Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the relation between the nation-state and corporations in the contemporary era
- academic, policy and political debates about globalization
- the workings of leading multi-lateral agencies (World Bank, IMF, WTO, etc.) Non- Governmental Organizations (NGO’s),
- major academic, policy and political debates about and within the anti-globalization movements
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply knowledge, understanding and critical analysis to globalisation and the contestation of globalisation
- identify concepts and data relevant to the study of globalisation
- formulate and clarify critical questions relating to globalisation
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- plan and organise your learning through self management
- adhere to guidelines and deadlines
- demonstrate that you can communicate effectively and confidently in English both orally and in writing
- produce academic writing to required conventions including referencing
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Completion of assessment task | 40 |
Follow-up work | 4 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 2 |
Revision | 40 |
Lecture | 12 |
Wider reading or practice | 40 |
Seminar | 12 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Lechner, Frank J editor (2019). The Globalization Reader. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
Naomi Klein (2000). No Logo. London: Flamingo.
Manfred B Steger (2020). Globalisation - A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: OUP.
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.
Karl Polanyi (2001). The Great Transformation. The political and economic origins of our time. Boston: Beacon Press.
Munck (2007). Globalisation and contestation. Routledge.
Martin Wolf (2004). Why Globalisation works. Yale University Press.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 45% |
Presentation | 10% |
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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Essay | 45% |
Essay | 45% |
Presentation | 10% |
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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Analytical essay | 45% |
Analytical essay | 45% |
Presentation | 10% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External