RHI-20306 Globalization in Historical Perspective

Course

Credits 6.00

Language of instruction:

Dutch

Contents:

This course pays attention to global transformations since 1500, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Themes are:
- state formation and the development of an international order;
- world trade;
- international production and firms;
- international migration;
- international division of labour;
- cultural globalization;
- environmental globalization. These themes are linked to the process of continuing technological, scientific and organizational developments especially since the Industrial Revolution.

Learning outcomes:

After this course students are expected to be able to:
- understand the differences between the economic, political, cultural, environmental and social dimensions of the globalization process;
- understand the characteristics of periods of globalisation;
- assess contemporary societal developments in a historical perspective;
- assess the position of the nation-state in a globalizing world;
- find historical literature and reviews;
- assess historical literature.

Activities:

Lectures, study, tutorials. It is expected that the student will prepare the relevant literature for the lectures, that he participates actively in the discussions, and does the weekly assignments.

Examination:

There will be a written exam based on the lectures and the obligatory literature. The final mark is the result of this written exam and a bonus for the assignments.

Literature:

David Held, Anthony McGrew, David Goldblatt and Jonathan Perraton, Global transformations. Politics, economics and culture (Stanford/Cambridge 1999).
A course guide will be distributed at the first lecture, and can be found on the internet site of the Rural History.