2026-2027 Catalog

INDS 217 Globalization and Its Critics: German Case Study

Using Germany as a central case study and example across each week’s readings, this course introduces students to the basic scholarly literature on the origins, developments, variants, and power dynamics of modern globalization. It covers the arguments of main proponents and critics of globalization from a historical, political, social, economic, environmental, and national perspective. The course exposes students to readings and arguments that represent the long-lasting political, religious, economic, and social transnational flows and interconnectedness that characterize contemporary globalization.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

None

Instructor

Hannah Stewart-Gambino

Notes

This course is essentially IA 200 customized for Bonn, Germany. Students who complete this course will not be eligible to earn credit for IA 200.