S O C I O - P O L I T I C A L E C O L O G Y ( G L O B A L S C E N A R I O S ) F a l l S e m e s t e r 2 0 0 1

S p e c i a l T o p i c s I n I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s

F a l l ( H a l f ) S e m e s t e r 2 0 0 6

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Prof. C a r l o A. P e l a n d a

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 ( to be confirmed )
Required Readings:	Reading Packet (available at the beginning of the course)
Course Requirements:	Students will be required to attend class regularly and participate actively in discussions and to keep up with reading assignments
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Grading:	30% research (term) paper, 60% final exam (test) and 10% class participation

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 market. The course will be divided into three segments:

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

1. Review of the global and anti-global theories

2. The current transition in the model of world order

3. Scenario and identification of the new requirements for a global political architecture

2. The theory of “Balanced Sovereignty ” ( Pelanda – Savona 2001)

1. The relationship between sovereignty and wealth

2. The requisite of equilibrium between global standards and national sovereignties

3. The model of the “Converging Sovereignties” (Pelanda – Savona 2005)

4. Appendix: The euroamerican scenario

3. Designing the new global institutions according to the “ Converging Sovereignties Model”

1. Economy

2. Security

3. Ecology