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2017-2018 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

POL 548 - Economic and Social Impact of Globalization

Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Matriculated students must be a graduate student in good standing. Non matriculated students must possess an earned bachelors degree. Any exceptions require the permission of one of the following: the course instructor, the graduate program dirSeminar
Critical evaluation of the positive and negative impacts of globalization. The course examines the economic impacts of globalization, such as the transnationalization of production and markets, economic inequality between and within nations, and the impact of supra-national structural adjustment policies. The course also examines some of the social and policy impacts of globalization, including global terrorism, the global drug trade, political violence, sex trafficking, cultural homogenization, environmental deterioration, the spread of infectious diseases and other topics.
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