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课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
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系授课教师。
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circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
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课程名称 Course Title
全球化概论 Introduction to Globalization
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授课院系
Originating Department
社会科学中心 Center for Social Sciences
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课程编号
Course Code
SS047
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课程学分 Credit Value
2
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课程类别
Course Type
通识选修课程 General Education (GE) Elective Courses
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授课学期
Semester
春季 Spring
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授课语言
Teaching Language
英文 English
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授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact
（For team teaching, please list
all instructors）
王莉莉，Lili WANG
人文社科荣誉学会 Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Email: wangll7@mail.sustech.edu.cn
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实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
无 NA
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选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
授课方式
Delivery Method
习题/辅导/讨论
Tutorials
实验/实习
Lab/Practical
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Please specify）
总学时
Total
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学时数
Credit Hours
32
2
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先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
无 NA
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后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this course
is a pre-requisite
无 NA
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其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
无 NA
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
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教学目标 Course Objectives
本课程是一门介绍当代全球化社会科学文献的本科课程。取材于历史学、人类学、地理学、社会学、文化研究、城市研究
和全球研究等领域，本课程将探讨人类社会如何在过去400年间不断发展与扩张成为现在的全球化世界。具体而言，本课
程旨在：
介绍有关全球化的社会科学文献，包括正在进行的各种思辨；
说明不同时期全球化的发展轨迹；
探讨全球化的五个核心维度以及它们之间相互交织的关系；
帮助学生开拓国际视野，使得他们能够批判性地认知全球日益增长的联系如何影响地方发展和人们的生活。
This undergraduate course will serve as an advanced introduction to contemporary social science literatures of
globalization. Drawing upon the fields of history, anthropology, geography, sociology, cultural studies, urban studies, and
global studies. It will investigate how the human society has undergone successive waves of development and
expansion in the past 400 years to make the current global world. Specifically, this course aims to:
introduce the social science literature on globalization, including ongoing debates within the field;
illustrate the development trajectory of globalization during different periods;
teach students the basic themes of the five core dimensions of globalization and the interwoven relations
between them;
help students develop an international horizon and a critical understanding of how the increasing connection of
the world affect localities and people’s lives.
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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
学习本课程后，学生能够：
熟悉全球化的各种概念和理论，并运用它们更好地理解过去和当前的全球问题；
了解全球化的历史及其非均衡的地理格局；
深刻理解全球尺度上的进程如何塑造地方发展以及人们如何在日常生活中应对这些变化；
学习如何制作地图论文，以培养更好的“全球化-本地化”的感性认知；
提高英语演讲和写作技巧。
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
become conversant with the various notions and theories of globalization and mobilize them to better
understand past and current global issues；
understand the history and uneven geography of globalization；
develop a critical understanding of how global-scale dynamics shape local processes and how people seek to
cope with these changes during daily lives；
learn how to make map essays to cultivate a better sense of “glocalization”;
improve English presentation and writing skills.
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课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
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Week 1: Introduction 引言 (2-credit hours)
Course introduction
Students’ self-introduction
Major concepts and debates of globalization
How to write well in English
How to search and cite resources
How to make a map essay
As the first class of the semester, I will firstly go through the syllabus, introducing to students my teaching
philosophy and how the course is structured and assessed. Then, students will introduce themselves to the class. Next, I
will go over some major concepts and debates of globalization. In the rest of the class, I will introduce three important
skills required to do well in the course, i.e. how to write well in English, how to search and cite resources, and how to
make a map essay.
Week 2: History – Periodizing globalization: different approaches 全球化历史 –全球化历史的阶段划分：不同的观点
(2-credit hours)
Presentism and Eurocentrism
The start and periodization of globalization
World-system studies
Oriental globalization
The Greco-Roman world and globalization
During this lecture, I will introduce different approaches to periodizing the history of globalization. Specifically, these
perspectives come from three world regions: The West, oriental, and the Greco-Roman world (the Mediterranean and
Arabic world both in the past and the present). These approaches will also be distinguished based on their disciplinary
and epistemological foundations.
Week 3: History – Proto-globalization (1600s-1800s) 全球化历史 – 近代早期的全球化（1600 年-1800 年） (2-credit
hours)
Historical contexts
The rise of maritime empires
Colonialism and the world market
Global migration and slave trade
In-class quiz
This class traces the history of globalization during the pre-modern era. Firstly, I will illustrate the historical contexts
in which the proto-globalization occurred. Then, I will explain how the proto-globalization took place through the
expansion of maritime empires. Following that, the lecture will discuss how colonialism during the period has greatly
expanded the world market, and how the migration started on the global scale in various forms, including slave trade.
During the last ten minutes of the class, a quiz comprising multiple choice questions and short answer questions will be
given to the class to test students’ learning of the last two lectures (Week 2 and 3).
Week 4: History – 1
st
globalization (1870-1914) 全球化历史 – 第一次全球化 （1870-1914） (2-credit hours)
Historical contexts
Industrial Revolution and technological progress
Imperialism and the old international division of labor
Global migration
The fourth lecture talks about the first height of globalization, largely from 1870 to 1914, when the First World War
broke out. I will firstly summarize the specific historical contexts that gave rise to the technologies and industrial
expansion that were crucial to the formation of a truly global economy. The first globalization is characterized by
imperialism and the old international division of labor. Again, globalization took place not only in the form of the
expansion of trade but also the movement of people worldwide.
Week 5: History – The great retreat and shortly after (1920s-1940s) 全球化历史 – 大后退 （1920 年代-1940 年代）
(2-credit hours)
Historical contexts
WWI
The Great Depression
The rise of fascism and WWII
The outcome of the great retreat: new patterns of global economy and international relations
In-class quiz
This lecture discusses the world’s great retreat from globalization from the 1920s to the 1940s. This period is
characterized by two world wars and the Great Depression that ravaged world economy and local communities. The
lecture begins with an analysis of the historical contexts and causes of the great retreat. Then, I will go through the major
events of WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII. Following that, I will discuss how global trade and international
relations were reshaped as a result, including the rise of America as a new global leader, and the formation of the three
“worlds.” Again, in the final ten minutes of the class, a quiz will be distributed to test students’ learning of the last two
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lectures (Week 4 and 5).
Week 6: History – 2
nd
globalization (1970s-present) 全球化历史 – 第二次全球化 (2-credit hours)
Historical contexts:
The post-WWII world order and the Golden Age in the West
Technologies and rising global communication and transportation
1970s-1990s:
“The New International Division of Labor”
The Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) and neocolonialism
The rise of Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)
The sixth lecture investigates the second peak of globalization, i.e. from the 1970s to the present day. Firstly, I will
discuss how the world order was reconstructed through a series of global conventions after WWII and the advance of
technologies in the field of communication and transportation. Then, I will focus on the first period of the second
globalization from the 1970s to the 1990s and three important aspects of it, i.e. “the new international division of labor,”
“the Structural Adjustment Program,” and the rise of Newly Industrialized Countries.
Week 7: History – 2
nd
globalization (1970s-present) 全球化历史 – 第二次全球化 (2-credit hours)
1990s-Present:
Technologies: The Internet, social media, increasing mobility, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, etc.
Successive economic crises and the shift of global political economy
Global industrial restructuring and the rise of BRICS, especially China
Regional wars and (anti-)terrorism
The rise of protectionism and anti-globalization in the 21
st
century
In-class quiz
This lecture continues the discussion of the second globalization, focusing on the more recent period since the
1990s. Firstly, I will discuss how new technological advances like the invention of the Internet and social media,
increasing spatial mobility, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, etc. have reshaped the way people live and work, and
how this further changed the pattern of global political economy. Then, I will focus on four aspects that characterize the
recent world history, i.e. the successive global economic crisis and their impacts, the rise of BRICS, especially China,
regional wars and (anti-)terrorism, and the rise of a new anti-globalization trend since especially the 2010s. The lecture is
concluded with a quiz on the material of Week 6 and 7.
Week 8: Individual presentation: Session 1 个人演讲：第一期 (2-credit hours)
The 8
th
and 9
th
classes are set for students’ individual presentations. Each student will present a map essay on a
topic related to the history of globalization and receive comments from the instructor and peers. The presentation needs
to be in English and lasts 4-5 minutes. Based on the comments, the student needs to improve his/her map essay and
submit the improved, final draft within two weeks. The presentation and final map essay will each make 15% of the final
grade.
Week 9: Individual presentation: Session 2 个人演讲：第二期 (2-credit hours)
Same as the 8
th
class.
Week 10: Key dimensions – Economic globalization 全球化的主要维度 – 经济全球化 (2-credit hours)
Theoretical foundations of economic globalization
Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and free trade theories
Friedrich Hayek, the Chicago School, and neoliberalism
The institutional and organizational structure of economic globalization
International and regional trade agreements
The rise of transnational corporations (TNCs)
The financialization of global economy
The discontents of globalization
1999 Seattle WTO protests
Sweatshops and ethical consumption
Case study: the global travel of a T-shirt
This lecture focuses on a key dimension of globalization, i.e., economic globalization. Firstly, I will clarify the
theoretical foundation of economic globalization, tracing the development of free trade theories back to Adam Smith and
David Ricardo, and then the more recent expansion of neoliberalism back to the work of Hayek and the Chicago School.
Secondly, I will discuss three ways how economic globalization is organized, through various trade agreements, TNCs,
and the financialization of global economy. Thirdly, I will show how economic globalization is attacked by opponents,
focusing on the 1999 Seattle WTO protests and the research on sweatshops and ethical consumption. Finally, I will use
a case study of “the global travel of a T-shirt” to illustrate how interconnected the present-day global economy is, and
how people in different countries and localities are implicated in the global economy in highly uneven ways.
Week 11: Key dimensions – Social + cultural globalization 全球化的主要维度 – 社会文化全球化 (2-credit hours)
International migration and refugees
Global cultural industry
The issues of identity and social justice
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Case study: Somalian refugees in the US
Case study: No Logo
In-class quiz
This lecture investigates the social and cultural dimension of globalization. Specifically, I will focus on three topics,
i.e. international migration and refugees, global cultural industry, and the issues of identity and social justice. These
discussions are further supported by two case studies: one about Somalian refugees in the US, and the other about the
documentary No Logo. Again, in the end of the class, a quiz will be given to test students’ learning results of Lecture 10
and 11.
Week 12: Key dimensions – Environmental globalization 全球化的主要维度 – 环境生态全球化 (2-credit hours)
Silent Spring and the historical trajectory of the global environmentalist movement
The global governance of environmental protection: institutions and organizations
Global climate change: facts and debates
Case study: The Great pacific garbage patch
Case study: The Amazon rainforest
This lecture is about another key dimension of globalization, i.e. environmental globalization. I will firstly trace the
development trajectory of the global environmentalist movement. Then, I will discuss the major institutions and
organizations for environmental protection nowadays. Following that, I will introduce the ongoing debates of global
climate change. These are followed by two focused case studies, one on the Great Pacific garbage patch and the other
on the Amazon forest.
Week 13: Key dimensions – Governance globalization 全球化的主要维度 – 管治全球化 (2-credit hours)
Supranational governance: a historical trajectory
Global authority: global institutions and multinational corporations (MNCs)
“State is dead”: The global vs. national debate
Case study: the EU
Case study: ISO
In-class quiz
In this lecture, I will examine the globalization of governance. In the beginning, I will broad stroke the development
trajectory of supranational governance, especially since the WWII. I will then introduce two types of non-state global
players, including global institutions and MNCs. Next, I will talk about the persisting global vs. national debate. Then, two
cases studies of the EU and ISO will be provided to deepen students’ understanding of the history and implicated power
dynamics of governance globalization. In the end, students are asked to take a quiz on the lectures of the 12
th
and 13
th
week.
Week 14: Key dimensions – Global urbanization 全球化的主要维度 –全球城市化 (2-credit hours)
The “world city” thesis (Friedmann, 1981)
“Global city system”: theories and debates
The “World Urbanization Prospects” report of the UN
Uneven urbanization across the world and the “planet of slums”
Case study: New York
Case study: Hong Kong
Case study: Nairobi
Another crucial dimension of globalization is the increasing globalization of places, especially cities. In this lecture, I
will firstly introduce two terms and related theories: the “world city” thesis and the 21
st
century literature on world/global
cities and global city systems. Then, I will introduce a report of the UN on global urbanization patterns and trends.
Meanwhile, it is important to understand that urbanization takes on different forms in different countries, and in countries
like India, Mexico, Kenya, a major form of urbanization has been extensive slums. To better illustrate the uneven
influence of globalization on cities and the diverse urban forms in the contemporary world, the lecture will zoom in on
three world cities, i.e. New York, Hong Kong, and Nairobi.
Week 15: One Belt, One Road 一带一路 (2-credit hours)
The historical context and rationale of the initiative
The development trajectory of the initiative and selected projects
The global reception of the initiative: in global academia and by host countries
Opportunities and challenges for China and the world
In-class quiz
The last lecture of the course focuses on the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative, a distinctively Chinese
approach to globalization. I will firstly illustrate the historical context and rationale of the initiative. Then I will show the
development trajectory of OBOR and a collection of major OBOR projects. Fourthly, I will introduce the diverse
responses of international communities towards OBOR. Then, I will discuss the opportunities and challenges OBOR
brings about to China and the world. In the end, the class will take the last in-class quiz on the lectures in week 14 and
15.
Week 16: Group presentation and course conclusion 小组演示以及课程结语 (2-credit hours)
The last class is reserved for group presentations. Right after the 9
th
lecture, the class will be divided into ten
6
groups to develop a case study that illustrates a key dimension of globalization. Each group will have eight minutes
to present their research. They need turn in a final report on the same day. After all presentations, the instructor will
briefly summarize the course and have students fill an anonymous evaluation form to comment on the delivery of
the course and provide suggestions.
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教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings
This course does not have any required textbooks. The instructor will develop coursepacks in English based on the
books and articles below.
Selected books:
Jonathan Xavier Inda and Renato Rosaldo. 2002. The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader. Malden, MA: Blackwell
Publishers.
Manfred B. Steger, 2017. Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (4
th
edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Karl Polanyi, 2001. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time (2
nd
edition). Beacon
Press.
Peter Dicken, 2015. Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy (7
th
edition). New York and
London: The Guilford Press.
Selected articles:
Jan Nederveen Pieterse, 2012. Periodizing Globalization: Histories of Globalization. New Global Studies 6 (2), Article 1.
Paul James and Manfred B. Steger, 2014. A Genealogy of globalization: The career of a concept. Globalizations 11 (4):
417-34.
Mike Davis, 2004. Planet of slums. New Left Review 26: 5-34.
Jamie Peck and Adam Tickell. 2002. Neoliberalizing space. Antipode 34: 380-404.
课程评估 ASSESSMENT
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评估形式
Type of
Assessment
评估时间
Time
占考试总成绩百分比
% of final
score
违纪处罚
Penalty
备注
Notes
出勤 Attendance
10%
Attendance taking starts from the
fourth week.
课堂表现
Class
Performance
小测验
Quiz
课程项目 Projects
平时作业
Assignments
30%
Six in-class quizzes, each of which is
worth 5% of the final grade. Each
quiz comprises several multiple-
choice questions and short answer
questions and will not take more than
15 minutes.
期中考试
Mid-Term Test
期中报告
Mid-Term
Presentation
30%
Individual research project, including
a presentation of five minutes (15% of
the final grade) and a map essay
7
(15% of the final grade).
期末考试
Final Exam
期末报告
Final
Presentation
30%
Group research project, including a
group presentation (15% of the final
grade) and a final research report
(15% of the final grade).
其它（可根据需要
改写以上评估方
式）Others (The
above may be
modified as
necessary)
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记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM
A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading
B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading
课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL
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本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过
This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority
所列英文文献无敏感信息，同意开课。