Fall 2019  |  SOC 3417W Section 001: Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization (33086)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
GLOS 3415W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 250
Enrollment Status:
Open (22 of 23 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
This course will introduce students to three of the world's most powerful global institutions -- the World Bank (IBRD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and one fairly weak one, the United Nations, and its many affiliated agencies such as UNHCR (for refugee support). The course will emphasize three dimensions: We will look behind their doors to understand their daily practices; we will learn about the political, economic, environmental, and cultural terrain in which they operate and which they help to create; and we will observe them in key sites in the global South and North
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC3417W+Fall2019
Class Description:
This course explores some of the most powerful global institutions: the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and the United Nations. We will look behind their closed doors to understand their decision-making practices and power dynamics; we will dig deep into case studies of controversial issues that surround them, such as struggles over intellectual property rights, mounting debt and income inequality, the right to dump waste in other countries, and the right to fair housing and a living wage for all. We will analyze the rise of various forms of resistance and alternative agendas being pursued around the world, challenging the power structures of these global institutions.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Someone who is interested in global processes and practices, how institutions (of prominence) come into being, how they learn, gain and assert power, and how people and governments respond. The focus is on the question: What is global social justice and how can it be enacted.
Grading:
75% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
5% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
25% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
3% Student Presentations
2% Guest Speakers
Workload:
60-75 pages reading, most weeks
25-30 pages writing in the form of short papers
short in-class presentations
participation in discussion
1 Special Project
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33086/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2019

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