Table of Contents
This week’s agenda
Required Reading
Textbook
- Openstax. Global stratification and classification. In Introduction to Sociology 2e. OpenStax CNX. Dec 18, 2019 https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-2e.
- Openstax. Global wealth and poverty. In Introduction to Sociology 2e. OpenStax CNX. Dec 18, 2019 https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-2e.
- Section 9.3. Explaining global stratification. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401.
Supplementary reading
- Textbook-like reading: The McDonalization of Society
- An Introduction to McDonaldization by George Ritzer
- Saskia Sassen’s “The Global City: Introducing a Concept” Brown Journal of World Affairs 11(2): 27-43.
- Jesus Leal Trujillo and Joseph Parilla’s “Redefining Global Cities” Brookings Institute
Study Guide
Economic Globalization
- Reading
- Definitions of globalization in Britannica
Cultural globalization
- Reading
- “Cultural globalization” in Britannica
COVID-19 and Globalization
- Videos
- Corona’s consequences – how the pandemic is changing globalization | DW Documentary
Consequences
- Corona’s consequences – how the pandemic is changing globalization | DW Documentary
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- Will the coronavirus crisis reshape globalisation and the economic system?
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- Coronavirus: impact on Global Economy – BBC News
Behind Globalization
Globalization & Border Crisis
- The Crossroads: Inside US – Mexico Trade
- Between Borders: American Migrant Crisis by The New York Times
Fashion Industry & Globalization
- Reading
- “The Impact of Globalization on Fashion” in Style Vanity
- “The environment and economy are paying the price for fast fashion — but there’s hope” in Vox, Sep 12, 2019
- Videos
- “The true cost of fast fashion” in The Economist
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- Fast Fashion: Sweatshops
- Rana Plaza Collapse Documentary: The Deadly Cost of Fashion in The New York Times
- How fast fashion choices in the the UK are causing an environmental catastrophe in Ghana | ITV News
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How fast fashion adds to the world’s clothing waste problem (Marketplace)
- Why donating your clothes isn’t as helpful as you think
The anti-globalization movement
The 1999 Seattle WTO protests
- Reading
- Antiglobalization in Britannica
- Videos
- WTO Seattle Riots
Note: Click “Watch on YouTube.”
Occupy Wall Street
- 99% v 1%: the data behind the Occupy movement
- Occupy Wall Street: the story behind seven months of protest
Occupy Wall Street Vs. The iPhone Line