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2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PST 348 - Economic and Social Impacts of Globalization

three credits
Critical evaluation of the positive and negative impacts of globalization. The course examines the economic impacts of globalization, such as the trans-nationalization 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.