IS 393: Theories of Globalization FULL Course Material

These class notes contain an in-depth and interdisciplinary examination of various aspects of globalization including economics, human dimensions of environmental change, culture, ethics and power. The course aims to build student understanding of the relationship between theory and application in t...

These class notes contain an in-depth and interdisciplinary examination of various aspects of globalization including economics, human dimensions of environmental change, culture, ethics and power. The course aims to build student understanding of the relationship between theory and application in t...

These class notes contain an in-depth and interdisciplinary examination of various aspects of globalization including economics, human dimensions of environmental change, culture, ethics and power. The course aims to build student understanding of the relationship between theory and application in t...

These class notes contain an in-depth and interdisciplinary examination of various aspects of globalization including economics, human dimensions of environmental change, culture, ethics and power.

These class notes are "underlying the conflict between the indigenous and the state is a long-standing conflict between economic growth and the environment."

These class notes summarize the daily, psychic journeys Indian call center agents undergo as they ‘virtually migrate’ between India and the US.

These class notes "examine the alternative economic strategies of youth in the informal waste management sector living and operating within one of Nairobi's largest and oldest informal settlements, Mathare."

These notes examine "Ecstasy as a starting point for illuminating intersections of social mobility and inequality in the context of contemporary forms of transnational capitalism."

These notes summarize how "the transnational conjuncture of immigration and criminal justice policies constitutes criminal aliens/emigres as expendable, and indeed, exiles them not only from particular legal territories but also from the social domains that make life itself viable."

These notes summarize how "sexual politics easily traverse state boundaries, Africa's politicisation of sexuality should be understood from the perspective of globalisation on one hand, and Africa's socio-political and religious realities on the other hand."

These class notes "examines another European iteration of the headscarf debate, this time in postcommunist Bulgaria, the European Union member with the largest Muslim minority."

These notes summarize "how women who no longer perform the practice do not, as anthropologists often posit, resist anticutting advocacy. Rather, they critique what NGO and state interventions leave unaddressed."

These class notes summarize the main key points in The Ends of the Body--Commodity Fetishism and the Global Traffic in Organs

Don't want to read Chapter 12: Entrepreneurial Heritage? These class notes summarize the key points.