Course Details
Country:
Thailand
Institution:
Mahidol University International College
Course Title:
Globalization and Social Change
Course Number:
ICIR 211
Course Description:
This course provides a critical introduction to globalization as a topic of academic investigation and debate. It examines the origins of globalization as well as the factors which have contributed to its acceleration in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The consequences and contemporary challenges posed globalization – economic, political and socio-cultural – serve as a focal point for lectures and discussions.
The global structures and transformations of the late twentieth century; the global economy; food supply; population; disease; environment, resources, and pollution; communications; geopolitics; national states, regional, and international organizations; minorities; the role of women; warfare and terrorism; migration and refugees; crime; culture. Students will understand; analyze; assess global structures and transformations in the world.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GLOA 101
Attachment Files:
ICIR_211.pdf
