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www.carlopelanda.com

Prof.  C a r l o   A.  P e l a n d a

private@carlopelanda.com

 

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Office:

GLOBIS, 113 Franklin House (Corner of E. Broad St. and So. Thomas St)  

Phone:

706 542-6633 (Office)

Office Hours: 

1:30-3:00, Tuesdays and Thursdays

Class Meetings:

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30-6:15

Required Readings:

Reading Packet and "The Grand Alliance" by Carlo Pelanda, Franco Angeli Pubblisher, 2007

Course Requirements:

Students will be required to attend class regularly and participate actively in discussions and  to keep up with reading assignments  

Info on Prof

See www.carlopelanda.com , click Vita

Grading:

80% research (term) paper, 20% class participation

 

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C O U R S E   D E S C R I P T I O N

This course will examine the policy problems and issues concerned with the formation of a political architecture of the global system. The course will be divided into three segments:

a.       The economic, political and cultural context of the globalisation: A general overview

1.      A geopolitical/geoeconomic view of the globalisation

2.       The current transition in the model of world order

b.       Scenario

1.      The tendency toward international disorder

2.       The global integration of democracies as a possible solution

c.        Strategy

1.       The "euroamerican" convergence

2.       The "Grand Alliance" model