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We wish to thank all the participants for their contribution to the success of the course

See course highlights >>here<<

Date:
5-16 September 2011

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Course leader and organizer:
May Thorseth, Professor, Philosophy Department,
Leader of Globalization Program focus area Intercultural Dynamics: Communication, Responsibility and Development, NTNU

Co-organizer:
Allen Alvarez, Postdoc, Philosophy Department, NTNU

COURSE DESCRIPTION COURSE READINGS

 COURSE SCHEDULE
1st Week, 5 - 9 Sept
 COURSE SCHEDULE
2nd Week, 12 - 16 Sept
Before the seminar
The reading materials are available >> here << via username and password provided to registered participants.

READING LIST:

1.    Introduction
1.1.    Held, D. (1999). Global transformations: politics, economics and culture. Oxford: Polity. 1 – 28.
1.2.    Robinson, W. I. (2007). Theories of Globalization. In Ritzer, George ed. The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. Blackwell. 125-143.

2.    Naturalist and constructivist approaches to globalization research
*Moses, J.W. & Knutsen, T.L. (2007). Ways of Knowing: competing methodologies in social and political research. Basingstoke: Plagrave Macmillan. Chapters 1, 2, 7 and 8.

3.    Globalization before the 1900s and after World War II
*Knutsen, T.L. (1997). A history of international relations theory. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Chapters 3 and 7. pp. 57-82; 179-201.

4.    Defining, explaining, assessing and enacting globalization
4.1.*    Scholte, J. A. (2007). Globalization. In Robertson, Roland et al. eds. Encyclopedia of Globalization. Routledge. 526- 532.
4.2.*    Scholte, J. A. (2005). Globalization: a Critical Introduction (Second Edition). Palgrave. Part I: pp.13-154.

5.    Quantitative methods in globalization research
5.1.*    Munoz, L.L. & de Soysa, I. (2010). The blog versus big brother: new and old information technology and political repression, 1980-2006. The International Journal of Human Rights (forthcoming).
5.2.*    Ellingsen, T. (2010). Ethniciy Matters, But What Kind? A Review of the Quantitative Literature of Ethnicity and Conflict. In Jakobson, Tor Georg ed. War: An introduction to Theories and Research on Collective Violence. Nova Science Publishers, pp. 85-104.

6.    Global justice
6.1.*    Pogge, T. (2010). “What is Global Justice?” in Politics as Usual: What Lies Behind the Pro-poor Rhetoric . Polity Press. pp. 10 - 25.
6.2.*    Pogge, T. (2008). “Moral Universalism and Global Economic Justice” in World Poverty and Human Rights.  Polity Press. pp. 97 – 123.
6.3.*     Pogge. T. (2008). “Eradicating Systemic Poverty: Brief for a Global Resources Dividend” in World Poverty and Human Rights.  Polity Press. pp. 202 – 221.

7.    Global democracy
7.1.*    Tännsjö, T. (2008). Global democracy: the case for a world government. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Chapters 1-3 (pp. 1-52); 5 (pp. 68-91); 7 (pp.111-131).
7.2.*    Arrhenius, G. (2005). "The Democratic Boundary Problem", unpublished draft.

8.    ICTs, religious fundamentalism and democracy
8.1.*     Almond, G. A., Appleby, R. S., & Sivan, E. (2003). Strong religion: the rise of fundamentalisms around the world. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ‘Introduction’, 1 – 21.
8.2.*    Arjomand, S. A. (1995). Unity and diversity in Islamic fundamentalism. In M. E. Marty & R. S. Appleby (Eds.), Fundamentalisms comprehended: The Fundamentalism project (Vol. 5, pp. 179-198). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.         
8.3.    Moghadam, A. (2008). The globalization of martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the diffusion of suicide attacks. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 115-151.
8.4.*    Thorseth, M. (2010). Global Communication Online Against Fundamentalist Knowledge Offline. In Mårtensson, U., et al. eds. Fundamentalism in the Modern World, Volume 2, Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere. London: Tauris Parke. pp. 25-48.

9.    Ethical issues in international research
9.1.*    Macklin, R. (2004). Double standards in medical research in developing countries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1 (pp.1-35); Chapter 8 (pp.226-262).
9.2.*    E.J. Emanuel, et al. What Makes Clinical Research in Developing Countries Ethical? The Benchmarks of Ethical Research. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2004; 189: 930-937.
9.3.*    Participants in the Conference on Ethical Aspects of Research in Developing Countries. Fair Benefits for Research in Developing Countries. Science 2002; 298: 2133-2134.
9.4.    CIOMS. (2009). International Guidelines for Ethical Review of Epidemiological Studies. WHO Press: Geneva. pp. 8-97.
9.5.  NESH. (2005). Guidelines for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences, Law and the Humanities. National Committees for Research Ethics in Norway.

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Last updated 31.08.2011 by Allen Alvarez