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BLC 3FGT - From Globalization to 2050: Future Challenges and the Role of Business* NOT ESTABLISHED

Faculty
Andrew Crabtree
Course Coordinator
Andrew Crabtree
Prerequisite/progression of the course
Passed 2nd Year Exams
Course content, structure and teaching
The course is structured around major dimensions of the contemporary globalised world (economic, political, cultural and ecological) and seeks to examine the role that business could play in these areas looking ahead to the year 2050 (when most Bachelor’s students will be retiring). Thus the course examines “new” actors on the global scene such as China and India, the role of youth, growth and poverty reduction, future geo-political issues and the possible end of American hegemony, the importance of population (and market) growth (9bn people by 2050), cultural aspects by looking at the role of commerce and the possible rise of a Muslim middle class, and the relationship between Turkey and the EU. In terms of the environment we examine the role of technology in mitigating climate change. Thus the course gives an overview of some of the major themes students will encounter in their working lives.
The course's development of personal competences
Ability to work together with other students and make public (class) presentations. Increase analytical skills.
Learning Objectives
To achieve a 12, the students must have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the course literature, be able to reflect on and analyze it, and present it in a succinct coherent manner.
Type of examination, exam aids and assessment
Synopsis exam (open other suggestions)
 
Recommended literature
From Globalization to 2050: Future Challenges and the Role of Business
Week 1 Introduction
Steger M.B. (2009) Globalization, New York, OUP. Ch 1 Globalization a contested concept
and Ch 2 Globalization and history: Is globalization a new phenomenon
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2010) Vision 2050: The New
Agenda for Business www.wbcsd.org
Theme 1: The Economic Dimensions
Week 2 Steger Ch 3 The Economic Dimensions of Globalization
Week 3 Yang.Y (2010)The End of the Beijing Consensus: Can China's Model of Authoritarian Growth Survive? Foreign Affairs February 2, 2010
Week 4 Singh, Lakhwinder and Jain, Varinder (2009): Emerging Pattern of India's Outward Foreign Direct Investment Under the Influence of State Policy: A Macro View. Unpublished.
Week 5 World Development Report 2007 Development and the Next Generation
Overview and Ch 1 Youth, Poverty Reduction and Growth
Theme 2: The Political Dimensions
Week 6 Steger Ch 4 The Political dimensions of Globalization
Sloan M (2010) Geopolitics and Strategic History 1871-2050, Routledge
Ch 7 Benign Transformation Postponed (Again): Geopolitics as Usual, 2001-2021
Week 7 Goldstein G.A. (2010) The Population Bomb: Four Megatrends that will change the world in Foreign Affairs January/February 2010
Theme 3: Cultural Dimensions
Week 8 Steger Ch 5: The Cultural dimension of globalization
Nasr V (2009) Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim
Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World. Ch. 1 The Power of Commerce
Week 9 Redmond J (2007) Turkey and the European Union: troubled European or European trouble? International Affairs Volume 83, Issue 2, Date: March 2007, Pages: 305-317
Theme 4 The Ecological dimension
Week 10 Steger Ch 6: The Ecological dimension of Globalization
N Stern, S Peters, V Bakhshi, A Bowen, C Cameron, S (2006) The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change: Executive Summary www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Week 11 Griffith-Jones S et. al,(2009) The role of private investment in increasing climate friendly technologies in developing countries IDS
Rau, A, Toker R Howard J, (2010) Can Technology Really Save Us from Climate Change? Harvard Business Reveiw Jan 01, 2010
Week 12 Concluding Session
Stegler Ch 7 Ideologies of Globalization: market globalism, justice globalism, jihadist globalism and Ch 8 Assessing the future of globalization.

Last updated by Electives Secretariat 22/08/2010