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POSC 160S: Globalization and Development

Mon./Wed./Fri., 5:10-6pm | SPTH 2200

Prof. Brookes
marissa.brookes@ucr.edu Office Hours: Mon./Wed., 2-4, Watkins 2223
Course Description The globalization of trade, finance, and labor has a tremendous impact on countries varying prospects for economic development. This course explores the relationship between globalization and development in historical and contemporary context through key perspectives on global inequality, capitalism, development strategies, governance, and institutions. The goal of this course is to equip students with the ability to intelligently discuss and critically assess the complex relationship between economic globalization and economic development in Africa, Latin America, East and Southeast Asia, and beyond. Students considering a career in policy making, academic research, development work, management, consulting, or activism, as well as those simply seeking to enhance their knowledge and sharpen their analytical skills, would do well to grasp the fundamentals of economic globalization and development today. Required Texts Rodrik, Dani. 2011. The Globalization Paradox. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. All other readings will be available on iLearn. Course Structure and Requirements Students are expected to attend every lecture, every week. In addition to the lectures, students must participate in a weekly discussion section. Students must arrive on time and prepared to discuss the readings, which must be completed before the start of each class. Unexcused absences from discussion section will result in a reduction of your participation grade. Only under exceptional circumstances will absences be excused. Most absences require official documentation (e.g. jury duty notice, medical note) to be excused. Severe illnesses, family crises, and other circumstances resulting in a long-term absence will be handled on a case-by-case basis. It is the students personal responsibility to complete all required readings and obtain notes from a classmate for any class missed, whether excused or unexcused. You are more than welcome to come to your TA or the professor with questions, but we will not reiterate missed lectures in full during office hours. No extra credit work will be offered to make up for classes missed. Timely completion of the readings is crucial for success in this course. In effort to help you budget your time, I have noted approximate page totals for each reading assignment as well as overall page totals for each class session (totals exclude references, endnotes, and appendices.) ' *'

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Class participation will constitute 10% of your final grade. Remember that speaking up and interacting with your peers will not only help you retain more information but also develop your communication and argumentation skills. Listening is important too. Whether you agree, partially agree, or disagree with your classmates comments, please be respectful at all times. Offensive language, personal attacks, and other inappropriate behaviors will not be tolerated. Students will also take two exams, each a mixture of short-answer and short-essay questions based on the course lectures and readings. The exams, worth 25% and 30% of the final grade, will be taken in class. Students will also submit a term paper, worth 35% and due during finals week. The term paper will require individual study, specifically, outside reading beyond the regular coursework for research on your chosen topic. More will be said about the paper in class. Makeup Exams It is the students personal responsibility to complete all required readings and obtain notes from a classmate for any class missed, whether excused or unexcused. Every effort should be made to be present for the exams. Students who miss an exam will be given an alternate test at a mutually convenient time only if the absence was excused. An unexcused absence on the day of an exam will result in a score of 0 for that exam. Phones, Texting, and Laptops Please silence or shut off your phones before class begins. Absolutely no texting during class will be tolerated. Laptops are to be used for note-taking only; internet browsing and other distracting activities during class time are unacceptable. Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. Failure to abide by these rules will result, at minimum, in a significant reduction of the participation grade. Academic Integrity Plagiarism is a deeply serious offense. The presentation of someone elses work as your own is strictly prohibited and will result, at minimum, in a failing grade for the class. Be sure to cite properly all quotes, paraphrased ideas, and other work that is not your own. For more details on what constitutes plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic misconduct, consult the universitys polices at: http://conduct.ucr.edu/LEARNPOLICIES/Pages/AcademicIntegrity.aspx. Students with Disabilities Every effort will be made to accommodate students with disabilities. Please contact the professor or the TA as early as possible about your needs, and we will treat the matter confidentially, within university policy, and with the resources provided by Student Special Services.

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Course Schedule
Monday, January 6
Welcome & Introduction
Course Syllabus

Wednesday, January 8
Development in Global Context
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. pp. 135-144 [10 pgs] Florida, Richard. 2005. The World is Spiky: Globalization Has Changed the Economic Playing Field, But Hasnt Leveled It. [6 pgs] Chirico, JoAnn. 2014. Inequality: The Global Pyramid pp. 353-363 [11 pgs]

[approx. 27 pgs total]

Friday, January 10
The First Great Globalization
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 1: Of Markets and States: Globalization in Historys Mirror. pp. 3-23 [21 pgs] Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 2: The Rise and Fall of the First Great Globalization. pp. 2446 [23 pgs]

[approx. 44 pgs total]

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Monday, January 13
Neoliberal Globalization
Chirico, JoAnn. 2014. Waves of Economic Globalization pp. 88-96 [9 pgs]; Globalization as Trade in Labor pp. 102-108 [7 pgs]; and Growing Economic Inequalities: Within and Among Societies pp. 108-110 [3 pgs] Freidman, Milton. 1970. The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits. NYT Magazine. September 13. [6]

[approx. 25 pgs total]

Wednesday, January 15
Neoliberal Globalization (continued)
Harvey, David. 2005. Introduction pp. 1-4 and Ch. 1: Freedoms Just Another Word pp. 5-38 in A Brief History of Neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [38 pgs]

Friday, January 17
International Trade
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 3: Why Doesnt Everyone Get the Case for Free Trade? pp. 47-66 [20 pgs] Stiglitz, Joseph. 2006. Social Justice and Global Trade. [5 pgs]

[approx. 25 pgs total]

Monday, January 20
NO CLASS Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Wednesday, January 22
International Trade (continued)
Bhagwati, Jagdish. 2005. Reshaping the WTO. Far Eastern Economic Review 168: 2. pp. 25-30. [6 pgs] Sutherland, Peter D. 2008. Transforming Nations: How the WTO Boosts Economies and Opens Societies. Foreign Affairs. [8 pgs] Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 4: Bretton Woods, GATT, and the WTO: Trade in a Politicized World. pgs 67-88. [20 pgs]

[approx. 34 pgs total]

Friday, January 24
International Finance
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 5: Financial Globalization Follies. pp. 89-111 [23 pages]

Monday, January 27
International Finance (continued)
Chirico, JoAnn. 2014. A Tangled Web: The Global Economic Crisis. pp. 110-122 [13 pgs] Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 6: The Foxes and the Hedgehogs of Finance. pp. 112-134. [23 pgs]

[approx. 36 pgs total]

Wednesday, January 29
Catch up & Review

Friday, January 31
EXAM ONE

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Monday, February 3
Development Strategies Historically: Comparative Advantage vs. ISI
Smith, Adam. 1776. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. [6 pgs] Duhigg, Charles and Keith Bradsher. 2012. How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work. New York Times. January 21. [12]

[approx. 18 pages total]

Wednesday, February 5
Development Strategies Historically: Neoliberalism, the Washington Consensus, and the IMF
Rogoff, Kenneth. 2003. The IMF Strikes Back. Foreign Policy. 134. pp. 38-46. [9 pgs] Shamsie, Yasmine. 2009. Export Processing Zones: The Purported Glimmer in Haitis Development Murk. Review of International Political Economy. 16: 4. pp. 649-672 [24 pgs]

[approx. 33 pages total]

Friday, February 7
Development Strategies Historically: Neoliberalism, the Washington Consensus, and the IMF (continued)
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 8: Trade Fundamentalism in the Tropics. pp. 159-183. [25 pgs]

[approx. 25 pgs total]

Monday, February 10
Alternative Development Strategies
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 7: Poor Countries in a Rich World. pp. 145-158 (finish the chapter) [14 pgs]

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Wednesday, February 12
Why Institutions Matter
North, Douglass C. 1991. Institutions. [11 pgs] Acemoglu, Daron. Root Causes: A Historical Approach to Assessing the Role of Institutions. [5 pgs]

[approx. 16 pgs total]

Friday, February 14
Why Institutions Matter (continued)
Lindblom, Charles. 1982. The Market as Prison. [13 pgs] Pierson, Paul. 2000. Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics. [16 pgs]

[approx. 29 pgs total]

Monday, February 17
Case Study: Growth in Africa
McLure, Jason. 2013. Booming Africa pp. 239-260 in Global Issues: Selections from CQ Researcher [22 pgs] Collier, Paul and Jan Willem Gunning. 1999. Why Has Africa Grown Slowly? [16 pgs]

[approx. 38 pgs total]

Wednesday, February 19
Case Study: China in Latin America
Stier, Kenneth J. 2013. China in Latin America pp. 291-309 in Global Issues: Selections from CQ Researcher [19 pgs]

[approx. 19 pgs total]

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Friday, February 21
Case Study: Migration from the Philippines
Chirico, JoAnn. 2014. Migration pp. 369-380 [12 pgs] Rodriguez, Robyn M. 2010. A Global Enterprise for Labor: Mobilizing Migrants for Export. pp. 19-49 in Migrants for Export. University of Minnesota Press. [31 pgs]

[approx. 43 pgs total]

Monday, February 24
Catch-up and Review

Wednesday, February 26
EXAM TWO

Friday, February 28
NO CLASS: Work on paper topic sheet. !

Monday, March 3
PAPER TOPIC SHEET DUE IN LECTURE TODAY Career Opportunities or Working for the Clampdown? Employment in a Globalized World
Manik, Julfikar Ali and Jim Yardley. 2013. Building Collapse in Bangladesh Leaves Scores Dead. New York Times. April 24. [4] Kazmin, Amy. 2013. Bangladesh Pledges to Reform Labour Laws. Financial Times. May 5. [3] Worstall, Tim. 2013. Dont Boycott Bangladesh. Forbes. May 4. [1]

[approx. 8 pgs total]

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Wednesday, March 5
Career Opportunities or Working for the Clampdown? Employment in a Globalized World (continued)
Charles Duhigg and David Barboza. 2012. In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad. New York Times, January 25. [13 pgs] David V. Johnson Dara ORourke. 2012. Think Different. Can Apple Shape Up? Boston Review Online, February 8. [6 pgs] Dara ORourke. 2011. Citizen Consumer. Boston Review (November/December). [10 pgs]

[approx. 29 pgs total]

Friday, March 7
Transnational Labor Alliances: An Activist Alternative
Evans, Peter. 2010. Is it Labors Turn to Globalize? Twenty-first Century Opportunities and Strategic Responses. Global Labor Journal. 1: 3. pp. 352-379. [28 pgs]

Monday, March 10
Bedtime for Democracy? The Political Trilemma of the World Economy
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 9: The Political Trilemma of the World Economy pp. 184-206 [23 pgs]

Wednesday, March 12
The Future of Economic Globalization, Democracy, and Capitalism
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 10: Is Global Governance Feasible? Is it Desirable? pp. 186206 [21 pgs] Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 11: Designing Capitalism 3.0 pp. 233-250 [18 pgs]

[approx. 39 pgs total]

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Friday, March 14
Concluding Remarks
Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Ch. 12: A Sane Globalization pp. 251-280 [30 pgs] Rodrik, Dani. 2011. Afterward: A Bedtime Story for Grown-ups. pp. 281-284 [4 pgs]

[approx. 34 pgs]

TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 11AM FINAL PAPER DUE

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