantasi.edu.tr

2. DISCUSSIONS ON GLOBALIZATION
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course aims to critically examine the subject of globalization from a sociological perspective. Globalization is a vast topic, and this course intends to give the student grounding in the most fundamental aspects of globalization, with exploration of selected substantive topics (‘case studies’) to help root the general in the particular. We examine the concept itself, the central themes of changing communications, social networks, and experiences of space and time, and the major economic, political and ideological dimensions of globalization.
NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

3. DISCUSSIONS ON GLOBALIZATION
COURSE CONTENT
This course covers the globalization concept itself, the central themes of changing communications, social networks, and experiences of space and time, and the major economic, political and ideological dimensions of globalization.
COURSE EVALUATION
Mid-Term Exam %40
Final Exam %60
NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

4. DISCUSSIONS ON GLOBALIZATION
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Demonstrate a clear grasp of the concept of globalization and contending definitions of it.
Articulate an appreciation of the importance of historical perspective for understanding globalization.
Indicate why concepts of ‘communication’ and ‘social networks’ have been so central to the study of globalization.
Distinguish between economic, political and ideological dimensions of globalization, and articulate an analytic understanding of how they interact.
Write an independently researched essay on a globalization related topic.
NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

5. DISCUSSIONS ON GLOBALIZATION
WEEKLY COURSE OUTLINE
Week 1: General Course Outline
Week 2: The Globalization of World Politics
Week 3: The Evolution of International Society
Week 4: International History:
Week 5: International History:
Week 6: The End of Cold War and International History Since 1989
Week 7: Realism and Liberalism: Responses to Globalization
Week 8: Mid-Term Exams
Week 9: International and Global Security in the Post-Cold War Era
Week 10: International Political Economy in an Age of Globalization
Week 11: Transnational Actors and International Organizations in Global Politics
Week 12: Nationalism and Globalization
Week 13: Communications and Internet Revolution
Week 14: Nuclear Proliferation
Week 15&16: Final Exams
NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

6. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©
SOURCES
Thomas Hylland Eriksen (2007) Globalization: The Key Concepts. Oxford and New York: Berg.
John Baylis & Steve Smith (2001) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©