Thomas Friedman has commented: “Globalization is not just a
phenomenon and not just a passing trend.  It is the international
system that replaced the Cold War system.  Globalization is the
integration of capital, technology, and information across national
borders, in a way that is creating a single global market and, to
some degree, a global village.”  The process of globalization will be
studied in this class.
	The class will employ a lecture-discussion format.  It is
required that all students take a midterm and a final examination.  A
five page issue paper is also required.  The paper, midterm, and
final will each count for one-third of the semester grade.
	The following books are required for the course:
Robin Broad (ed.), Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just
World Order (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,
2002).
Thomas L. Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding
Globalization (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000).
James E. Harf and Mark Owen Lombardi (eds.), Taking Sides: Clashing
Views on Global Issues (Guilford, Connecticut: McGraw-Hill/Oushkin,
2001).