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WiSe 20/21: Globalization under Stress: Current Developments and Trends

Stefan Schmalz

Hinweise für Studierende

There is quota of places reserved for LAI students. Please contact the course instructor, if you are a LAI student wishing to take the course

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Globalization is under stress. Already before the Covid-19 pandemic, globalization was challenged by growing nationalism, a looming environmental crisis, and the US-Chinese trade war. The Corona crisis turned into a game changer: Since 2020, important economic indicators such as global trade and investment flows show a steep decline. Moreover, governments and companies have to rethink offshoring strategies and the reliance on transnational labor migration. At the same time, there are contradicting developments such as a crisis of global tourism and a fast digitalization of international meetings and conference events. The course will explore these developments by assessing the driving forces of deglobalization and analyzing different trends of deglobalization (e.g. the fragmentation of the internet). Students will both study theories of globalization and ongoing dynamics of political, societal and economic deglobalization.
The course will be taught in a hybrid format. Two to three sessions will be taught on campus, and the rest of the sessions will be taught online. The course instructor will ensure that students will be able to study the course also completely online. Schließen

Literaturhinweise

Literatur:

Crouch, Colin (2019): The Globalization Backlash, Cambridge: Polity Press.
O’Sullivan, Michael (2019): The Levelling. What’s Next After Globalization. New York: Public Affairs.
Sassen, Sakia (1998): Globalization and Its Discontents, New York: New Press.

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