Globalization Theory

Objectives

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General characterization

Code

12760

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

José Luís Toivola Câmara Leme

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

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Bibliography

  • Bauman, Zygmunt. Globalization: The Human Consequences. Polity Press, 1998.
  • Beck, Ulrich. Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. Sage Publications, 1992. 
  • Castells, Manuel. The Rise of the Network Society (3 vols). Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. 
  • Held, David; McGrew, Anthony. Globalization Theory: Approaches and Controversies. Polity Press, 2007.
  • Sassen, Saskia, Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages.Princeton University Press, 2008.
  • Stephen E. Toulmin. Cosmopolis. The Hidden Agenda of Modernity. The University of Chicago Press, 1990. 
  • Wolf, Martin. Why Globalization Works. Yale University Press, 2005.

Teaching method

Our teaching method are diversified and include:

  • exposés
  • discussion, debate and critical analysis of texts, documents and multimedia sources
  • research on and systematization of scientific and disciplinary bibliography.

Evaluation method

Presentation and oral discussion of a work about one of the program topics; elaboration of a written work on the same theme; participation in classes.

Subject matter

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