Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- identify concepts and data relevant to the study of globalisation
- formulate and clarify critical questions relating to globalisation
- apply knowledge, understanding and critical analysis to globalisation and the contestation of globalisation
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- major academic, policy and political debates about and within the anti-globalization movements
- the relation between the nation-state and corporations in the contemporary era
- the workings of leading multi-lateral agencies (World Bank, IMF, WTO, etc.) Non- Governmental Organizations (NGO’s),
- academic, policy and political debates about globalization
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- adhere to guidelines and deadlines
- plan and organise your learning through self management
- produce academic writing to required conventions including referencing
- demonstrate that you can communicate effectively and confidently in English both orally and in writing
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Revision | 40 |
Lecture | 12 |
Completion of assessment task | 40 |
Follow-up work | 4 |
Wider reading or practice | 40 |
Seminar | 12 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 2 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Martin Wolf (2004). Why Globalisation works. Yale University Press.
Munck (2007). Globalisation and contestation. Routledge.
Karl Polanyi (2001). The Great Transformation. The political and economic origins of our time. Boston: Beacon Press.
Cristina Flesher Fominaya (2014). Social Movements and globalisation. How uprisings , occupations and uprisings are changing the world. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
William I Robinson (2018). Into the Tempest :Essays on the New Global Capitalism. Chicago: Haymarket Books.
Lechner, Frank J editor (2019). The Globalization Reader. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
Manfred B Steger (2020). Globalisation - A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: OUP.
Naomi Klein (2000). No Logo. London: Flamingo.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Presentation | 10% |
Essay | 45% |
Essay | 45% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Presentation | 10% |
Essay | 45% |
Essay | 45% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Presentation | 10% |
Analytical essay | 45% |
Analytical essay | 45% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External