GAPG A825F

Course Guide

GAPG A825F

Course Guide

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Course Coordinator: Dr Percy Lui, BSocSc (CUHK); MPA, PhD (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

Aims
The course aims to introduce students to the major concepts and theories of globalisation, and its political, societal and cultural dimensions. It also aims at enabling students to critically engage with competing perspectives of globalisation, to evaluate its effects on poverty and national/local cultures, and to analyse the impacts that globalisation has made on the state and its conventional functions.

Contents

Conceptualizing globalisation
Political dimension of globalisation
Societal dimension of globalisation
Cultural dimension of globalisation
Globalisation and governance

Assessment
There will be two assignments, each worth 50% of the total course score. Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)
There is no set book for this course. A list of key readings for each topic will be recommended to students.